horse people that KNOW! what there talking about please?

[stencilface]

My favourite was watching him go round a course of fences, holding a glass of champagne in one hand

I think it was in the mix and match class at bramham, and was brilliant!!

 

[Otimoo]

My favourite was watching him go round a course of fences, holding a glass of champagne in one hand

I think it was in the mix and match class at bramham, and was brilliant!!

Did anyone see him when he was doing a puissance and he trotted up to the wall put his pint of beer on it went round jumped the wall then went back for his beer!! So funny

 

[BeckyX]

probably a tad late seeing the number of pages but... i have the same problem so i have been taugh to hold her until three strides in so that she has time to sort herself out it seems to work also i always ride in a three ring (on second ring) and i now use a grakle

flat work lots of flat work to get them listening !! being forward isnt a bad thing, these days i do just go with her a bit more, hoe my rambling makes some sense

 

[smellsofhorse]

and a dictionary too...

I had to laugh!

Bad grammar annoys me!

Its they're not there!


Its sometime hard to understand what OP it talking about!

 

[Kenzo]

Isn't that more to do with Geoff natural stature?!

lol, he reminds me of the M&M men

 

[cundlegreen]

because we all usee the same instustor and my mate was told to try a 3 ring gag by the instustor and now there doing amaizng soo.... :/

Hate to say this, but you're going to fail your exams with spelling like this!! If my 14 yr old sent messages like yours, I'd murder him!!!

 

[Kat]

If you don't want people to take the mick, then I've learned a fair few things that help over time (mm, I've been playing on forums like this since I was about 13, am now 16 - that's only 2yrs age difference btw - and school was always 'fun')

- Think first, then put your thoughts into words, think about them again, then press enter! Tis easy to make thoughtless comments that make your intentions come accross incorrectly.
- Yup, I know some people find spelling hard, but typing things up quickly in a word processer (ie. MS word) first can solve that, and people will take a post where 90% of the words are spelt correctly far more seriously
- Try to do a bit of research first. There are loads of lovely bit books, online guides etc that can help! Then at least when you ask questions, you understand the answers

Loads of people on here ARE really helpful, but you just have to look carefully to see it! I love helping people out, but like to think the words don't just go in one ear, out the other
We all like a laugh now and then too

Wow Sol I always thought you were much older! You come across as being very mature!

That is *supposed* to be a compliment!!!

 

[diggerbez]

FWIW...i think some of the replies on here are downright nasty

OP- you've asked for advice and been given some really good suggestions so that should give you some good ideas to play with... the rest of you, get off your bloody high horses! she is 14 FFS and i know that a lot of you are much older and should be able to dispense advice without getting stroppy/sarcastic if its not immediately being taken. yes its annoying if people don't seem to listen to what you are suggesting, and text speak winds me up...but there is really no need for some of the comments on here and on other posts made by the OP...
have watched the videos and i honestly don't think they are that bad (i had to go and watch...was expecting much worse!)- yes there is a lot of work to be done before the partnership is ready for BS newcomers but essentially they are doing a lot right...if you watch the videos in the youtube account the riding gets progressively better as time goes on. yes the horse is too fast and going on one or two dodgy strides but OP is fairly soft with her hands and gives pony her head.

OP- my thoughts are that yes you need to improve your pony's flatwork to improve her jump. instead of just trying to jump bigger and bigger (tempting i know as its more fun ) work on lots of little courses- practising asking her to halt so many strides after the fence in a nice square halt for example or working on related distances- asking her to shorten and lengthen. this works great with teeny little fences. i do a lot of this with my totally awesome trainer- she competes internationally and rarely jumps big at home- its more about responsiveness etc... and try not to let the more nasty comments get you down. i think that mostly they are well intentioned... however, it must be nice to live in a world where you are perfect...

ps- brighteyes- meg looks stunning in that video...wish i could ride anywhere near that quietly to a fence (or indeed on the flat )

 

[Sol]

Katt - haha, when people hear me talk or written messages they usually think I'm a lot older... when people see me, they usually think I'm a lot younger, nobody ever seems to think I'm my actual age!
I was one of those kids who lived in books and erm, I guess I didn't learn how to be immature? xD Anyway, thanks?! I will take it as a compliment

 

[Brandy]

Sol - I was a kid who lived in books too, it does no harm at all!! I am now an adult who can string a sentence together (mostly.....)

OP - I have a pony that gets very excited over jumps. He is ridden in a loose ring french link snaffle. I also use a drop noseband. He flies at jumps like you wouldn't believe, head in the air and mouth open, although his flatwork is generally quite good and we have been placed and won many times showing and dressage.

I am not a natural jumper though and needed help with this pony so found myself a decent instructor and at the end of the first lesson my pony was jumping a course of small jumps from a sensible trot. It was kind of like dressage with jumps. I was amazed. And also mentally exhausted.

I couldn't believe how much I had to concentrate - I am quite nervous so am usually more concerned with getting from one side to another but I really had to focus on the corners, the turn into the jump, the approach and the ride away. And I also had to use my legs A LOT! The instructor would not let me near a jump unless I had the approach as close to perfect as I could, and the pony was calm. If he was not calm, or I fluffed it, we rode a circle or two then tried again. The jumps were about 18 inches high. The pony can jump a course 2ft 9 easily but it wouldn't be pretty! and is 13.2hh

As someone else has said, fast horse often equal lazy horses once they really have to work.

I would say you may need to look at changing instructors if yours is not helping you slow things down.

 

[schneeko]

Sorry but I couldn't be bothered to read them all so if this has been said a hundred times then I apologise.

If she schools perfectly on the flat then you need to do schooling with jumps. Try doing a course and putting a walk transition after each fence. Make sure your 100% in control before the next jump.

And I realise pulling is bad but you have to be firm, make her walk after each fence and then she'll start to listen to your half halts when your jumping a course.

Hope it helps

 

[Sirreal]

Maybe you should change instructor? I used to have an instructor who was all into her gadgets and strong bits, mainly because she was impatient and wanted to see quick fix results at the end of my lesson. I quickly changed and now with a more helpful instructor my horse works in a plain snaffle with no martingales, flash straps etc.

Not meaning to be rude, but from the jumping videos I have seen you and your horse need to go back to basics. It is not all about speed and height. I used to be a speed jumping demon when I was younger but as I have learnt more from my instructor I have come to realize that flatwork and control results in better jumping than speed any day.

LOL i commented on one of her videos a while ago telling her I thought she needed to do some more flatwork, cue 4 other 12 year old girls commenting my channel telling me how dare I pick on her, and I was a sh*t rider anyway so what did I know. And generally being bloody rude. kids....