Bred to jump - perhaps not :o)

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Well, on of my instructors came to the yard to teach some others tonight, so I asked her to try Grace with some poles and maybe even a small jump (she was free jumped when backed, but that was all). She started her off over some poles and she was really good, so we put up a small cross pole...

Well, Grace just crashed through it as if to say, "Who put that in my way?"

Second time, she crashed through it so my instructor asked me to put it up. So we put it up to the top of the Poly blocks in a cross and the first time over she crashed, but the second time she cleared it (at last!)

My instructor did a few more with her and then left it on a good one...

Her grand-dam, grandsire and sire were all Grade A's... not so sure what's happened to Grace
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This was her first time being jumped with someone on her back... and the last time she went over a jump was when she was 4 being backed (2 years ago now) and that was just loose jumped I believe.

Any encouragement out there???
 
Don't panic!
Maddie, pictured below, totally misunderstood the meaning of jumping despite being by Matinee Du Madon and out of a decent NH mare.
She thought the object was to crash through at speed and demolish the fences with her legs.
It took a couple of attempts each one slightly better than the last till it clicked!
The first time she took the fence out with her forelimbs, the second time with her knees, the third time with her fetlocks, fourth time with her toes till on the fifth attempt her brain engaged and she realised she had to bend her legs to avoid taking out the poles and bingo a little show jumper was made!
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This pic was taken at the end her first training session as grown-up horse and the first time jumping under saddle! So panic not it will all come good
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When we first bought one of our 4 year olds he used to crash through fences. Why buy him I hear you ask? Well when he did jump he made a lovely shape and he is by the same sire as Arko. Now he has his head around what we want him to do he is fine and popping round clear round with British Novice on the next to do list. It certainly took a couple of months of grid work and schooling to get the message through. good luck - I think most horses can jump round a small course without too many problems.
 
She tried stopping just the once, but my instructor made her jump from a stand still and over she went. Then after that she started making a better shape!

I don't want her for jumping, but I would like her to be able to do it.
 
She's lovely... Grace was making a nice shape by the end, but like you have said she didn't quite get the fact she had to bend her legs up at the beginning.

She has never really done poles either, so I was pleased she went over those to be honest. Anything else was a bonus... so I am going to do some pole work with her over the next few weeks and my instructor is going to jump her again in 2 weeks time.
 
Hehe When I backed my youngster and started jumping for the first time he was not having it all (again despite being by a French anglo-arab that could jump a house). He would eitehr trash it or simply stop. Once he got the hang of it there was no stopping him and he jumped up to 1.20m with me and top of the wings loose schooling
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Sounds like so many horses I know! Ty has major confidence issues at the mo so I have to keep a very strong leg and give him lots of verbal encouragement - think there's hope for them all though! x
 
She'll get the hang of it, was probably a bit of a shock to start with. Watch she doesn't start jumping out of fields now!
 
ah bless her, I think it's quite common with younger horses learning tho, they learn from their mistakes. Flash absolutely trashes things sometimes if its a bit new to him!
 
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