Lizzie Green takes us through how she trains her young horses to jump skinny jumps. There are no options for jumps to fall down in the cross country phase of Eventing, so Lizzie likes to start her horses by giving them confidence but also the option to make mistakes in the initial stages of training. Cowan Cavalletti has designed a jump for Lizzie to help with this training – its aptly called the Skinny Lizzie!
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