Sarah_Jane
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Sarnita although bold you do need your leg on the whole time to keep her going forward.
Rags is very bold and just needs steering.
Rags is very bold and just needs steering.
Honest opinions.....XC...
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Kelly1982
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She is a Han x TB and was actually bred for dressage ha ha, thinking of taking her XC this weekend too but gotta find a body protector first
Merlotmonster
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Im lucky as I bought an advanced old schoolmaster. I just sit there and steer! If i try and interfere and look for strides, he just does his own thing anyway..I now just get into a good rythym and leave it to him....mind you, our dressage leaves a little to be desired! You can almost see him chuckling to himself as he canters sideways down the centre line!! love him to death tho, and he has given me sooo much confidence after a horrible fall a couple of years ago, I forgive him!
igglepiggle
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He just takes me although I have to ride the first to establish the positive rhythm. After that, he just looks for the next fence and locks on, unless its water. Then he is very careful but still does it. He's 14 but didn't event till he was 13!
SilGathien
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I have a 7 yr old TB who is a great XC horse. He may back off occasionally, but generally he just keeps eating the fences up
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XC schooling in a group or pairs XC can be a nightmare because he'll pull and leap and just want to get going the nut.
He's not perfect, we still have a ditch problem, but we are trying to get it sorted. But he's given me much more confidence than my old pony who always liked to stop at fence one :S.
XC schooling in a group or pairs XC can be a nightmare because he'll pull and leap and just want to get going the nut.
He's not perfect, we still have a ditch problem, but we are trying to get it sorted. But he's given me much more confidence than my old pony who always liked to stop at fence one :S.
seabiscuit
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Trevor my ex eventer wouldve honestly jumped round Badminton by himself he did not need a rider and he could prob find his way round the XC course by himself. The rider's job was just to sit there and try not to fall off. you did not need to do a thing!
He was a phenomanlly bold horse never questioned anything and would jump anything and everything in his path.He was like that from day one on his XC. He just lived to go cross country that was his passion and he was also extremely clever and quick with his legs always getting himself out of trouble.
Owen was a complete chicken at first with his XC as he was with all jumping in general but finally now after 4 years he is bold and just wants to go for the jumps- I prob need to find a new bit!
But that is probably now due to his back problem now being fixed.
I have found over the years that the horses that have not been bold are horses with some sort of physical problem which means that they are not happy about jumping off long strides or going down drops and hills etc.
He was a phenomanlly bold horse never questioned anything and would jump anything and everything in his path.He was like that from day one on his XC. He just lived to go cross country that was his passion and he was also extremely clever and quick with his legs always getting himself out of trouble.
Owen was a complete chicken at first with his XC as he was with all jumping in general but finally now after 4 years he is bold and just wants to go for the jumps- I prob need to find a new bit!
But that is probably now due to his back problem now being fixed.
I have found over the years that the horses that have not been bold are horses with some sort of physical problem which means that they are not happy about jumping off long strides or going down drops and hills etc.
Drummer
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My big cob is a bit of a fright x country, he likes going pretty fast and high and I have to dodge his legs sometimes as he likes trying to knock me out with them as you can see. If I am x country schooling or doing pairs then I have to hold tight and he just takes me over everything but when competing on our own I have to ride him more but I think thats more me over thinking things and losing my nervs. I would say he is bold but with showjumping he is complety different.
Ellaxx
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mine is incredibly bold xc and very keen to find the next fence. he does not have alot of experience but just wants to jump so does not have a look at anything really (so far *touches wood*). he's very forward going so i dont use spurs, or much leg for that matter, tbh it feels asthough he wont stop untill i turn the engine off.
he's 6 this year but a bit of a late starter.
he's 6 this year but a bit of a late starter.
wench
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mines bl**dy fast round xc, flat out gallop. Will jump any fence as long as its in the way on the track (ie he cant go round it), from any stride or any angle, if he can run out at them he will.
Oh and he has been known to jump the first three fences and decide he has had enough and try and nap towards the start
Oh and he has been known to jump the first three fences and decide he has had enough and try and nap towards the start
Baggybreeches
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I have always had bold xc horses, the ones that I have started myself have a nice easy course for their first one but they get ridden strongly from the box. I would be quite bothered if I had to kick a horse round a xc course!
