A schooling question for jumpers

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I have just aquired a lovely mare. She is 7. She has a huge scopey jump, and has jumped aff. tracks.
Anyway, she has been taught to come into a fence constantly being checked, and backs off the leg and hollows as a result.

I am in the process of riding her forwards. She is just getting used to accepting my leg and hand etc. Alot of flat work is required.

But on the matter of dropping off the leg on the approach to a fence. Do you think I should put canter poles in front of a fence in order to regulate her stride?

Any other suggestions are welcomed.
 
I would certainly suggest polework, trot and canter, and also gridwork as this will get her going forward without backing off the leg. Your idea with canter poles before a fence is good too as long as you have good ryhthm.
keep the jumps small for a start so as she doesn`t back off, and she should then gain confidence. I hope this is helpful.
 
I went for a jumping lesson last week and my horse backs off a bit on the approach. The instructor told me to ride away from the fence very strongly so that she learns to come into the fence more. I've been practising this week and it does seem to work. She know's she's going to be made to speed up afterwards so she's coming in with a more forward attitude.
 
That is a good idea regarding the backing off, but we have to be aware that they don`t start rushing into the fence anticipating the speed after the jump. We have to establish the in-between. So riding stronger after the fence but not pushing too much.
 
I had a lesson with fred from OFOH the other day and my horse can back off a bit and he said to get a bigger canter on the corner so that when you balance her in front of the fence you don't end up with no energy at all
 
absolutely, lots of placing poles to encourage the correct pace, rhythm, stride and balance. That way she will learn to pace her strides equally and in rhythm without the use of checking with the rein, potential rushing or flattening that is causing the hollowing/backing off.
hope this helps
dawn
 
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