Brutal, no holes barred CC pls on me & Soap **WWEC SJ Video**

Another exercise I find really helps is spiralling down on the circle and shortening the canter and then spiralling out on the circle and lengthening the canter. Or just going down the long side and thinking, sit up short canter for a few strides and then back to 'regular canter'. You wouldn't want to use either canter in a competition but I find the regular canter begins to improve lots by doing lots of transitions within the canter.

For TBs especially I find variation really helps rather than repetition, so to improve his and your jump I would do thinks like a very wide spread to get him to stretch, apex or 'v' poles to get him to pick his feet up, a spread that has a cross at the front and the back, bounces, jumping from walk etc. Different things work for different horses and I think the key is going to be finding what helps soap. You can then slowly get a list of a few exercises that work for him and then once a week or so do a little bit of each building up to a course at the end.
 
He looks a little similar to my boy, and also the way I ride too... My chap is awsome XC but very difficult to ride SJ, usually have a few down which is very frustrating as he has so much scope when we do get it right!!

We have had some great lessons with an BSJA trainer working on getting me to really sit up tall between and even over the fences the fences, this works in 2 ways, it gets me off his shoulder and means he can lift his shoulder and be careful, and also it make me sit behind him more and push him in front of me hence improving the canter!!

She calls it a german seat, you soften with the hand as you go over the fence but don't over fold and get too keen in going forward, you stay in balance with the horse obviously and don't restrict it... but it means you are in a position to ride the horse to the next fence. And make a difference to the stride as soon as you land, I was oftern recovering from the big jump he may have put in and then fighting just in front of the next fence to get him right!!

I always used to think my horse was really going too quick and being strong but actually she's been getting me to let him go forward more, not rush but he is a big horse and I was restricting his ability to jump by trying to keep too much control, now if I go with him he fights less, but if he does get quick and strong my new more upright seat (When I remember and don't revert to forward seat!!) means that he is a lot easier to get back and more responsive! I actually found that if I ride him in a bit that I haven't got utter control he's better as I can't over check him..and he takes me into the fence more rather than fighting me, I don't mean I am out of control just that I am not overly in control if that makes sense!!

Anyway it has helped me a lot and made me feel a lot more secure in the saddle too! I hope what I have said makes sense...
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I agree with the others about the quality of the canter, do you do much schooling on the flat? My mare is very strong SJ and tbh your fella seems to stay in much more of rhythm than she does. He looks like you're just allowing him to get a bit flat and take the front rail out with his front legs. More bounce and more leg to hand will help him get over the fences, and improving the canter on the flat should help you achieve this.

My trainer has a fantastic exercise to get horses to pick their legs up. Set up a grid of 4 fences, with a shortish stride between each. 1st cross pole, 2nd ascending parallel, 3rd descending parallel (yes really) and 4th a cross pole. Don't put groundlines down. Start lowish, about 80cm and gradually increase. Horse may well have parallels (esp 2nd down) but it will teach him to look at what he's jumping and pick his legs up.
 
He's a really nice looking horse!
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FWIW i agree that its all in the canter- you aren't going anywhere which means he's finding it hard to jump across his fences- not helped by him being restricted by your hand at times (but i realise why if he's pulling like a train!)
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If he was mine i'd go right back to basics and do crap loads of pole work and work over teeny tiny fences but put in awkward places- that way you can concentrate on the canter rather than thinking about the fences themselves- so might for example jump on a circle as KatB suggested or maybe jump then 4/5 strides have two poles set out parallel and horse has to come back to halt between them - its an exaggerated half halt- he has to listen and stop (even if you have to gob him once or twice to listen)- he should soon get the idea and then you can progress to only asking for a small pause and then into a true half halt etc- should get him listening and stop him getting fast and running. once he's listening then you can do anything with your canter and whazzam, everything will improve
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but please feel free to ignore everything i've said. i'd highly recommend a regular BSJA coach too- one that can chart your progress regularly (sorry if you already have one
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good luck, stick with him- SJ is easy to fix- at least he's brave XC
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Agree with Marymoo, madhector, and some of KatB’s comments.
You asked for comments, so here are mine. All that follows is just my opinion, experience, and for helping purposes. If you don’t agree or find it useful, please ignore it; no worries
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I see the horse completely flat, not round at all.
IMO, the problem is the canter, more than the jump itself. Better collected round canter means a better jump. Like a spring that is compressed, and then released. Collected canter does not mean slow canter.
He certainly needs collection. A good demanding schooling on the flat is the best way of achieving it, and getting an attentive and obedient horse. Lots, and lots, and lots of transitions canter walk, canter halt, rein back, canter from walk, canter from halt, and canter from rein back. Best ones are canter walk and canter halt, and it is VERY important not to trot in those transitions.
You can begin with not more than 10 canter strides, and then walk. Then decrease the canter strides to 9, then 8, then 7..., until you can make 2 canter strides, and walk, 2 strides and halt. Not all in the same day; it might take several days to get to this.
You will certainly need good impulsion in these exercises.
You can both be nervous in the ring, therefore Soap being tense flat and heavy in hand. But with a good schooling, Soap will remember and be obedient and in control.
...5a im waiting for another stride slight miscommunication as he decides to go!
Collection (and obedience!) will allow you to look for the correct distance of jump. You couldn’t do it, so the “slight miscommunication” happened...

