help we going to persevere

[siani1989]

heya there posted last night about the swap for the arab gelding beth (rider) has now decided the persavere, ill tell you what shedoes when jumping you turn her to the jump she will lunge foward set off into a very fast canter head help high lol then flies over it , wondering what we could do to help her slow down thank you btw all her back and teeth are ok all checked

 

[Darkly_Dreaming_Dex]

Start off with trotting poles and move onto jumping gridwork. Placing poles both before and after the jump really help too. Its worth getting the back checked as pain can make them rush their fences too.

 

[OrangeEmpire]

What bit are you using?

 

[Damnation]

trotting poles are very good at helping calm horses down to jumps. If the horse starts rushing to the jump someone I know used to stop the horse dead before the jump, the horse soon learnt that if she wanted to jump it she would have to jump nicely.
Hope this helps
Izzi x

 

[Nari]

She may never be a quiet jumper but hopefully you can improve matters a bit.

I'd start by puting poles on the ground when you school her. Don't go over them, just have them there & work around them. Progress to sometimes going over & sometimes not, being very careful not to change how she's ridden. Then start adding jumps to work around & over.

Personally I've had some bad experiences with gridwork with a horse that likes to get on with his jumping. No matter how carefully the grid is built up the fact is he can see exactly what's coming & it fires him up even more - we take strides out, fly down & more than once have jumped wings. I've also seen him do it with another, far better, jump rider & that was the last straw as far as I was concerned - no more grids for him.

Stopping before & after fences helped him a little but done too much before a fence it just provoked a "f*** you" attitude & no control whatsoever.

I found very small tight courses invaluable because if he never knows where he's going he waits for instructions & if the fences are small enough then he can be spun into another fence if he starts to get strong - half a stride to sort everything out does tend to make him think & be a little more respectful! It may work even better with bigger jumos but I'm a coward.

I'd really recommend getting some lessons from a good teacher to help with this. A fresh pair of eyes on the ground can often spot things you've missed which may make a big difference.