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Building Show Jumping Courses: A Guide for Beginners

A much needed up to date, new guide for anyone setting out to build a show jumping course, be it at a Pony Club Camp, a branch competition, Riding Club or local show.  Future Course Builders and Instructors alike will find clear basic guidelines to follow in planning, building and overseeing the competition through to the end.  Clear charts listing the correct measurements for use encourage confidence in the reader.  Advice is also given on equipment and on building indoor courses. 

The Author, Maureen Summers started show jumping in 1947 and rode everything from novices to Grade A – winning the Pro-Am with Nick Skelton at the Horse of the Year Show in 1983.   She has built all types of courses, from very minor to FEI standard, at many different venues.  As well as working at Hickstead for twenty years she has designed courses for many other major British shows, including the Royal International and the Horse of the Year Show.

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