rachk89
Well-Known Member
As the title says basically.
I do on jumping really. I'm not good at jumping, I dont have the nerve for it thanks to having a bad childhood experience where every time I jumped at my first riding school, I fell off or the pony would bolt. (Yes not a very good riding school at all). I understand jumping, I know how to set the horse up, how to land and move onto the next jump, oddly I'm very good at getting a horse out of difficulty if its jumped into a combination badly. But in general unless the horse makes a mistake and I have to fix it, I just freeze on sight of the jump and forget everything.
Jumping my horse as well, is very difficult and scary. Its not his fault, its the way he is designed. He has a very powerful movement, way more power than anything I've ever ridden. His jump is so bizarre to me too, I'm used to riding school horses for jumping, and generally they are smooth over jumps. He has one hell of a ping to his jump, understandably given how he is bred, but I just cant sit it. And if he gets excited, he bounces even more out of excitement and I fall off at that point.
So yeah I like watching other people jump him. He's not even strong, he doesnt need anything more than a snaffle to jump, the rider I usually get to jump him has agreed with that too. He's just so enthusiastic for jumping, its lovely to watch him going round bigger jumps, ears pricked forward the entire time, and even when he's really tired and sweating a lot he's still dying to go round again.
My mum wants me to do the jumping with him as well, and I can understand that, but I dont really want to anymore if I'm honest. It would be lovely if I had the confidence to do 80cm jumps with him as I'd love to try an 80cm BE event just for a bit of fun and something different, but I'm really just not confident enough and dont think I ever will be. I get more enjoyment watching someone else do it than I do trying to jump him.
Anyone else feel the same?
I do on jumping really. I'm not good at jumping, I dont have the nerve for it thanks to having a bad childhood experience where every time I jumped at my first riding school, I fell off or the pony would bolt. (Yes not a very good riding school at all). I understand jumping, I know how to set the horse up, how to land and move onto the next jump, oddly I'm very good at getting a horse out of difficulty if its jumped into a combination badly. But in general unless the horse makes a mistake and I have to fix it, I just freeze on sight of the jump and forget everything.
Jumping my horse as well, is very difficult and scary. Its not his fault, its the way he is designed. He has a very powerful movement, way more power than anything I've ever ridden. His jump is so bizarre to me too, I'm used to riding school horses for jumping, and generally they are smooth over jumps. He has one hell of a ping to his jump, understandably given how he is bred, but I just cant sit it. And if he gets excited, he bounces even more out of excitement and I fall off at that point.
So yeah I like watching other people jump him. He's not even strong, he doesnt need anything more than a snaffle to jump, the rider I usually get to jump him has agreed with that too. He's just so enthusiastic for jumping, its lovely to watch him going round bigger jumps, ears pricked forward the entire time, and even when he's really tired and sweating a lot he's still dying to go round again.
My mum wants me to do the jumping with him as well, and I can understand that, but I dont really want to anymore if I'm honest. It would be lovely if I had the confidence to do 80cm jumps with him as I'd love to try an 80cm BE event just for a bit of fun and something different, but I'm really just not confident enough and dont think I ever will be. I get more enjoyment watching someone else do it than I do trying to jump him.
Anyone else feel the same?
