had my jumping bubble burst.... Sorry for the whinge

Hi Ben,
at local shows here we've had older gents doing the 0.45 and 0.60 classes (so about 2 feet) and no-one laughs.
I stayed in the lower class until I felt confident and a year later I was whizzing around in the 0.80 class and came third in my first event.
I've given into pressure before and pushed myself and my horse and it was to our detriment - so please just enjoy yourself and do what your happy doing.

We spend too much time and money on this hobby to allow others to push us where we don't need to go.

I can't wait to hear how you get on at your first show. Best of luck and go enjoy it.
 
Crazy_cat_lady said:
Firstly well done in being brave enough after your accident to start jumping again. I never used to jump huge usually about 88 to 1m and if it was a course smaller.
Recently I've lost confidence so I'm sticking to around 2'3 though smaller at the moment as he's just started jumping again after an injury. I actually found while he was off I didn't miss jumping but then I'd been pushing myself to try and jump more than I felt confident with I also had the same problem as many who have commented on your thread that felt they had to try and jump bigger due to what other people thought fortunately those people have now left. We have horses for fun and you're already doing well by jumping again and 2'3" isn't tiny
I read this very interesting article the other day:

http://www.horsecollaborative.com/developing-the-riders-eye-and-overcoming-fear-of-fence-height/
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Thank you for this, just read the article and watched the videos. it underpins what my RI is saying, we are staying low so that if I get it wrong the consequences are not too severe, the ability is there (apparently) but not overly consistent. So we are working more on getting a springy balanced canter that contains all the power, and boy does it feel powerful when I get it right!! We have also been doing the "three two one" exercise and I am chuffed that nine times out of ten now I'm getting it right, a few times yesterday even held him and shortened his stride so he hit it right, though this may have been more luck than judgement but at least I know how it feels to keep him together. thanks all for your positive vibes, it is nice to read your messages of support :-) I do have a few photos but am clueless as to how to post them on here?? I'm on my iPhone/iPad and it won't let me copy and paste (my jumping skills are matched by my ability with technology-Ha!
 
Congrats on getting back on and enjoying yourself after your accident.

And even more congratulations for wanting to be confident and secure, knowing that you can do what you are asking of your horse.

I can't tell you how much of a nervous wreck I was thinking about jumping again for the first time after a 30 year break, but my wonderful instructor realised the issue and took me out for a hack instead. Somehow, that log didn't look anything like the 2'6" it actually is, but we just popped over it from a nice balanced canter on a hack.

Stick with what you are doing and ignore the idiots. YOU are the one setting yourself up for success by working on having the right foundations and ensuring that you and your horse have confidence in each other.

Enjoy it, and keep smiling.
 
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