More leg does NOT mean going faster; Soap MUST understand this! Transitions will help.
About bitting: try the bit that Soap likes most, it can be any, I have no preferences. Sorry, can’t help suggesting any particular one.
 
'Fraid I have to agree with all the comments above. Get that canter sorted out. One of my lads has struggled with his sj, but has improved so much since I had the confidence to ride him a better canter, into the contact. Yes, it did feel fast at first, but watching it on video it doesn't look fast at all and he finds the sj so much easier with more power in him (power, not speed). You've got to keep your momentum going instead of letting him dribble between fences.
 
I think the fact that you got 5 time faults without a stop should tell you a lot. On the other hand he really smacked some of those jumps especially the planks and it didn't really seem to register with him.

I would try a lesson with someone else and see what they say.

Good luck.
 
I think the mistake you're making is to think that he is in a powerful collected canter because he is going slowly and relatively round in his outline. He is hardly stepping under himself with his hind legs at all and that's what a good canter is all about. In this case, he's too slow and too flat. He also is not unduly bothered by having the poles down although he does make more of an effort after he's hit one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8ouhlvEQk

Watch this video of one of my favourite SJ horses, Oki Doki. Not only is he a fast horse but he really gets under himself with his hind legs and it's an incredibly powerful canter. Compare that to Soap - Oki Doki is a strong horse but he's working much harder and he needs that extra speed to push off the floor. A friend of mine always used to say, you'll know when you've got the right canter because the horse will start to volunteer true flying changes when you turn unexpectedly. Soap is dropping back to trot instead.
 
I can't advise about the actual jumping but I'm sure all the answers above will help. I can sympathise with your frustration though. When you know you can do a good test and fly round the XC but there's that beastly SJ bit in the middle which you feel sure is going to wreck your score it's bound to make you very anxious which maybe transfers to the horse.

All I can suggest is that you do what R has been effectively forced to do - lots of CR/BN at BSJA where a few poles down aren't the end of the world and you and horse both relax and enjoy.

Sorry if you've already tried this and good luck - he's a lovely boy.
 
Thank you everyone for your replies
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Some really useful stuff here Myster Girl I like the sound of that exercise I think when we have worked on the canter I will give it a bash.

I have been trying to activate his canter now for the last 4 months! and it's really hard we can do walk to canter and canter to walk transitions and spiral in and out and lengthen and shorten but when it comes to building a big powerful canter that is light in the hand I'm really struggling
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I think the main problem is that I do almost all my schooling on my own so what feels too fast and strong to me is probubly correct and better canter from him but as I can't see it I collect him to a stuffier slowesr canter which is lighter in the hand. Basically I don't know what I'm looking/feeling for so I can't find it
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UncleJr your advice is mega as usual but you hit the nail on the head i HAVE to communicate to him that leg doesn't mean fast

Kit omg that horse is amazing I don't think Soap has even a 10th of his hock action, I am working him in a pessoa as advised by my sj instructor so hopefulkly this will also help

