Help with getting horse to scope over jump

as sweet as hunni

as sweet as hunni

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So I've been jumping Hunni lately with the polyjump blocks(?) and it's a straight bar, and she will jump it fine yet put another Pole underneath it like a mini spread so to speak and she will cat leap it/take a stride out and send us both of balance and I end up landing with a bit of a thump on her back and i don't want to hurt her back, is there a way to get her to 'scope' over it or is it kist a Case of riding her through?
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Have you tried free jumping her? For most horses the basic bascule is instinctive and you can't do too much to improve on it - only not interfere with it. It is then a case of helping them learn to jump that freely with a rider and tack.

If she free jumps with a nice shape when she is free then make sure her tack isn't restricting her in any way, that she has space to use her head and neck over the jump and let her learn her craft with a balenced rider over low fences. She will get it as she won't want to jump akwardly any more than you do.

But if she is just one of those who for some reason cannot or will not form a nice shape you will never succeed in teaching her. You can make it a bit easier by keeping the fences low - but some ( a minority) do just cat leap!
 
I would be inclined to use a placing pole to put her on the right distance for take off to encourage a smoother jump.

For spreads as well until she gets the idea I would use a cross as the front part of the spread as opposed to a straight pole - its a bit more inviting and easier to read/jump.

Do you have lessons? A pair of eyes on the ground will be able to help you
 
How do you ride her to the jump?

Do you try and get a 'stride'?

If you do stop as its stopping her from being able to jump right.

The horse needs rythum and impulsion to jump and it's your job to help the horse get it. Once you have the right rythum ride to the jump, don't interfere as that will cause mistakes.

Your job is to set the horse up in a nice even rythum so the horse can jump.

Dose t matter how high or how different each jump is you do the same rythum, rythum, rythum
 
Placing poles will help you to get a better stride into fences.

I would advise against free schooling, its likely to make them encourage to take off too early rather than jump from the right spot.
 
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