Can i have some CC Please :)

Lookin' good to me ...sausage.
Ok..so a bit of a novicy mistake with the knock down, but mistakes are what we learn from and your round got better and better following the KD. Keep in a flowing rhythm and just keep practising and you can only get better.
Good luck.
Bryndu:)
 
Cause she naps and wont go no wear cause she has separantion issues so all them other horses and when she gets in the arean alone and wont move.... :o
thanks, yeah really stupid mistake... :o
thanks alot
 
I think your horse looks really honest and kind and you are a very nice quiet rider and both of you look very smartly turned out.

I used to showjump and the things I can think of that may help are to enter the ring with a positive approach in canter to get the momentum going before you start jumping, know what line you are going to take and stick to it as much as possible so you are always accurately positioned in the middle of each fence and maybe get the canter more up and springy and in a slower rhythm in the first round and the strides within the canter more adjustable so that it's easier for the horse to sit back on their hocks and jump round, rather than flatten and risk knocking a pole. Rein backs may be helpful too to get the hocks under. Also when the first round is not timed use as much of the arena space as possible so you can be accurate.

Good luck with your next show and keep us posted! fab!
 
Hard to tell from a vid, but you look to have quite a 'driving' seat going into your fences which looks like it is allowing your horse to rush and flatten.

I'd also be doing more flatwork as she looks like she is motorbiking around the corners and going with an outside bend. She looks to be quite unbalanced in places and not totally comfortable in her mouth.

I'd lose the spurs too I'm afraid.
 
K27 said:
I think your horse looks really honest and kind and you are a very nice quiet rider and both of you look very smartly turned out.

I used to showjump and the things I can think of that may help are to enter the ring with a positive approach in canter to get the momentum going before you start jumping, know what line you are going to take and stick to it as much as possible so you are always accurately positioned in the middle of each fence and maybe get the canter more up and springy and in a slower rhythm in the first round and the strides within the canter more adjustable so that it's easier for the horse to sit back on their hocks and jump round, rather than flatten and risk knocking a pole. Rein backs may be helpful too to get the hocks under. Also when the first round is not timed use as much of the arena space as possible so you can be accurate.

Good luck with your next show and keep us posted! fab!
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she can be.... :p lol
thanks alot :D, will work on it :D x
 
I think it wasn't too bad at all, actually:)
The only glaring things is the turns - you are pulling the inside rein and motorbiking round bends, she either rushes or loses impulsion then. Remember, inside leg to outside rein and ride your corners properly ;)
As to the spurs, it is a good job you have them as you actually need more leg, missus:) I know it's easy to back off with your leg as she feels speedy and rushing, but if you do, she becomes strung out and loses the canter. You need to wrap the legs around her and offer support at all times, otherwise she feels ''abandoned'' by you as she approaches the fences.
I think moving up is a decent idea, too.

ETS: PLEASE, get a pair of gloves matching your jacket, or simply black ones - the blue clashes SO badly with the red jacket!
 
K27 said:
I think your horse looks really honest and kind and you are a very nice quiet rider and both of you look very smartly turned out.

I used to showjump and the things I can think of that may help are to enter the ring with a positive approach in canter to get the momentum going before you start jumping, know what line you are going to take and stick to it as much as possible so you are always accurately positioned in the middle of each fence and maybe get the canter more up and springy and in a slower rhythm in the first round and the strides within the canter more adjustable so that it's easier for the horse to sit back on their hocks and jump round, rather than flatten and risk knocking a pole. Rein backs may be helpful too to get the hocks under. Also when the first round is not timed use as much of the arena space as possible so you can be accurate.

Good luck with your next show and keep us posted! fab!
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I'd just written a long answer out, but you've just said it all
 
touchstone said:
Hard to tell from a vid, but you look to have quite a 'driving' seat going into your fences which looks like it is allowing your horse to rush and flatten.

I'd also be doing more flatwork as she looks like she is motorbiking around the corners and going with an outside bend. She looks to be quite unbalanced in places and not totally comfortable in her mouth.

I'd lose the spurs too I'm afraid.
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Ok, like what should i do when schooling that will help her slow around corners?
i cant cause her sparnetion issues i wont get her to move :o, i dont know what bit she needs, and i cant keep changing it anymore.. :o but she came in that so i didt think she would be too umcomfortable?
thanks x
 
I think she is a cracking little mare and as you said, there were a few mistakes on your part causing the dropped poles.

I asked about the spurs as you are always posting saying you can't stop her, he does have quite an erratic pace into the jumps and very 'whizzy'. This I think is partly due to your leg not being very still and without realising you are using the spurs to speed her up.

