2"9 jumping - any tips/pics?

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I have quite a big show on thursday and ive entered the open jumping, its 2"9 - been jumping around 3ft at home but i cant help but feel nervous about it!! i jumped her last weekend but we did the 2"6 course, she had one refusal and one pole down, not bad for our first attempt.
2"9 may not seem very big to some but am seriously nervous about it!!!
We have had confidence issues in the past, shes only just 5, a TB - she loves jumping and is very keen, but if am not confident she just looses her confidence too!! we have been working on this and have improved lots :)
Have decided tomorrow night am going to set up a course of 2"9 jumps with fillers etc as a little practise before we make our debut :D

So can somebody please tell me that 2"9 is baby sized jumping and perhaps post some pics of jumping 2"9 course?
Thanks :D
 
Its far from baby to me :( however I did do it (and a bit above) on my YO's ID last week :D
I was so scared.....and it felt amazing!
That's what you need to concentrate on.
You're gonna go in that ring, jump that course and kick ass :D and its gonna feel fantastic afterwards.

If you've been jumping 3ft at home with ease, that's all you need to think!!! :) Good luck!!! (I'll get some pics of my jumpies when I can!)
 
2'9 is pretty small for an open class.

It's a decent height course without being too big. I have done 2'9 courses at a walk on Miss Stroppy Pants when she wasn't co-operationing and it's perfectly do-able from a trot.
 
Kallibear said:
2'9 is pretty small for an open class.

It's a decent height course without being too big. I have done 2'9 courses at a walk on Miss Stroppy Pants when she wasn't co-operationing and it's perfectly do-able from a trot.
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This is what i like to hear :D
 
jumping from trot can really help - it's easier to control them and easier to 'kick on' as they're not already galloping madly at them. I always jump out of trot on sticky horses.
 
This is what i did last weekend, although sometimes she can be really excitable and pull me in, but i know shes going to jump when she gets like that.
I never used to do jumping, just dressage out competing. My aim is to get round all the jumps smoothly, but then i know they will go up a couple of inches if we make it into the jump off :0
 
just try and think that your at home, what always helps with me, i get nervous when jumping bigger than 2"6 as taz is only 5, and very green jumping when he wants to be, i talk to him the whole way round just about where we are going and counting the strides and stuff helps me breath, plus i dont like fillers, just stuff like right lets go look at the next fence oh look .... its yellow lol and things like that it keeps your breathing makes your horse think your confident, yes you look like a numpty but its all good!
 
It depends on whether they are solid looking jumps. If the poles are thin poles or if the fences have airy fillers the jumps won't look quite so big. Fortunately it looks like our local riding club have got rid of their massive solid looking fillers and replaced them with airy fairy ones and I am a little more confident jumping them now.

I also find uprights are less scary than oxers and would rather jump a 3ft upright than a 2ft 6" spread but that's only because I had the horror of landing on top of a big oxer jumping the jump off for a discovery many years ago on the wobblers horse so it put me off a bit.

Just ride with lots of confidence and you will be fine.
 
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I find that if i am completely confident, then Charlie will jump 2ft9 easily. It is all down to your confidence and the horses confidence, if at any point you dont feel sure, your horse will pick up this and may refuse, thus knocking both of you. I have just started competing at this height and happily jump 3ft at home, Charlie is finding the height quite easy and the jumps do not look that big when sitting on board, they only look big from the ground!
 
2'9" is a great height :) It's big enough to give them something to jump yet small enough that they can easily get themselves out of trouble if something goes a little bit wrong!

This is a 13yo jumping my 15hh'er (for sale!) around approx 2'9" ... she hadn'r ridden him before and this is about 20 mins into sitting on him - if she can do it so can you :) Good luck at your show!

http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l...rent=53bbaec4-7ca8-4584-a806-29b1acdd8169.mp4
 
Cobface - you will be absolutely fine :) If you've been popping 3ft at home, you should be well prepared for the 2ft 9 and for the fact that it will go up a bit in the J/O. Be positive and ride forward...and dont look into the bottom of the fillers - coz that's what I used to do and I always ended up right where I was looking :eek::D

ihatework - your horse is stunningly gorgeous! :)
 
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