Horse jumps twice actual fence height.

[Fourlegsgood]

Posted these piccies on a thread about Photoshop in NL but thought they could have an airing here as well!! It was the sj phase of his first BE90 event at Brooksby last year.

My horse jumps twice the height of the actual fence so thought I would have a go at recreating what he sees compared to what we see!!

 

[WellyBaggins]

Lovely picture! I have one of those too!

 

[posie_honey]

lol! love it!
i have one of those type jumpers too: mind you = its got better as she's got more confidence

 

[saskia295]

Mine does that too! How old is your horse? Normally it's a bit of a baby thing and they calm down but mine turned 7 on Tuesday and he still jumps about a foot higher than the fence!

 

[wench]

is he a tall horse? Is it just his "natural" jumping height? My 16.3 tb looks like he is over jumping everything, but when you look at him jumping he probably isnt - by the time hes lifted his legs up he is well clear of the jumps.

Does that make sense?

 

[WellyBaggins]

Mine is 6 and he still does it, slightly less SJ but he still does it and also does it xc (note signature!!)

 

[vam]

is he a tall horse? Is it just his "natural" jumping height? My 16.3 tb looks like he is over jumping everything, but when you look at him jumping he probably isnt - by the time hes lifted his legs up he is well clear of the jumps.

Does that make sense?

Mine like this. Its not until the fences get bigger that he feels like he is jumping. At the moment he just wants to jump over the fence, he's not worried about how big it is and if he needs to jump it at that height. To be honest neither am i at the moment!

 

[only_me]

mine does it too - but he tends to overjump everything Im used to it now though, but he does have his funny moods - ie. He stands off big parallels and launches himself.
I think he is easily amused
He has an "unusual technique" - overjump instead of using himself better
This wasnt a small fence - 1.10 open corner!

 

[pinktiger]

my big chap does this, i dont think its just a confidence thing with him, its kindof along with his particular tech, it does make production a bit slow!! I do hope it does settle down but i fear it may only get slightly better and i will just have to get use to it,,, well i guess im quite use to it now (sort of) ive been jumped off once, then discovered how much use my lower leg is,(was always very jel of ne one with a decent lower leg, now mine is the most used part of my body, in unison with my core stability otherwise im orbited!!!!!bless baby horses!!!

 

[Fourlegsgood]

Mine does that too! How old is your horse? Normally it's a bit of a baby thing and they calm down but mine turned 7 on Tuesday and he still jumps about a foot higher than the fence!

He isn't young (11) but has only just started jumping. In fact he is meant to be a dressage horse (he is by dressage sire Matador) but was thought too dangerous to ride so he has been in a field for a few years until gullible me came along to have a go. Anything I ride has to jump so thats what we're doing!

 

[measles]

Our girl does this too, probably because she moves very well and has a lot more scope than her sj mileage.

 

[Fourlegsgood]

These photos are all brilliant - keep them coming, I love 'em.

 

[JenTaz]

taz done that as a four year old last year jumping at a schooling night at a local equine college, unfortunately its not the sharpest photo and the jump height was 65cms as it was the first time i had ever jumped him round a full course unfortunately my jumping position was awful then and still is haha

 

[measles]

Couldn't resist!

 

[Fourlegsgood]

I forgot to say that my boy used to jump that high over a pole on the ground!! (When I could get him to go over it.)

 

[only_me]

Jumping big over a pole on the ground would suggest to me that he is worried/scared about the pole, hence why he is so careful jumping

 

[_Rach_]

Twizzy does it too!
This was last year and its not quite as bad now, she to was a dressage horse that now loves jumping.

 

[vam]

found a pic, not very good as its off a vid.

Bless him

 

[JustMe22]

HOW did you do that though? Thats what I want to know? Off to NL to find out

Very cool Hahah I'd love to see it with mine, he does the same sometimes, but I think its just because he's naturally got a big jump. He doesn't overjump, but obviously 1m-ish is not that big for a 16.2hh TB

 

[katie_and_toto]

My pony Toto did this at Pony Club Camp in 2007, it's a vid still so a bit blurry!

The fence was only about 2ft but had a slight drop on the landing side I stayed on, just!

 

[diggerbez]

ha ha OP thats excellent! i'm gonna come to you next time i need a horse selling

 

[jumptoit]

That is fab, a photographer near us adds them in for you too !

 

[WellyBaggins]

http://www.everybodysmile.biz/cgi-bin/public.cgi?form_status=order_image&img=Z117. 8730.jpg&anc=p17_0006&ss=533

Sorry for the link but it is worth a look

 

[WellyBaggins]

Bobbins! Link doesn't work! If you can be bothered

http://www.everybodysmile.biz/noblephotos/eques/

Downton Hall Fun Ride (2nd row)

Page 17, 6th row down!

 

[Willow1306]

Fab pics!

My old pony used to give the fences plenty of air also. This one took me a bit by surprise :

 

[vikkiandmonica]

My gelding does that too, I really like it though, love the feeling of the scopeyness underneath me, although when we get to bigger heights, I do get thrown a little. At least I know he will never touch a pole?

 

[Sparkles]

I wish mine did that....rather than jumping half the required fence height.

LOL.

Bless him.

 

[xRobyn]

Phil says this pole was scary (about 5 years ago )

this one isn't wide enough

and this one isn't tall enough...

But just to show we can jump it normally

 

[Sparkles]

Hehe oh bless him! [Phil lol]

My mare's the same bless her...

Not wide enough either..

Not high enough...

Giving it air...

Brushes are NOT for brushing through haha....

And my old 13.2...

 

[NicoleS_007]

awesome piccys my horse used to do this when he was 4 ... he also used to flick his hind quarters up really high so he didnt hit it bless him lol 2 years on and hes turned into an economical jumper puts the lest anount of effort in as possible haha