Clip of horse jumping, does exactly what mine does,how do you stop this!!

[Quartz]

Not sure if this is going to work or not but found this clip on youtube and its exactly what my horse does when jumping. After a jump the head down, bum up pulling you out of your seat. Why do they do this and how can I stop it. I am no way as good a rider as this lady, I c**p myself about jumping 80cm!! However I find it really hard to do a course as he doesn't concentrate on the next jump as he does all that faffing about. also find it kills my shoulder muscles the next day!!! Tips please if any !!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B-MfkKVcBc

 

[spike123]

saddle fit,soreness in feet or just plain excitement! If it's excitement then you have to make it less exciting. You can try gridwork after gridwork after gridwork to see if it slows him down I guess and also put poles out after the jumps to make him think ahead.

 

[Bryndu]

Ok.
Put a line in the school surface 12 human strides away from the landing side of the fence - small fence - 80cms or under will do. (You can use it on larger fences if you wish).
What you then have to do is halt your horse before you get to the line on the ground by whatever means are available to you as what is happening is your horse is in reality bogging off after the fence and doing his own thing - very annoying!
This exercise teaches the horse to listen to what you are saying and does not stop a horse from jumping but teaches him to listen after the jump.
It works in a really short space of time. I have used it on well naughty beasties and it has not failed yet.
This was taught to me by an International eventer/team trainer.
Best of luck
Bryndu

 

[Quartz]

Ok.
Put a line in the school surface 12 human strides away from the landing side of the fence - small fence - 80cms or under will do. (You can use it on larger fences if you wish).
What you then have to do is halt your horse before you get to the line on the ground by whatever means are available to you as what is happening is your horse is in reality bogging off after the fence and doing his own thing - very annoying!
This exercise teaches the horse to listen to what you are saying and does not stop a horse from jumping but teaches him to listen after the jump.
It works in a really short space of time. I have used it on well naughty beasties and it has not failed yet.
This was taught to me by an International eventer/team trainer.
Best of luck
Bryndu

This sounds helpful, but do I put a pole down or just draw the line in the sand? Thanks

 

[Bryndu]

Just a line. You could always put two poles on the floor end to end but leave a gap in the middle to stop at. _____ ______ < like that!
It is an amazing schooling tip but be prepared for not stopping quite in time first go!
Bryndu

 

[littleme]

DO you sit straight up or stay out the saddle like the lady in video? Probably best to do the latter, less likely to pull your muscles

 

[Quartz]

DO you sit straight up or stay out the saddle like the lady in video? Probably best to do the latter, less likely to pull your muscles

It depends on how much he pulls, I try and straight back but sometimes he manages to pull me out the saddle, also depends how tired I am from fighting with him. For instance yesterday I was not on form at all and found it impossible and he really took advantage and I spent most the time being forced out the saddle by him. On a good day, I can at least stay back but stll it makes it really hard to do a course with any tight turns!!!

 

[Cash]

Mine does this sometimes, usually at a competition when he's basically just overexcited and like Bryndu says just wants to bog off and do his own thing!

I try and stay up out of the saddle (but not leaning so I tip off when his head goes down!), heels down, lower leg secure, keep leg on and hands still (sometimes with bridged reins so he can't pull) and just ride through it without letting him speed up. I say 'try' as I am sure I am nowhere near as elegant or effective as the lady in the vid!

Probably not as good as solving through exercises etc, but as mine doesn't do it much then it's not such a big problem as I know it's pure excitement/exuberance.