Horses that jump out

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This may sound really daft, but how do keep them in? We're talking about a horse kept at livery, has a turnout companion, plenty of grass & toys in the field. Fencing is 4ft double strand broard electric tape on wooden posts. There is even a field shelter. Double fencing has been tried!! Horse just jumps over the whole damn lot!! HELP!!!!
 
7ft fences
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. Can't really think of much else, some just seem determined not to stay where they should be!
 
My sister had an ex-adavanced eventer horse on lease a few years ago. At his owners yard his paddock had 6 foot plus fences (and I am sure on occasions he jumped out over them!) There was nothing we could do here and we had no idea which field you would fine him in. Luckily he would stay in our fields! On 2 occasions he did jump out of our fields but both times he did a circle and straight back in again. There really wasn't much else we could do. Luckily all our horses got on and were only seperated so some didn't get too much grass.
 
Good god 4ft! I had my fences built at 6ft to stop my 14.2 jumping out!!!! She was sold and everyone now assumes that they are for Sov.
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When we had the stallions we had a 4ft post and rail with electric tape 2ft above, it kept them in!
You need to attach some more posts higher up the existing wooden ones.
 
Make sure it is freezemarked and chipped for a start! Dig a ditch (like a ha-ha!) in front of the fence! Only things I can think of and they won't be approved of - is to hobble from hind leg to diagonal foreleg like the gypsies would do or would one of those dog fences be any good, the ones that use a collar that gives zaps if they get too close to the fence?
 
Any idea why he is jumping out? We have a 16.2hh Treky who has jumped 5 bar gates and scaled a 6ft dry stone wall to get to a mare. Although we normally keep mares and geldings separated, we had to compromise on this one before he hurt himself and put him where he wanted to go!
 
The distance of the second inner electric fence needs to be further in by the sound of it. Also tie some balloons on the outer fence provided horses can't get at it.
The fact they wave about often works as a deterrent.
If the horse can get at the fence try plastic strips of tape tied to the inner fence, again if they move they might stop it.
Another method is tape electric fencing posts to the existing fence raising a dead piece of tape to almost six feet..
I have seen our stallion pop over first the electric tape fence out of his field (at that time 4' 6" then clear a five feet metal gate closely followed by 4 6" electric topped post and rail.
We increased his tape fence to five feet, connected to a stronger level fencer which gave him a bigger shock and he never tried to get out again. (oh I lie, once he jumped onto a five feet high bank, popped the wire and post fence five feet inside that field and bonked an elderly 12 hh mare...
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We bred a horse by a stallion called Silver Bertie, his party trick was to pop from field to field over 6 high 6 feet wide hedges.. Eventually his owner gelded him because she found it impossible to keep him in a field..
He's gone abroad Sj now.
Look on the bright side, if it can jump like that it should make a super competition horse!
 
I had enough problems with a 10hh!!! - even tried the mains! - never stopped him....

Keep him in? (joke)

not very helpful I know but you find if they do when they have no reason to then they often dont stop at anything...
 
Some excellent suggestions here. I've already suggested making the fence higher, not sure how YO will take to that though. SHould these extra fortifications be at the expense of the YO or the horse's owner or a combination?
 
mine used to do this, and jump out of his stable too, but just seemed to grow out of it. nothing would really keep him in though (actually he took after his dad, the only reason his dam was in foal is because his dad wouldnt stay put)
 
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