Jumping Exercises – No Bucking Way

June Jumping Exercise #2 – “The Mercedes”

By: Orla 25 Jun 201925 Jul 2019

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Looking for something fun to do in your next jumping session? Well this one is definitely worth a shot. Perfect for practicing for jump offs, setting a rhythm and having a bit of fun, The Mercedes is bound to be a new favourite!

June Jumping Exercise – The Saucy Snake

By: NoBuckingWay 4 Jun 201925 Jul 2019

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Keeping things interesting, we pieced together this saucy little exercise! Incorporating some jumping while still keeping it quite technical. It gave both horse & rider some great results. With the riding festival coming up this weekend, this is a great exercise to brush up on your tight turns, approach to fences and landing on the…

April Jumping Exercise – Bounce It Bitch

By: NoBuckingWay 15 Apr 201929 Jul 2019

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Our Exercises are back!! Our ever so popular exercises are making a comeback. What better way to jump back into the thriving summer season. First up is one of my all time favorites, Who doesn’t love a good pole jumping exercise, especially when it comes with so many good benefits. One that can definitely be…

January Ultimate Exercise – “The Curve Ball”

And there you have it, our final January “Ultimate Exercise!”. I wont lie to you all, finishing with a jumping exercise was ideal, this is where I excel most, and well who doesn’t love a good jump!

October Monthly Exercise – The Figure of 8

By: Orla 30 Oct 201825 Jul 2019

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This months exercise incorporates oxers and raised canter poles into a figure of 8. While it sounds relatively simple, certain aspects present their own challenges for different horses.

August Monthly Exercise #4 – Achieving a Rhythm

By: Orla 26 Aug 201825 Jul 2019

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Well its our final August Monthly exercise and I have to say, I’m kind of sad to see this month end. To finish off, we decided again to ask our followers what they wanted to see and once again jumping won out (I’m starting to see a trend here). So the exercise we went with is a fun one that can, as usual, be ridden just on the flat.

August Monthly Exercise #3 – The Bend & Flex

By: NoBuckingWay 19 Aug 201829 Jul 2019

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This weeks exercise was extremely challenging to say the least. There was quite a mixed review regarding doing a flat work exercise or a jumping exercise, so I decided why not do one that benefits both! As Dante progressed through the exercise I could see a huge improvement so hopefully you all will see the…

August Monthly Exercise #2 – Work That Hind End

By: NoBuckingWay 12 Aug 201829 Jul 2019

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Once you are happy with your approach to the flat poles, to challenge your horse more, start raising each pole up into raised poles, I started gradually with every second pole working toward the full row of poles all raised, (I kept them in sequence of right raised left raised the full way through the grid.

August Monthly Exercise #1 – Working on Tight Turns

By: NoBuckingWay 5 Aug 201829 Jul 2019

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We’ve been doing quite a good bit of jumping recently, with both of us moving up in the heights, so it was great to do an exercise that made us focus on the more technical side of jumping for a change. This was a great exercise to get us working on tightening up those turns after a fence.

April Monthly Exercise – The Grid of Choice

Looking for a challenge? Well this month’s exercise guarantees one!