RosieFan you are spot on I'm so pleased with him and confident in the other 2 phases, but there's alwasy the dreaded sjing! I really want to crack it AND enjoy it
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Ok tonight I am going to work on his canter and push it bigger and bouncier than in the video and just reason that when it feels a bit too fast to me it is probubly a good canter to jump from. It's hard as he is so confortable all his many canters feel nice to ride
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as above, you need TONS more canter. i was watching the vid and saying LEG LEG LEG crikey USE YOUR LEGS!!! you had nothing coming to the first few, he had to go on the forward one to number 5 (good horse btw) because if he'd let you add another one WITH NO POWER he wouldn't have been able to clear it!
i know it is difficult to keep leg on when the horse is strong, when everything in your brain is saying "slow it down, get control."
when you watch the top sjers who are going slowly to fences, look to see how engaged the horses are, how much energy they have coming through. don't be fooled by the speed, see the power.
So, i'll go against the trend here. i think you need a stronger bit, something he REALLY respects, something you are almost afraid to use, that if you touch he will back off obediently. then you can ride him forward with your legs to a light hand, because he'll back off the bit if you do touch it. you need to think of him being a bouncy rubber ball under you, watching the vid it is like he is a bit of soggy string!
don't despair, it is a fine balance and when you get it, it'll be great. he can jump, he's not casual (he clears b of 5 nicely, with every reason not to!) he wants to carry you between the flags, he's very honest. you just need to totally change the canter so that the jumping part becomes easy for him, if he's powering off the floor it will be.
if the canter feels flat, and safe, is it boring and hasn't got enough energy for him to jump from. think of practising a good powerful medium canter on the flat when schooling, really sending him on, and then slow it down a bit but keep ALL the energy. this is the canter you need to jump from.
don't despair! you ride nicely, you just need a rocket up your bum so that you don't dribble around the corners and go slow slow slow with no leg on into fences!
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stop sitting there nicely as if he's a warmblood with a huge engine. he isn't, he's a tb whose natural way of going is flat, so YOU need to coil up that energy, create and maintain it, get him bouncing into the fences, powering up off the floor. when you feel the difference, you'll know!
 
The exercise Mystery Girl said works wonders, Tink jumped some of the best she ever has, and with us both having confidence, with Mary once the distance was right we had to stop as she was going skywards!!!
Re the Pessoa, I used to use it alot with Tink to help hind leg, on advice from instructor I now use 2 lunge lines one round the bum, it works so much better as i have full play on the mouth, never had the feeling of being so effective when i am lunging.
 
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Not read all the replies but my effort would be -
1) not enough canter - he isnt going anywhere, needs to be bouncier in the canter to get up in the air when he gets there. At the moment its all rather pretty between fences but not good when u get to them.

2) Give with your hands more - us seem to restrict him a lot by keeping hold of him the whole time - if he is that strong u dont trust him to go forwards then change his bit / do more control excercises at home.

That sounds horrible - it isnt meant to be!
I ride a horse that i find strong to jump - and when ur coming to 1.25 fences its not fun so i know how u feel.

Ive sorted him by putting in a stronger bit - but making sure i only pull / hold when i really need to and giving with my hands more at fences.
It means that i can trust him to go more forwards but by having the stronger bit i can hold him together and get him bouncy to the fences without worrying about him running through the front end!
3) more leg! - again to get him forward and bouncy.
 
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i was watching the vid and saying LEG LEG LEG crikey USE YOUR LEGS!!!

[/ QUOTE ] Argh it's all so conflicting I was told I used my legs too much and drove him into his fences hence why I really backed off to see what would happen then. I guess I need to apply legs round the corners not into the fence as you say he is honest and wants to clear then but if I am clamped on him 3 strides out he will just bury himself

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he had to go on the forward one to number 5 (good horse btw) because if he'd let you add another one WITH NO POWER he wouldn't have been able to clear it!

[/ QUOTE ] we almost didn't!!! I just didn't know what to do at that point I couldn't see a stride I didn't have a good enough canter so that he could lengthen or shorten to a perfect spot so I just froze because I didn't want to fire as I am trying to break that habit too
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So, i'll go against the trend here. i think you need a stronger bit, something he REALLY respects, something you are almost afraid to use, that if you touch he will back off obediently. then you can ride him forward with your legs to a light hand, because he'll back off the bit if you do touch it

[/ QUOTE ] you see I have tried this any he jumped fab but then I wimped out of using a harsh bit in comp as I didn't want to sock him in the gob if we met a fence wrong. I think with the stronger bit (my rubber pelham and curb) I will be abel to get an active upright pace and feel confident enough to give him his head over the fence if I know I can get him back on the other side. Maybe using the softer bit has made me fold more and give less so that I'm back in the plate with a contact and can haul him back if he buggers off. A half way bit seems to have created a half good situation and that's not good enough





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don't despair, it is a fine balance and when you get it, it'll be great. he can jump, he's not casual (he clears b of 5 nicely, with every reason not to!) he wants to carry you between the flags, he's very honest.

