Kyle Carter

In the final exercise of eventer Kyle Carter's series on jumping cross-country ditches, he demonstrates how to safely and effectively tackle this obstacle, without the help of any poles.

In Part 3 of eventer Kyle Carter's series on jumping cross-country ditches, he demonstrates how to gradually move poles over a ditch as a last step before jumping the ditch on its own.

In Part 2 of eventer Kyle Carter's series on jumping ditches, he'll show you how jumping poles next to a ditch can give your horse (and you!) the confidence to succeed.

Use this Olympic eventing rider’s four-step system to train your horse—and yourself—to jump cross-country ditches successfully.