STAGE DERBY ( Show Jumping + Cross Country ) 2026

Level: good intermediate minimum

Possibility to bring your horse: No

Two Different practice, advanced dressage and obstacle training in the morning, and work on varied terrain and Cross in the afternoon.                                                                                     The perfect opportunity to combine a passion for horses and a beach holiday.   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         6 full days around the horse from 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., at a rate of 4 hours minimum on horseback per day,                                                                                                                               in small groups of 6 riders, Intermediate to experienced levels.

Our young riders will participate in half-day sessions;

– Intensive arena development, both in dressage and jumping, sometimes ending the session with a competitive game or obstacle course depending on the progress made during the morning training.

– Work on varied terrain in the middle of our forest environment and on the Cross course in the afternoon.

 Work plan for riders (classic level)

• Rider positioning in balance at all three gaits on the flat, approaching and landing from fences;

• Managing the balance of the rider-horse pair during changes of direction, gait, and speed;

• Approaching different types of obstacles in show jumping and cross-country, Oxer _ Vertical – Spa – ditch;

• Practical application of the communication rules practiced in the arena, and their application on varied terrain and cross-country courses.

• Practical application in a Derby (a series of 8 to 10 show jumping and cross-country obstacles) at the end of the course.

STRENGTHS:– The last day of the course ends with a DERBY. – The beach will be on the program once or twice during the stay with individual progress at the three gaits.

• STRENGTHS:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  – Le – The last day of the course ends with a DERBY.                                                                                                                                                                                                   – La plage – The beach will be on the program once or twice during the stay with individual progress at the three gaits.

Training plan for level 5 and above (intensive level)

Acquisition of a harmonious riding style where dressage remains essential for the proper use of the show jumping horse, respecting the horse and the laws of balance.

• Discovery and in-depth study of equine mechanics

• Suppleness exercises, lateral movements, shoulder-in and haunches-in

• Approaching obstacles according to the different trajectories leading to landing on a specific lead

• Protocol for first straight jumps and oxers, jumping combinations

• Introduction to flying changes according to the group’s level

• Practical application in a Derby (a series of 8 to 10 show jumping and cross-country obstacles) at the end of the course.

• STRENGTHS:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           – The last day of the course ends with a DERBy                                                                                                                                                                                                                     – The beach will be on the program once or twice during the stay with individual progress at the three gaits.      

  The beach will be on the planing once or twice during the stay for some galloping, or even swimming in the waves if the weather conditions are optimal.

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