[/ QUOTE ] I am on the brink of dispair but those reasons above are what's keeping me trying
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you ride nicely, you just need a rocket up your bum so that you don't dribble around the corners and go slow slow slow with no leg on into fences!
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stop sitting there nicely as if he's a warmblood with a huge engine. he isn't, he's a tb whose natural way of going is flat, so YOU need to coil up that energy, create and maintain it, get him bouncing into the fences, powering up off the floor. when you feel the difference, you'll know!

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aww shucks is he not a WB?.... drat!
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I take back everything I ever said about WBs they may be spooky but at least they have spring. Ok not more dribbling, more leg, more give, ride the corners, more va va voom in the canter and hey presto!

Thanks K I just am not confident in my ability SJing I have never had a horse that can sj so I'm kinda making this up as I go along! never though it would be so hard and it's not even an issue of height or spookyness or colours or nerves it's just a crappy canter. Right *gives herself a kick up the bum*

I WILL ACTIVATE THE CANTER
I WILL GET SOME BOUNCE
I WILL GO CLEAR
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QR: There is a big difference between using your leg to activate the canter and driving into the fence.

Next time you are jumping, think about how your leg feels - if you are driving, I will hazard a guess that your lower leg is on or in front of the girth XC style, you are sat into the saddle and your knee is touching the block and possibly you are gripping with thigh and knee.

In order to allow him to come up in front, you need to think of being open through your thigh and knee - it is one of my faults too - and so I concentrate on having my lower leg slightly further back than I would XC, and on keeping my knee away from the saddle slightly, so I am rolling my thigh back and having the back of my thigh in contact with the saddle.

Then rather than kicking/gripping/pushing with the lower leg, I can move it against his sides to activate the canter, and can keep the rhythm to the fence whilst I do this.

I agree with everyone else BTW - he looks pretty but is going precisely nowhere and I suspect the reason he 'takes over' and gets strong to a fence is because he knows he hasn't got the power either!

In terms of him feeling strong, also make sure you are not bracing with your upper body and arms - think of 'keeping a conversation going' down the reins to stop you fixing the elbows.

Two exercises I find really help are firstly to canter down the long side counting strides in your normal canter, then work on lengthening and shortening until you can add two and take two away easily. Also for horses which take over, put up a fence and get on a 20m circle with the approach to the fence as part of the circle. The only time he is allowed to jump it is when he comes round the corner and stays in the same rhythm all the way in.

Finally - I had a v useful lesson with Bill Levett who fixed my 'fear of speed SJ' by simply yelling 'more' at me until I got it right - then I knew what I was aiming for but more importantly I knew that when it felt right to me, I needed to add 10%, then it was really right!
 
Hi Chloe_Ge - I know this thread is pretty much finished now but I just wanted to say that I totally agree with the others about getting a stronger canter and trying not to restrict his head. However, the main thing I wanted to say is don't give up or feel that it is hopeless as you will get there!! I used to ride very much the same as you as I thought I had a strong horse and this was my interpretation of how showjumpers should ride (slow collected canter and sitting and waiting for the fence), however like you, I used to have a few fences down until I found a really good instructor who made me ride more forward. Yes the canter will feel fast to you to start with and you need to be careful that it doesn't go flat, but you will get used to it. I also found that actually the main thing was to be brave and commit yourself to the fence when you come round the corner i.e. that first stride off the corner rider forward and somehow the perfect stride magically appears!! It is difficult to start with, but once you have done it a few times, it will get easier and you will realise what a difference it makes.

