Hunter Course Layout

Hunter style | Medium

The aim of this session is to develop the rider’s ability to adjust the length of the horse’s strides while maintaining a regular rhythm, a fundamental element in hunter seat equitation. By working down a line whose distance is deliberately set between two standard stride contracts, the rider is encouraged to explore different options: first riding the line in a reference number of strides, then a second time by adding or removing a stride. This exercise helps refine the quality of the canter, the management of balance, and the accuracy of the aids, without ever compromising the desired smoothness and flow. The goal is to learn how to adapt stride length with precision and subtlety, in order to gain control and effectiveness when reading and riding lines on course.

Hunter style | Hard

In this session, you will ride a full course that brings back into play all the exercises and types of questions you’ve worked on throughout the programme. The aim is to help you reconnect everything you’ve learned in hunter seat equitation: maintaining a consistent canter rhythm, managing your lines, improving rideability, refining your approaches, and accurately reading specific course questions. Within a single course, you will therefore encounter the main hallmark elements of the discipline, and learn to link them together in a smooth, logical way. The goal is to consolidate your foundations, build your independence in the ring, and help you better understand how each question fits into the overall course design, while maintaining a quiet, accurate, and relaxed style of riding.

Hunter style | Easy

In this exercise, you’ll practice approaching and jumping fences on an angle using ground pole corridors. The goal is to help your horse better understand the exercise, while developing your ability to project your eye and guide your track with precision.

Hunter style | Easy

In this session, you’ll put into practice the elements you’ve worked on through a mini mixed hunter equitation course. Transitions, trot fences, mandatory passages, and angled jumps, the goal is to stay smooth, accurate, and consistent throughout the entire round.