Spurs also wont stop the napping, you need to concentrate more on your leg aids and she will work of those.

More lessons on the flat and jumping will help with more accurate jumping and signals to her and I commend you for being so eager to succeed with BSJA. It isn't an easy thing to do and there is nothing more I love than to see people with such enthusiasm.

Keep up the good work, but do have some more lessons, she is a lovely little horse and so honest.
 
martlin said:
I think it wasn't too bad at all, actually:)
The only glaring things is the turns - you are pulling the inside rein and motorbiking round bends, she either rushes or loses impulsion then. Remember, inside leg to outside rein and ride your corners properly ;)
As to the spurs, it is a good job you have them as you actually need more leg, missus:) I know it's easy to back off with your leg as she feels speedy and rushing, but if you do, she becomes strung out and loses the canter. You need to wrap the legs around her and offer support at all times, otherwise she feels ''abandoned'' by you as she approaches the fences.
I think moving up is a decent idea, too.

ETS: PLEASE, get a pair of gloves matching your jacket, or simply black ones - the blue clashes SO badly with the red jacket!
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thank you :)
i was told that, i hold back cause shes rushing but take my leg off too causing to loose the impulsion :o
thanks alot tho :D
LOL ;) there not my gloves there not even riding gloves :o i was ment to bring mine but they werent in my coat pocket :)
 
lochpearl said:
I think she is a cracking little mare and as you said, there were a few mistakes on your part causing the dropped poles.

I asked about the spurs as you are always posting saying you can't stop her, he does have quite an erratic pace into the jumps and very 'whizzy'. This I think is partly due to your leg not being very still and without realising you are using the spurs to speed her up.

Spurs also wont stop the napping, you need to concentrate more on your leg aids and she will work of those.

More lessons on the flat and jumping will help with more accurate jumping and signals to her and I commend you for being so eager to succeed with BSJA. It isn't an easy thing to do and there is nothing more I love than to see people with such enthusiasm.

Keep up the good work, but do have some more lessons, she is a lovely little horse and so honest.
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thanks :)
i know, i didt have one cause of my fall, then got back to riding and the intrustor hasnt been coming to the yard and now i cant even hack to him cause i cant even get to the yard :o
thanks alot :D x
 
Is she in a single jointed bit? Looking at how she raises her head when you want her to slow I wonder if it is actually catching the roof of her mouth, this shouldn't happen with a double jointed or mullen mouth so it might be worth trying the same bit with a different mouthpiece if that is the case.

As for the schooling, you want to work on getting her balanced and working in a good rhythm, so plenty of school movements using circles, spiralling in and out while keeping the same rhythm (counting the days of the week in time to the trot can help with the rhythm.) Serpentines and half voltes (pear shaped loops can all help, and it is a good opportunity to work without stirrups and make sure that your weight is balanced and not tipping to the outside which will make any 'motorbiking' issues worse.

I'd also work on asking for half halt regularly so you bring your horse almost back to halt and then send her forwards again, this gets her listening, balanced and lighter in the hand. You should find you can ride with much lighter aids if you work on this, you can also practive transitions and work on acute transitions which will also help.

Hope that's useful! Good luck!
 
The main issue you are having is her canter. It's very flat and has little impulsion so she makes up for it with speed. It needs to be more "upwards" if that makes sense. Uphill is probably a better word for describing it. It's a tricky one to solve and it will take a while.

How is she over canter poles? If you can get her to canter over them calmly, these are great for making them sit up and use themselves. Personally I would stop jumping her for a couple of months and focus on the flatwork but if you really want to keep jumping, do lots of gridwork with plenty of poles to make her back off. Make sure you get the striding perfect on these. Ditch the spurs - no offence but I would never let someone so young use them unless the horse is extremely dangerous without them. You need to practice putting your leg on her without her wizzing off - think of holding her with your legs, really wrap them round her. It may take her a while to get used to it but she has to - if you want to jump any higher you will need the security it gives you both.

It may be worth not cantering her at all for a while. Getting a good canter is far easier when you have a good walk and trot. My TB has always had a dodgy canter so for two weeks, all I did was walk him. We did lots of different excercises in walk: leg yield, turn on the forehand, serpentines, circles etc. It may seem boring but you have to have the basics sorted. Then I did another month of walk and trot work and did similar excercises in trot. The important thing is to give them something to do so they can't concentrate on running off all the time. Lots of transitions, turns, change of reins, leg yields - it's not complicated stuff but it's really good for getting them loose and working properly. After 6-8 weeks I introduced canter again - at the beginning it was very ropy due to lack of practice but within a week of doing short bursts of canter on each rein, his canter was unrecognisable. The key is the transition from trot. A good trot and a good transition makes for a good canter.
Well done for riding her quietly - believe me I know how hard it is! I had a pony who was very similar.
 
