For show jumpers · Free · Works offline

Brief it. Ride it. Debrief it.

The way fighter pilots plan and review every flight, built for every jumper round.

Snap the course map at the in-gate, draw your track and strides right on the photo, and record a 30-second voice brief to replay before you go in. After the round, debrief fence by fence. Over time, Saddlebrief shows your patterns.

Start your first brief How it works

No account. No download needed. Your rounds stay on your phone.

Saddlebrief course map with a drawn track, numbered fences, and stride counts
The method

Every flight gets a brief and a debrief. Your rounds should too.

In fighter aviation, nobody straps in without a brief, and nobody walks away without a debrief. The brief makes the plan clear before the pressure starts. The debrief turns what happened into one thing to keep and one thing to fix. It's a simple loop, and it works the same way in the show ring.

1

Brief it

  • Photo of the course map, with your track drawn on it
  • Key lines and strides, plus a plan B
  • A 3-item in-gate routine
  • A one-tap nerves check
  • A voice brief you can replay
2

Ride it

  • Chair-fly mode: the map full screen and your voice brief playing
  • Say the course with your eyes closed, then start from fence 5
  • Run your in-gate routine and go
3

Debrief it

  • Planned vs. what happened, fence by fence
  • Tap fault tags: rail, refusal, rollback, distance, rider error
  • One keep, one fix
  • Optional voice debrief while it's fresh
Over time

See the patterns you can't feel from the saddle

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Your most common faults. Which tags keep showing up, and at which kinds of fences.
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What goes with what. For example, “most of your rails come at fences you tagged rollback.”
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Nerves vs. faults. Does a high nerves check before the round actually show up in your score?
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Keep and fix history. Every lesson you've taken from your own rounds, in one list.
Built for the show grounds

Fast, offline, and readable in the sun

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Uses your phone's camera to grab the course map off the board.
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Big, touch-friendly drawing tools: pen colors, numbered fences, stride counts, undo.
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Works with no signal once it's loaded. Add it to your home screen like an app.
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No account. Your rounds, photos, and recordings never leave your device unless you share them. Privacy
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A printable in-gate card if you'd rather keep paper in your pocket.
Saddlebrief debrief screen with fault tags per fence
Who built it

Built by a fighter pilot and instructor

Brian Wood is an Air Force fighter pilot, a current Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) instructor, an airline pilot, and a CFII focused on human performance psychology. He holds a BS in Human Factors Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy and a Master's in Aviation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Saddlebrief takes the brief and debrief habits pilots use under evaluation and puts them in a free tool for jumper rounds. More about Brian

Gear we use

A short list, coming soon

We're putting together a short, honest list of gear and books for course walks and the mental side of riding. See the list