Lill
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What would be the bounce distance for a 16hh horse? How many of my strides?
Its 7 for a one stride double isn't it?
Its 7 for a one stride double isn't it?
Bounce distances?
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hollyzippo
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Yeah, 7 for a 1 stride double then plus 4 for every extra stride.
THINK its 4 for a bounce, well thats what I do and its spot on for both of mine
THINK its 4 for a bounce, well thats what I do and its spot on for both of mine
flyingfeet
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Depends how many of your strides go into 12ft
12ft is the average horses stride at canter - so in grids allow take off and landing distance.
For bounce they drop down and pick up - if you make it too long you'll make your horse struggle. Mine go on 4/5 of my strides (10 -12ft) (I have short strides)
12ft is the average horses stride at canter - so in grids allow take off and landing distance.
For bounce they drop down and pick up - if you make it too long you'll make your horse struggle. Mine go on 4/5 of my strides (10 -12ft) (I have short strides)
JessPickle
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Depend on your horses stride length quite a lot! Pickle I have to have it 5 for a bounce as he is a long strided horse and he jumps very long. Average length though is around 4 from what I have been told
KatB
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I do it on 3, as i like them to be slightly short as opposed to too long. Helps teach them to pick up. I have decent strides though!
flyingfeet
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Some of us are short with short legs, oh how I'd like longer legs!!!
Still easy to find out your striding - use a 12ft pole and walk along it a lot to work out how many you do!
Still easy to find out your striding - use a 12ft pole and walk along it a lot to work out how many you do!
Rambo
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12ft is the standard distance for a bounce....so approx 4 of your strides assuming a 3ft (or 1 yard) stride
If in doubt, most jumping poles are 12ft wide so just lay a pole down to get the distance.
If in doubt, most jumping poles are 12ft wide so just lay a pole down to get the distance.
KatB
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Lol! I do do short bounces though! We just find 4 too long, and would prefer to have to bounce, than go flat out to make the distance!!
Lill
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Hmm ok will try it with 4 of my strides.
Blue is thinking he's a bit of a smarty pants at the moment so wanna try something we haven't done to give him a bit of a challenge rather than just whacking the jumps up!
Blue is thinking he's a bit of a smarty pants at the moment so wanna try something we haven't done to give him a bit of a challenge rather than just whacking the jumps up!
lisan
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On the Tim Stockdale demo's/dvd's he uses 3.5 strides! Thats how I now set them out and mine manages fine over them.
Ferdinase514
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If in doubt, most jumping poles are 12ft wide so just lay a pole down to get the distance.
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Oooh very clever
If in doubt, most jumping poles are 12ft wide so just lay a pole down to get the distance.
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Oooh very clever
Rambo
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If in doubt, most jumping poles are 12ft wide so just lay a pole down to get the distance.
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Oooh very clever
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Not really !
Another fan of the Tim Stockdale videos here
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If in doubt, most jumping poles are 12ft wide so just lay a pole down to get the distance.
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Oooh very clever
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Not really !
Another fan of the Tim Stockdale videos here
hollyzippo
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Best 1/2 stride too long and then shorten it if necessary! Mine has jumped them both as a nice big parallel before on 3 strides!! Cleared them both at 2'9" having bounced them the previous 3 times.... was bred to steeplechase tho!
lisan
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May did that to me on one of our lessons, you could just hear me scream going over the top!!!!!! Although she cleared it no problem!
Toby_Zaphod
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A one stride double should be around 24 feet, 6feet landing-12 feet stride & 6feet to take off & over the jump.
The stride length of your horse should not make any difference. When a course is laid out the stride is set roughly at 12'. The course designer will not change it because you have a horse that has either a smaller or longer stride. You need to work on your strides to ensure your horse can canter to that particular stride pattern. If you don't do this you will encounter some serious problems when you are competing & are coming up short to a wide oxer.....ouch.
The stride length of your horse should not make any difference. When a course is laid out the stride is set roughly at 12'. The course designer will not change it because you have a horse that has either a smaller or longer stride. You need to work on your strides to ensure your horse can canter to that particular stride pattern. If you don't do this you will encounter some serious problems when you are competing & are coming up short to a wide oxer.....ouch.