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Getting In The Ring With The Amateurs | Ep 72

Equestrian Adult Amateur··14 October 2026·49 min

About this episode

Kelly and Alexis take the podcast into the ring, swap horses, and let trainer Hannah Stone pick them apart for 45 minutes.Alexis gets on Ollie, a horse nobody but Kelly and Hannah has ever jumped. Kelly rides Sunny. What follows is an honest, unedited adult amateur lesson: flatwork, a course, a missed lead change, one spectacular spook, and the conversation afterward about what actually went wrong and why.If you have ever come out of a lesson thinking you ruined everything, watch the debrief at the end. The ride you remember and the ride on video are almost never the same one.Featuring Hannah Stone of Stone Performance HorsesFollow along:Instagram: @eaapodNewsletter: www.kbmediaequine.comHeads up: this one is real barn talk and the language is unfiltered in a few spots.Chapters0:00 Taking the podcast into the ring1:00 Warm up and first corrections from Hannah5:50 Canter work and getting Ollie in front of the leg9:12 Why asking once beats nagging every stride11:10 First jumps15:59 Putting a course together18:24 Ride to the jump or wait for it25:51 The turn to the oxer that keeps falling apart30:19 Turn at the bow33:50 The spook36:40 Going back and doing it again38:58 Lead changes and staying in the middle of the tack46:37 So how did the lesson go?48:39 Kelly's honest take