I maintain what I said on your thread the other day :) I checked and you can get a 30 day free trial so if she were mine, it's where I'd go next.

I agree, she needs to be bending around your inside leg and not 'motorbiking', this will be helped a lot by slowing the rhythm without loosing impulsion, to allow her to step under.

Out of interest, do you do much work out of the saddle, ie putting stirrups up and riding in a half seat. You may find it will lighten your seat a bit and will encourage her to come up over her back and stretch - will really help build up the right muscles and loosen up :) Especially if you can encourage her to stretch down in her head carriage as she does it :D Just a thought, worked for a horse I used to have :)
 
mouth piece is a frenk link :p
thanks alot :D

hmm shes ok sometimes.... depends where and how many.... :o like i do them in x in the middle of teh school and just work on getting to them calmly ect, ill work on it, when i can get teh yard again :p thank you x
 
JessandCharlie said:
I maintain what I said on your thread the other day :) I checked and you can get a 30 day free trial so if she were mine, it's where I'd go next.

I agree, she needs to be bending around your inside leg and not 'motorbiking', this will be helped a lot by slowing the rhythm without loosing impulsion, to allow her to step under.

Out of interest, do you do much work out of the saddle, ie putting stirrups up and riding in a half seat. You may find it will lighten your seat a bit and will encourage her to come up over her back and stretch - will really help build up the right muscles and loosen up :) Especially if you can encourage her to stretch down in her head carriage as she does it :D Just a thought, worked for a horse I used to have :)
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right i thought that was a good idea, then got annoyed cause i could find where to find one so gave up with google :o
erm i dont really do light seat work iv done it once :o but no stirriup work im working on doing it at least once a week
thanks alot :D
 
Sorry I forgot one thing! To help her stop motorbiking, think of leg yielding into the corners to get her bending. As I said before, start in walk and then build up through the paces so she gets the idea.
 
Another trick for motorbiking: If shes one to lock onto the fence purposely bending her the wrong way as you go around the corner will keep her eye off the fence so you can get there in a more orderly manner. You need to have her very adjustable and supple to be able to do this though.
 
Slow the horse down, get it back so its between your leg and hand. Get the weight back into the saddle ( as you don't look overly balanced), keep the shoulders back and shorten the reins, making sure your hands are forwards and not in your crotch - as they arent much good for steering down there. Try and get the horse a bit more rounded in front, so the picture is a pit prettier. Try and get her back onto her hocks a little more. 80cm isnt exactly massive so you dont need the speed but getting some spring off the ground and trying to get the horse to bascule a bit more would make all the difference for when you move up some levels
 
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Try and get the horse a bit more rounded in front, so the picture is a pit prettier.
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Arghhhh, no no no!! A pretty tucked in head is crap! When she works well from behind her head will naturally come in a little (I see you mention you are working on your flatwork and her topline, so this will come in time), but how her outline looks should be the very last thing you consider. With you nicely balanced and flexible, and her working forwards and through her back - then she will be 'pretty'!! It won't come before and should be pretty much ignored! When all is right a 'nice' outline will come.

(ahem, and breath, sorry! Pretty outlines instead of correct working are a massive pet peeve!)
 
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P.S. I would def try some canter work out of the saddle, works well as part of your warm up. It really helps free the back up, which will help you with your bouncy 'sj' canter no end!
 
I think she has the makings of a cracking little horse and you look nice together.
Nice to see someone genuinely looking for advice and taking notice of what is said.
The main thing is she is really rushing. Now I know its hard as you want her to have the speed to win. However by slowing her down she will work better from behind and cover more ground, also you will dramatically improve her scope and she won't knock fences down
She is a lovely honest horse she was very often on the wrong leg and unbalanced and yet she still jumped, bless her.

Just imagine what she will be able to do when she is better schooled.

My own horse is at a similar stage and we did some grid work the other day and the difference was incredible. We started off with canter poles then put the middle one up to a cross, then 2 x's eventually working up to 1x a small straight then a large straight bar. WOW he really rounded his stride and took the fences literally in his stride, it felt so smooth and really helped his canter.

Also I would circle her more ie jump fences coming off a circle and if she rushes and loses her rhythm don't jump! after only a few times doing this she will catch on and keep her rhythm better

Also as you have said work on yourself should be in a 2 point seat, get up out the saddle even when doing flat work, practice wrapping your leg around her . you may find it helps to shorten stirrups even more, I can't stress enough how much we don't realise how much easier it makes it until you try it. I was gobsmacked when I tried it
 
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