Correction to Heath Ryan Clinic Article in Issue 3 of Eventing USA
Due to an oversight, the USEA inadvertently published the incorrect measurements for a jumping grid in the Heath Ryan article entitled "Part 2: Down-To-Earth Riding Advice from Down Under" (page 34) in Issue 3 of Eventing USA. The correct measurements for the diagram on page 35 should read as follows:
Placing pole, 9', Square Oxer, 9', Landing Pole, 30' (this will allow for two whole strides between the landing pole after the oxer and the placing pole before the first vertical), Placing Pole, 9', Vertical, 12', Placing Pole, 9', Vertical.
"I do tend to make these things up as I go depending upon materials available and also available space," explained clinician Heath Ryan. "Distances will vary depending on the class, their experience or lack of, and also the stride length of the horse/s doing the clinic. The grid or schooling line is ideally built a little on the short side and designed for schooling and improving the horses technique and focus, where the single fences are more of a reality check and so the distances are much closer to a standard 12' stride distance with 6' landing and 6' take off which is what most course builders will build a course around."
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