Getting 'popped' out the saddle when jumping.....

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I have recently been doing a bit more jumping, and last night was having a go at raising the height, but still in trot as I will admit to being slightly nervous in canter.

We got to 2ft 10.5 and although he was giving it LOADS of clearance - so was I! I am a very heels down rider, and due to past falls etc I really plant my lower leg and sit up when riding into a fence. But despite having long boots on, which do grip the sides of the saddle, and I know I am folding as OH did impression of me
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and it feels comfortable and secure when he first takes off, the minute he is like just going over I get bumped up, so much so that although I am landing on and not pecking my foot actually kept getting stuck in my left stirrup.

As I have now got a bit more confidence in Beau (he REALLY reads his rider, if I falter or am half hearted he WILL stop) I am ok cantering over around 2ft.

I used to easily canter (even bareback) with my 1st horse over 3ft+, but Beau has a definate 'pop' when he jumps, and he is a lot livelier and up for it when u get past 2ft 6.

Other than lessons I am saving up) does anyone have any suggestions? I know he is cepable of jumping 3ft+ tracks and going clear and I would LOVE to be able to do this at some point, and I know I was capable of it.
 
Just keep having the lessons, they will give you confidence .... its just a matter of time . Dont push yourself too hard .

Do grid work also, it will help with the confidence and it will help your horse, dont know alot about you or your horse but good luck x
 
Is your saddle quite deep? I like really flat saddles (mine is really really flat!) because the ones with a highish cantle seem to smack me in the bum and pop me into the air making me feel very insecure.

Just so you can see, this is my saddle:

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When jumping from trot the horse will always have a more up and down motion over the jump. Come with a more active trot, do not be afraid to hold the mane (have seen the best do this) and most importantly look up - pick a spot in front of you at your eye level or even a bit highter and keep your eye on it.
You may not actually have this issue when jumping from canter at all.
 
Oh the trot is VERY active!! Almost like he is skipping to the jump as he is so on his toes and bouncy.

The saddle is a Wintec 500, and I dont actually feel it smack me, Probably as I am focused on the popped feeling. I will say though that as it is a 2nd hand off ebay it didnt come with the flexiblocks, so not much knee roll, but I view that as a good thing!

I have to say I am good at looking up, although it is usually just betwen his ears - After seeing a pic of another girl at the stables jumping her pony, plus want ot make sure I wont be heading straight at another jump and not be prepared!
 
IMHO, it's the saddle that's the problem, not you! I had a wintec 500 and exactly the same thing happened to me - I switched to the albion k2 and the problem went away straight away... for jumping the 500 really, really doesn't help you stay secure in the saddle - I know some people love it but I, for one, didn't
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The same happens with me although I haven`t done any jumping in a while. The annoying thing with the share horse is if you hold onto the mane he will absolutely leap the jump!.
 
I am finding that with my jumping horse and whilst we are jumping closer to 1.20m (god knows what that is in feet!! Bout 3.3 I think). He is a very very athletic and very good at jumping, he puts so much effort into the jump, its hard to not get turbo boosted out!! For me I just try and land back in the saddle and am improving with staying with him.

Like one person said, get a really flat saddle, i have the Albion K2 as well, which really helps and my mum has been giving me a few pointers (as you may be able to tell, I'm mainly a dressage person!!). She tells me that if the horse is capable, to leave him to it, let him find his own stride and just sit quietly!! It seems to be working and I am getting better. Never wanted to jump him anyway but circumstances have dictated that I can't find a suitable home for him so I will have to keep him and jump him myself!!
 
I'm getting back into jumping and find that the only way to stop falling off when Ty does his cat leap is to ride very strongly into the jump and over exaggerate the leaning foward on take off....seems to help him too!

Hoping to start lessons soon though aswell....
 
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