Just as an example of what a difference it makes to a horse's carefulness - I had a lesson on Monday night and we were just jumping an oxer, two strides to a plank, two strides to an oxer. My mare was jumping it well but then a couple of times she tapped the oxer coming out (she is a fairly careful and scopey mare). I asked my trainer why she was doing that and she said you have got ever so slightly backward into the fence and are slightly restricting her head so try to ride more forward. I then jumped it twice and committed myself - not galloping at the fence but riding forward to a deep spot and letting her have freedom in her neck. I can't tell you the difference it made as she flew them.

So just wanted to let you know that even if you feel a bit despondent now, you can do it with practice. I actually think the main thing is to be brave and be prepared to get deep and allow him to smack it out with his front legs rather than trying to hold him off it! I think you will be surprised how much more careful he is, if you challenge him at the fence a bit more.

Good luck and keep us informed how its going!
 
Just watched the video expecting u to look like me the other day - completly out of control, even when u are going what u think is fast its not at all.

I agree with Katb anf MH the circle exercise is great and if he starts running turn circles until he relaxes. had a break through with my mare this morning put a NS universal with a curb in due to my lack of breaks and did a exercise like this and it was fab, then did a course and because the bit is strnger im lighter with my hands so she had to do more for herself got completly confused and then knocked some down then jumped sooo well!!!

But mines the same she can warm up like a donkey then light up in the ring but she tries to steeple chase the fences lol!!!
 
i think you need to educate him so that he knows what LEG means. it does not always mean FORWARD or SPEED UP. it means 'lift', 'engage' too. loads of flatwork, and playing over a single fence, working on engaging and keeping the canter.
if you use your legs a little bit with every stride (i call it 'riding within the stride'), a gentle push with both legs on every single stride, you should be able to keep the energy all the way to the fence without driving him forward fast or flat. don't worry about the stride, concentrate on the canter. you aren't jumping big fences - over N high you'd need more accuracy, but at this height, get the canter, leave the rest to him.
you really do need someone on the ground at home so that you can practise and they can tell you when you've got it - same as on the flat, it takes an educated, patient eye on the floor to tell you when it looks right so that you can get the feel of it. when you're practising, and the horse is getting used to this new way of going, sometimes you will do it all wrong and the horse clears the fence, sometimes youll get the perfect approach and the horse hits it, so you mustn't just go on whether it's clear, that's why you need a trainer on the floor to advise - otherwise you'll change what was perfectly good, because the horse got it wrong that time!
i would go back to the pelham, or something he respects. e.g. a rubber pelham is not going to remove his teeth even if you do hold on a bit (although obv, try not to!) - in fact, the mouthpiece is kinder than a jointed snaffle in that respect.
i think you should try to go back to Rob Stevens for a session of just working on the canter, he'll know exactly what you should be looking/feeling for to a fence.
 
have a lesson booked with him and sharing iT with Kick_On next Tuesday off to Hoplands to use their SJs on sat.

Tonight will pop him back in Pelham and put up a simple fence and do all canter exercises whilst working in the odd jump when it's going well.

Totaly with you on the can be right when it's wrong eg knocked down and would love to have an experienced eye on the ground but just noone about unless I pay for a lesson.

I know the canter I want I have had it I can feel it now sitting at my desk at work! how stupid is that? It has light lifting shoulders and he's powering almost feels like arocking horse sort of up and down to cover the ground rather than flat and long. Will try to hold that thought till I get home tonight

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP AND WATCH THIS SPACE FOR VIDEOS OF NEW AND IMPROVE TEAM GIFT HORSE AFTER THE WEEKEND! (i hope!)
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Hopefully by Tues our issues will be sorted so your CC will be 'best rider ever very talented horse'
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What time is it again? 11am?... so get there for 10.30ish?...
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I haven't read all the answers, but the canter needs a lot more work on the flat and with small jumping exercises to develop more power and better self carriage. A lot of that comes from the clearness of your aids and his respect for them. You need to educate him so that when you put your leg on he doesn't just throw his weight into your hands and hand responsibility over to you. You need to be able to use your leg into a soft hand in front of the fence and for him to respond by powering up through a soft back. There are lots of exercises you can do:

