Five-star eventer Ryan Wood coaches a Training-level horse and rider pair in a stadium-jumping session. They begin warming up on the flat and over a raised cavalletti on a circle. Next, they practice a figure-eight exercise with an oxer in the center. Ryan explains about organizing the canter, watching the outside shoulder on the turns and being patient to see another distance on the approach. When they jump a full course, and the prep work really shows as they produce a lovely round.
Ryan is a five-star eventer originally from Australia. In 2008, he moved to the U.S. and worked for Phillip Dutton before starting his own business, Woodstock Eventing, which is now based out of his and wife Lillian Heard Wood’s Lanefield Farm in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Ryan has become one of top eventers in the U.S. and is known for his successful cross-country record.
