MY TRAINER JUMPS MY HORSE | Improving my show jumping | Footluce Eventing 

I have so much respect for trainers that will get on and ride your horse to help you see how they apply the aids and explain what they experienced. Kudos to Justine for her consistent advice and well done to you Lucy, you seem relieved and reassured (rightly so) that you’ve got this. I haven’t jumped in years and was never very good at it but I can see that Laragh is forward going and can take over that she demands constant courage and clear leadership from you (easier said than done). I loved this quickie update, thanks to you and Justine for being so open and willing to share your learning with us.

You really hit those strides perfectly in the end!😍

Loved seeing how Justine got on with Lara and then being able to translate that into helping you have a better partnership with her. Yes would love to see more of the same 🥰

Justine did a great job. Boxy canter yes but forward going. She also seemed to ride leaning slightly forward herself. You did amazing too. I wonder if a bit more dressage may help to get Lara listening to your aides more. It helped my friends horse immensely, thoroughbred and always in a rush.lol I didn't realise your close to Forest Egde, I go to dog shows there. Looking forward to the next training session. 🙂❤

Trainers and their super natural abilities 😉

What an improvement! Looks like your trainer kept her in a shorter bouncy canter. Looking forward to your next session!

Smashed it Luce!! Banks and Lara are SO alike!! 💙

your trainer made riding your horse look like such a power struggle, when you ride lucy, you and your horse are magic together and look effortless

What an improvement from the last one. Well done! 😍 xx

Thank you Lucy. ‘Learning every day’ is a lovely application to every obstacle in life. I’m so glad for you that you had success/made progress seeing your strides.

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Lovely! Justine's a super star and the perfect coach for you Lucy & Lara! It was good to see someone else onboard! Did you buy Lara from Megan (Meghan?) Elphick?

Great session. Loved watching Justine riding L and then watching you put things into practice. Great session 😃

Quite the improvement! Well done for all three of you. New word, "yabballing"! (wild stab at the spelling) Yes, to seeing more of your lessons especially with Justine. Look forward to your upcoming vlogs. Especially with the rest of the girls for Race Week. Be safe. 💙🐎😎

Third around Burghley. That is epic!!! As regards video quality, I watch RU-vid on my TV and it was fine. I hear you on the temporary lack of faith in one's abilities. I assure that it is just temporary, you can work through this.

👏👏👏👏 looked really good Lucy big improvement

You guys really improved! It was so interesting watching your trainer ride her.. A great lesson!

Love how Lara sounds like a little train going round 🚂🥰

I binge watched ALL of the Back To Basics series today and I loved watching yours and Lara's evolution throughout your episodes! I'm quite new to watching your videos so hadn't appreciated your struggles with your own confidence as a rider - I hope you feel comfortable to go back and watch what I saw today and remind yourself of what you can achieve! This was a great video 😁

I love justine! I teach in the north east of the US, i would have told you to do exactly the same, she is so in tune with what a horse needs, and i agree she probably over rode her a bit, but it was necessary for her to give lara the correction she needed. My mare would flip over with anything but a snaffle in, but shes a forward ride(shes also a paint) you must ride her with a shorter rein, keep her head up, but find place to soften so you are not hanging on her all the time, but most importantly ride with tons of leg, shes not a chipper luckily but, she will drag you down if you dont keep leg on. I can see how much you learned, its so counter intuitive to pur leg on but it keeps them coming through from behind and under themselves, and uphill which helps keep them from hanging on you. You will keep improving and you will get out of this funk.

Well done Lucy....sometimes those minor adjustments make a whole world of difference. Loved the video, it was useful to me too! I learn a lot from watching someone else - good luck with her next event 👌🏻 xx

This was so interesting, Lucy. Thank you so much for continuing to take us with you to your trainer. Really amazing the progression I can see as your trainer rides her and then you. By the end, you were really directing Laragh so clearly and brought all the elements together so much better for the two of you. I never doubted you, so it was interesting to see how much head flinging and "fighting" Laragh was doing with your trainer, and just how she really is a more challenging ride than she may look/seem. But once Laragh got the hang of it more and then you followed through in the same manner, it really created better technique and continuity for you and Laragh. She may not seem like she wants too much direction, but once it's applied consistently (and kindly, as you properly point out) then she accepts it and you have the overall improvement that you had by the end. I absolutely love this kind of video; and even better is that you're doing it as a series of three. Really looking forward to the next one and then seeing you taking Laragh back out eventing. You are a brave and generous rider, Lucy. I so appreciate your sharing your riding with us.