On the flat:
1. Transitions (lots) - from halt, walk and trot to canter and back again. If he doesn't respond in the following stride, be very firm with him. The discipline will help a great deal when you're show jumping. When he strikes off into canter, don't hold him together - if you get a bad transition, start again immediately, if you get a good transition, keep your leg on lightly and with a light contact, as soon as he starts to put weight into your hand, half halt, if he doesn't lighten up bring him immediately to halt and ask for canter again. If you keep doing it he will soon learn to hold himself together. It will be hard work for him at first, though.
2. Lengthening and shortening the stride in canter (whilst maintaining engagement and roundness) - aiming for quick reactions and training him to respond to your weight and upper body position, not just your hands. When shortening and when doing downward transitions keep your leg ON, preferably in short quick aids rather than one long squeeze.
3. Train him to respond to the leg more subtly, so that you can give him a quick touch with the heel/lower leg and he responds by engaging behind.
4. Exercises for controlling the shoulders - lateral work, turns, small circles, transitions whilst doing those exercies, keeping the outside leg on to control the shoulder.

With poles:
5. gridwork with poles on the floor before, after and inbetween the fences.
6. Bounces - not just a couple, but between 4 and 6 bounces in a row either in a straight line or in a circle (circle is best).
7. Set up a small jump on a 10/15m circle with a pole on the floor on both sides, canter round on the circle turning him with your weight and outside rein, keeping him active with your legs.
8. Make a square of poles, but not too small initially, then walk, trot and canter round the outside and then the inside, doing accurate turns and transitions at the mid points of the poles, keep accurate, soft and active. Inside the box, also try turns about the hindquarters.
9. Set up a zig zag of poles with a gap between, then walk, trot or canter along them doing a transition to walk and turn about the hindquarters to turn to the next pole. Be accurate.
10. Set up related distances, both in a straight line and on a dog leg, on 4-6 strides, then adjust the number of strides, aiming for him to be responsive, obedient and soft whilst maintaining engagement and power. Transitions back to walk or halt in between the fences, plus a turn on the forehand or about the hindquarters if he's not listening, should get you being firmer with your body language and aids and get him listening to you more and developing self carriage.

In the arena, if he trots or goes long in the canter, do a really firm, clear half halt (then leg on immediately) and if he doesn't respond then bring him quickly back to halt and ask for a clear walk to canter transition.
 
My boy will drag me if i jump in a snaffle and therefore knock a load of poles down - i use a tom thumb which he is so much easier to jump in and will come back to me when i ask - i can create a nice bouncy canter and control the strides more than when im in a snaffle where he feels like a tank- perhaps its worth trying this so he is not pulling you- this appears the main issue. It is worth concentraing on each individual fence rather than the course so back to basics - count your strides and 'ask' him to take off and mean it at every fence - i also think that if he doesnt change canter lead then you should be creating the change over the fence ready for the next or concentrate on a quick change of lead so if u must trot it should only be for a spilt second - i dont think there is anything majorly wrong but you need to change the control back to you rather than him taking you round. On the plus side he seems really honest - if they can pull u like that they can so easily run out the side door which he didnt even attempt to. I think a bit more determination and a new bit will do the trick.. good luck x
 
Chloe I havent read all the replies so sorry if i am repeating what has already been said. the canter is too slow and lacking impulsion, I was shocked when you jumped the first fence as I thought she cant be starting with that canter! to be honest the canter only got worse, I can see how strong and onto the forehand he gets when he is trying to run off with you and personally I would put a waterford pessoa in him! My BSJA mare was the same and a pelham made her too round and downhill. the waterford pessoa made her light in front and polite! Seriously try it, I have one you can borrow if you want it?

A couple of the fences he didnt jump high enough partly due to not having the energy in the canter, the back rails for the same reason, therefore to allow him more forward i think you need to have confidence in the bit he is wearing so you know that he isnt going to tank off after the fence!

Exercises we used with Woody was jumping then halting, alot of halting before the fence but allowing her forwards when she was polite in the hand.

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yeah im backing off with leg coz i know he's gonna run off, not giving coz i think i will need to haul him back and not putting leg on coz I think it will increase running off!
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but problems highlighted I am gonna work on a better canter tonight and put a single fence up to jump or not circle then halt or halt them jump etc after a lot of canter activiating exercises and in his pelham...

Never tried a waterford pessoa but keen to give anythign a go what size is it?...

hopefully we will have a less shocking canter after that!
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its a 5 1/2 I think. shes a 16hh IDxTB. We tried all sorts of bits with her and this one was fantastic, you have a few options too, D rings, two reins or just one rein on the botton ring, we found it was string enough with D rings.
 
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