ICP Clinic Position Statement | Christopher Hess | PART 03

Part 3: Christopher adds a trot pole exercise and reminds the rider to keep their eyes up, while allowing the horse to look down and forward to the contact for the distances of the poles. He explains how it is the responsibility of the horse even at this basic level to pick up his feet and not hit the poles, and this translates over to show jumps and fences across country. Whereas it's the responsibility of the rider to maintain the line, be accurate and continually improve their peripheral vision. He moves on to an exercise with a sMoller box of poles which challenges the riders to be clear in their position statement to maintain bend and keep the hind end stepping over while activating the horse.