Really looking forward to another session! :D You rode her so well, you have so much talent, can't wait to see more!

Wow what a difference Lucy as you said after watching Justine jump Laragh, you then rode her and smashed it she does remind me of Banksy a lot they both love to jump be good to see this with him and Tina. Really enjoyed watching tfs 😎

Seemed like a really positive session for both of you!

Wow I've never been so early. Exited for the video

Everything that your trainer said about your horse, is EXACTLY what my horse does\ needs. If I dont get him up in front of me and collected, he chips in or jumps flat . He gets pretty strong and starts pulling down if I dont ride him uphill the whole time! Great job you two!! 🙂🐎

It was so awesome to watch this transformation! Would love more videos like this

my gelding is just like Lara so fast so powerful not slowed down ny the bit AT ALL! but fun to ride , and you really are a strong rider to stay on that

Well done Lucy, you nailed it ! Confidence boost for both of you.

Great vlog as always Lucy!😍 It was fantastic seeing Justine ride Laragh and even better seeing you apply what she said and did to your own riding hun. You and Laragh improved so much together, you did a brilliant job and nailed those strides and I'm really happy for you. So well done Luce, really looking forward to your next vlog hun! Take care and have a great weekend 😘❤

Really needed to see this. First event in 3 years is this weekend and I have had some recent showjumping struggles as well. I'm going to visualize your position and the balance, rhythm and pace of your canter! I really struggle with the concept of "staying out of their way" to the point that I do nothing and things fall apart. I have to remember to set my horse up for success, keep him there and then get out of his way. You rode so well! Very inspiring!

Delightful video as always! Its great that you're working hard and letting others help you. That's what I'm needing to do with my mare, alot of work, but it will pay off in the end! Lovely that the VE squad has reunited 👀😊😂 x

So good! It’s very interesting to me to see the change with the different aids. I look forward to more!!

Well done, it's very hard to admit one's shortcomings. But don't you feel a sense of achievement, so well done again.

I’m having very similar issues with my horse and it’s really cool to see the difference in her!

Well done Lucy! That was fab x

Great video ❤️

That was totally loads better than when you started jumping by yourself but this time watching so you can see and understand was much better and it looked like she was under control more than last time witch looked more fun so looking forward to the next one

Lets do it!

The horse im riding is kinda similar to laras jumping so this helped alot! :)

So excited 🤗🤗❤️❤️

I’ve always wandered what forest edge was like! My neighbours go there a lot for competitions

Well done Luce! That was such a huge improvement!!! You and Lara are such a good team 🤗 Do you think it was maybe just a mental thing of not believing that you could actually do it?

Yay!!! I'm in bed because of a back issue and now I have something good to watch!!

So much better Lucy, well done!!

So excited to watch this!!!!

Love a good confidence boost. Had one last week with my instructor riding my horse in a flatwork lesson :) Keep up the great work x

Wow 👏much improved 👏. What a great idea for your trainer to ride her so she understands how to coach you through it. I can't wait for your next show with your new skills to kick butt!

Amazing vid your trainer looks like she knows alot u guess that is where you get it from

I used to do a similar thing whenever i missed the stride and I would completely freeze. and I used to think sitting still is what I was supposed to do especially when it came to related distances. if I missed the distance to the first element I was supposed to sit, hold on and not interfere and let the horse figure it out because I had already messed up. LOL The one thing I learned that changed my whole riding was to do the opposite. exactly what your trainer is telling you. don't become a passenger. i can remember my old trainer like it was yesterday yelling at me: "JUST REACT!!!!!! DO SOMETHING!!" IIf you miss the stride to the first element of a related distance or a combination the rest of the striding is going to be messed up too. the worst thing you can do is just sit there. in that moment you need you either hold and add a full stride or leg leg leg to catch up. That one silly thing changed my whole riding. and it took me years to figure out. I'm one of those "blind as a bat, can't see a distance if they paid me" kind of rider. XD I just LOVE you and Laragh.

Great stuff 💕

I love your videos❤️💕

im finally early pls reply!!! i love you so much your videos are so good and they always inspire me with me and my loan (jolly the horse)

Good video Lucy

If laraghlee pulls I highly recommend a Waterford mouthpiece and if she likes the universal you can have the universal with the Waterford my horses pulls like crazy as well and it all stopped as soon as I got a Waterford

Love your necklace in the intro! Do you remember where you got it?

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