vikkiandmonica
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Hey all, I was just wondering if you lovely lot could give me some advice?
Wings, my 16.2hh warmblood, gets very strong when I jump, whether it be home or away, although at home he is quite a bit worse. I had a lesson the other day, Tuesday I think, and he was just really not listening to me at all. Generally he is very good on the flat, I can lengthen and shorten his canter really well, and he listens to me and is very responsive. However, once I start to jump him, after the initial jump, he just gets stronger and stronger, and very het up, until sometimes it will just fry his brain and he can explode forwards and have a bit of a tantrum... It was a new instructor, and we just don't know how to get him listening.
When you jump him, he will literally get about 5 strides out, and just really lengthen in his canter, get very strong and just cart you into fences... The weird thing is that on the flat he has a naturally collected, uphill canter, that isn't long and flat. He's just in a snaffle at the minute, as I don't really want to shove in a stronger bit, especially because if you ignore his tanking, he always ends up jumping nicely. Despite the canter getting very long and forwards, the jump itself isn't long, and he will still make a nice neat shape over the fences, and never really hits poles (I mean he has never hit a pole away from home, and very rarely does it at home).
I think he's a very smart horse, as nothing I've tried seems to help. I can circle before fences, trot into them, jump once and go back to schooling, and nothing helps, he will still really tank into fences as soon as I turn into them. Weirdly, he's less strong XC and is actually quite polite. Yes, he can still be strong, but he doesn't tank into the fences as much.
So yeah, I was just wondering if any of you had any ideas of what I could try and stop him being so rude and not listening to me? My instructor thinks I should just not jump him at home after what she saw haha, especially because we can go out to competitions and get clear rounds. However, I feel that soon, he will start getting stronger and more cocky away from home, so would quite like to nip it in the bud before it becomes a major problem.
Thanks, and Terry's Chocolate Orange offered to everyone who has gotten through my essay haha
Wings, my 16.2hh warmblood, gets very strong when I jump, whether it be home or away, although at home he is quite a bit worse. I had a lesson the other day, Tuesday I think, and he was just really not listening to me at all. Generally he is very good on the flat, I can lengthen and shorten his canter really well, and he listens to me and is very responsive. However, once I start to jump him, after the initial jump, he just gets stronger and stronger, and very het up, until sometimes it will just fry his brain and he can explode forwards and have a bit of a tantrum... It was a new instructor, and we just don't know how to get him listening.
When you jump him, he will literally get about 5 strides out, and just really lengthen in his canter, get very strong and just cart you into fences... The weird thing is that on the flat he has a naturally collected, uphill canter, that isn't long and flat. He's just in a snaffle at the minute, as I don't really want to shove in a stronger bit, especially because if you ignore his tanking, he always ends up jumping nicely. Despite the canter getting very long and forwards, the jump itself isn't long, and he will still make a nice neat shape over the fences, and never really hits poles (I mean he has never hit a pole away from home, and very rarely does it at home).
I think he's a very smart horse, as nothing I've tried seems to help. I can circle before fences, trot into them, jump once and go back to schooling, and nothing helps, he will still really tank into fences as soon as I turn into them. Weirdly, he's less strong XC and is actually quite polite. Yes, he can still be strong, but he doesn't tank into the fences as much.
So yeah, I was just wondering if any of you had any ideas of what I could try and stop him being so rude and not listening to me? My instructor thinks I should just not jump him at home after what she saw haha, especially because we can go out to competitions and get clear rounds. However, I feel that soon, he will start getting stronger and more cocky away from home, so would quite like to nip it in the bud before it becomes a major problem.
Thanks, and Terry's Chocolate Orange offered to everyone who has gotten through my essay haha