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Slow Down to Jump Better: How Trot Jumps Improve Balance, Rhythm and Timing

In Part 1 of this two-part series on trot jumps with John French, the hunter/jumper trainer explains why trotting jumps is beneficial to riders of all levels and how to ride a canter–trot transition to poles.

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