Getting started with jumping - advice please!

[Wilbur_Force]

My horse (9 yr old, ISH) is very green with his jumping, having been kept mostly as a pet for the first 7 years of his life.

I have a couple of issues - at the moment, I have a pure dressage saddle and am getting a new one (as well as the dressage one) next week, so do I go for a GP saddle or a jumping one?

Other issue - how do I get started with the jumping? I want to do things absolutely right. At the moment, he takes off from anywhere - stands off or gets in deep. However, he does have a good jump, but tends to go on his head a bit.

Any advice greatly appreciated! Thanks

 

[hadfos]

i get on well with my gp for showjumping!!Placing poles will help you both a lot....a few canter poles before a small cross to start,then slowly move on to grids

 

[Chestnut_filly14]

if he lunges well, lunge him over low jumps and raised trotting poles so he can find his feet and make mistakes without any danger.

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