Horse bronco after jumps

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My horse broncos after every jump, resulting in me falling off! does anyone have any idea if there could be something wrong i should check out? or is this a type of behavior thing my horse is doing?

any advice would be really appreciated!
 
I'd get his back/ saddle checked firstly. Really not normal behaviour at all and indicates he's in pain somewhere...
 
age and experience of horse, how long's it been jumping (although after another thread I'm wondering if this is from under the bridge' too!)
 
Used to know one that did this. Check pain avenues and if all okay, after jump kick on and turn straight away. Solved issue with one I knew, that said a friend had to jump on and do it for me- is easier said than done and I just can't coordinate enough to do it myself!!
 
under the bridge? hes 9 and dont know too much about his jumping as we got him in april, the last owner told us that they took him to a local show to jump and he was fine
 
To add, the reason he did it was because the previous owner when jumping would hang off his mouth (if I showed you the pictures of her riding the poor man you would cringe for the poor beast) he would snatch his head down assumedly from a learned habit of a way to get the daft cow off his mouth. Just be sure your not causing the habit like in this scenario.
 
My mare used to do this. I got her teeth, back and saddle fit checked, all were fine. So after phsyical causes were ruled out I took her right back to basics with little grids and low 'technical' fences that she really had to think about.
The key is (as long as there is no physical discomfort) to take the excitement out of it and build up very gradually. We started over literally ground poles and have worked up to schooling over 3ft courses and competing over 2'3" courses carefully over the last 10 months going back a step if she showed any resistance
Also check your horse is happy with his bit. A change made the world of difference to mine :)
 
My mare occasionally puts a buck in after the jump. Only the first couple with pure excitement. I know this is not the same but I have been schooling her with trotting poles after the jump so she has to concentrate more. Seems to slow her down more and hasn't bucked for the last 3 jumping lessons I have had. My instructer always puts poles around so she can't just bomb around bucking and has to focus. Seems to have certainly improved this. I was very nervous as she had bucked me off several times, now I'm starting to actually enjoy it. I did get her back, teeth and saddle checked beforehand though. Hope you work it out.
 
thankyou everyone for the help so far :) it happens when were out hacking and he finds something small to go over on our path aswell which can be quite dangerous next to the road :(, will try all the advice given so far :)
 
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