Gemma Tattersall: how to make skinnies easy

Not a big fan of narrow fences? This season you are unlikely to walk a cross-country track without at least one skinny to negotiate, and accuracy questions are becoming increasingly challenging.

British Europeans squad contender Gemma Tattersall regularly practises skinnies as part of her regular routine. She says that doing your homework makes these questions straightforward, and just because its the off-season doesnt mean you should stop training for them.

These days everything is jumped to a skinny or corner and horses have to be ready for anything, says Gemma, who introduces each of her horses to narrow fences early in their education.

If they see small skinnies from an early stage they become the norm.

The following exercise is easy to do at home:

For more training advice from Gemma, buy the February issue of Eventing magazine, which is on sale now.

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Gemma Tattersall: how to make skinnies easy