Bucking and rearing after a jump

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I have a 12YO connemara X arab gelding who we bought 5 weeks ago last Thursday. When i tried him out he was fine jumping - he just liked to take them long and flat but now i have got him to my yard, he keeps bucking after the jump. i thought it might be due to pain/discompfort of somesort, but when i jumped him over the same jump again he clipped it with his hind hoof and went bananas - (bucking rearing leaping etc)

Can anyone think off the top of their heads what it could be down to?

I have a video of him doing this which i can add to youtube and put the link up if this helps...

Thanks,
CxLBx
 
Have you checked back, teeth, saddle etc? It may be something as simple as his saddle pinching him. I would start there.
 
Get checks as suggested by Hanandhen. My horse used to do this. He was an ex hurdler & when allowed to hurdle them was no problem. Then when I collected him up, he found it difficult, and I think I was subconciously snatching the reins up in anticipation of him tearing off at landing which caused a violent reaction. I then got his saddle changed & this must have been pinching him too as he rarely does it anymore - only if I jump him like a numpty & we get a bad landing!
 
As others have said, saddles issues cause behaviour issues
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. Little Lad, we think, has been put off jumping over 2" due to the points of the tree being too long and poking him in the shoulder on landing. He puts in the most wicked last minute stops, but you can see the fear in his eye
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. Daughter is slowly working their way up the heights again in a saddle that fits him well and he moves freely in.

Just out of interest, is he specifically a jumping pony?
 
once you have checked the obvious, teeth, back saddle and rider issues (might be worth you going for a lesson just to see if you might have fallen into any bad habits too that are provoking the situation!)

How about calling the old owner, they can only tell you to go away in the worst case scenario?

How about going back to basics, if you have the facilities and enough experienced helpers, a loose schooling session over jumps, without any tack to start with, then introduce a lunge session firstly with no saddle, then add the saddle, then add the rider. If your neddie only starts bucking when the rider is added, take away the saddle and ride bareback, this would indicate that the saddle is poorly fitting (rather than having to ride bareback for the rest of your days...although!)
use it as a process of elimination if you like, there will be some trigger point
If, after you have ruled out the possibility of pain being the cause, and you think he is doing it out of pure joy try putting placing poles both before and after the jump, give him something to think about.
let us know how you get on
 
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