Any ideas please?

[SummerStorm]

Where I can buy some cheap poles for jumping?

It's just that I, umm, fell off today over a 3' oxer, landed on the back rail and it promptly snapped in half and I'll need to replace it. I've got nicely bruised ribs to show for it though!

 

[Jemayni]

Nicely done! We get our poles from the local wood yard! There easy to paint, so you get a pole for only a couple of pounds!

 

[SummerStorm]

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Nicely done!

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A wood yard sounds a good idea... do they come smoothed off or do you have to file them down yourself?

 

[Jemayni]

teehee

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Well the thing is, our local wood yard owner is the hubby of our local BHSI instructor; so he knows exactly what your after when you say a 9ft SJ pole. So yes ours are filed down, but Im not entirely sure if other yards would be so good!

 

[Molineux]

Right I do want your pony anymore

Only joking Are you really peeded off with him, does he need to come to my house now!
Ive got the garden all ready for him and mucked out the shed for him

Try Ebay.x

Hope you feel better soon.x

 

[SummerStorm]

yeah... you can have him for free if you like... come and take him away...

Well, when I go to uni, you can

Seriously though, I'm not cross with him at all! It wasn't his fault at all, just one of those things. I asked him to jump out of a really slow canter (too slow TBH which is my own stupid fault amd I was trying to give him more rein as it has been pointed out to me that I do keep a contact on his mouth when I jump. He seems happier though when he has got some feel on his mouth - even dropping the contact even on the flat upsets him in exciting situations so chucking the reins at him didn't help matters!

) Anyway, he hesitated a stride out, put a short one in but then had a go anyway. A bit mean making him jump that from virtually a standstill TBH!

I'm not entirely sure but I think he just didn't quite make the back rail and put down on me halfway over, then changed his mind and tucked up again. I wasn't expecting it at all and just slid off the side onto the pole. Whooops...

 

[Molineux]

YEY just let me know when you are going to drop him off