Lucinda, considered to be one of the best XC riders of all time (World and double European Champion, Olympic Silver medalist, dual Burghley, and 6 time Badminton winner) has been teaching riders from grassroots to Olympic level around the world since the early 1980s.
Lucinda is passionate about XC and allowing the horse to think for himself whilst listening to you. Her “Greenprint” is made up of the fundamental principles established over 50 years of teaching and competing that help you to do exactly this.
Fantastic advice from someone I have admired my whole life, as does my mother. Mum always said Lucinda has that incredible natural courage, something that cannot be trained, I do not have that , its always a battle with myself to get the job done; but I WILL take my horses eventing, using the tools I do have. I will use my Lucinda Green XC Academy membership, a lot of help from some great trainers, a lot of 'punching that devil', and positive thinking. Its going to be hard, but - One life...
Good video! Actually thinking about joining the academy that might actually help my horses as we navigate all aspects of disciplines we play around with! Which includes our hardest…carriage driving… there just might be some nuggets to be drawn from your experiences in cross country jumping… which we would love to explore also!
Yes! Another wonderful… Trust… The horse will go anywhere you want him to go because he/she trust you… This is good for me and continued reminder for me as my horses and I in our newest journey of, along many different areas of things we “tinker in”, Carraige Driving… I am building that trust and I do need to expand that “build” a bit more so they can learn to truly trust me to go anywhere with me… Thank you!
Love the reminder of rough ground training… and you are right about getting an arena… one begins to use it more when one has it… Before having an arena, all I did have was rough ground to work with my horses… and they were so very athletic! Again thank you for this reminder! I do still train out in rough terrain… But Starting Today… I will get back out on there on a more consistent and regular basis!
Love the reminder of rough ground training… and you are right about getting an arena… one begins to use it more when one has it… Before having an arena, all I did have was rough ground to work with my horses… and they were so very athletic! Again thank you for this reminder! I do still train out in rough terrain… But Starting Today… I will get back out on there on a more consistent and regular basis!
Thank you for this!!! Still working on the power of positive thinking but getting advice on getting rid of the Devil on Your Shoulder is a new one for me that I think would be very helpful
I saw the"Normandy Bank in 72 at Badminton...I m sure I havent seen fences like that today. It was all" Guts or No Glory" back then. I remember the footing back then as it had been a wet week..
I saw the 72 Badminton. I flew to see relatives down the road from there. I might have not seen events lately.....but i remember the mud on course &to see the horses come to the Normandy Bank. They dont have fences like that today i believe. There was no room for fear...but all about Guts&Glory.
I was a high school high jump champion and I never remember counting strides. It was more about getting up the right amount of umph and instinctively adjusting foot steps before take off.
Hunting is vital it gives a horse a sence of following and being part of a herd, that's a basic horse mentality. Teaches them bravery for when they have to go out alone.
Hi Lucinda. In the past you voice acted for Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge, and I am developing two horse riding mmorpgs and I was hoping to work with you! Please let me know where could I contact you about it. Working with you has been a huge dream for me ever since I finished the game last year and this year yet again.
I love how informative this seminar is and how you explain everything in detail. I somehow feel like I'm riding and listening and putting everything you say into practice.. Love love love, South Africa
I have only recently moved to an agistment with an arena and no trails, almost my entire riding life it's been the opposite. My first OTTB I retrained myself for eventing we trained mostly out on the trails. I'm grateful for the arena now because after a bad rotational fall resulting in pelvic and spinal fractures, my confidence was non-existent. I can't wait to get back out on trail, though, even if it's just in-hand. As a kid, exploring and finding new places to ride was always my favourite thing to do, and that urge to discover is still there, despite the fear. Wonderful to hear a trainer of Lucinda's calibre singing the praises of the humble trail for its training opportunities 💜
Great discussion. I hadn't thought of the fact that taking out the endurance element and therefore making the courses more technical would naturally create more opportunities for rotational falls due to riders tackling solid fences like they're show jumping, cutting corners and jumping on angles more. I tend to feel like they are making courses now too technical than is fair to ask of a horse. I'd love to see them bring back the endurance element in some way and limit the technicality to make it more reasonable. Some sort of middle ground is surely the answer, not collapsible tabletops 😓 As usual, Lucinda talks a lot of sense! Looking forward to hearing more 😃👏👏👏
Just enthralling and you two are a joy to listen to . I can almost feel the horse with that commentary. I think that a well broken sound ex chaser is a hard type of horse to beat for eventing
