A Jerry Jump Jet Jumping Update With Vid

I've lurked for a long time but I'm new posting so here's my 2nd post ever!

I haven't had time to read the replies, sorry. Tell me if you've already replied to what I've said :)

He looks like although he's going forwards he is thinking very backwards and I wonder if this is almost to do with how well you ride him? I had one similar to him (was a mare though!) and she would pop 1m50 as easily as 50cm but it was very counter-productive. I stopped jumping her above 1m for 3 or 4 months and I practised jumping her over the smaller jumps and not helping her so much. Because the jumps were much smaller there was no effort involved to jump so she could get a horrid stride and still jump.

She learned to gain much more trust in her own ability and transformed from a very backwards thinking horse to one who became really up for it because she could get to a fence on a horrible stride and still know she could jump it (obviously a very humanised analogy but I think that explains what I mean)?

It wasn't always that fun because you could get some uncomfortable jumps but each one was a learning curve and educational experience for her.

This meant we got so if I got a poor stride to a fence instead of me going "wahey let's go" or really hooking her to it I learned just to keep hold of the front end, keep the leg on and she would always have her best stab at it.

I hope you get to the bottom of the problem because he is a lovely, scopey boy and can obviously do it all :)
 
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Tidlypups. You have just described what I am going through to a tee. My horse will jump anything as long as he thinks you are placing him on the exact correct stride. The second you are wrong he either rushes or stops. I know he can jump bloody big fences but he needs to learn to do it without me holding his hand! I have gone back to basics, small fences and letting him work it out for himself. We get some horrid jumps but he is learning to jump calmly no matter what stride he is on. If he stops I come again and still leave him to make his own judgement and mistakes
 
Tidlypups and charlie76 - going off track but you have just given me a "lightbulb" moment. I think this is exactly what is happening with my mare. If i tell her exactly what to do she jumps (even if i hook or don't ride that great but am still telling her something). If i sit quiet with my leg on and a contact and ask her to make a decision, she stops!
 
Supernova- thats what mine is like. I have been keeping the jumps small so that if he is wrong and puts in a naff jump he can still get over it.
Mine prefers to be 'bounced' on a short holding stride-if he is a bit long he panics.
 
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