how often to jump a green horse

Usually try and have a proper jump schooling session (working on lines/turns/combinations/grids) at least once or twice a week, might have a cheeky pop over a couple of small fences for fun at the end of a flatwork session if they're up in the school on top of that. But this is on a youngster who was quite bored of being just schooled (very little jumping/hacking/cantering) in his last home, so we try and keep his work as varied and interesting as possible. He's a green 6yo :)
 
How old is he and how much work is he doing? It would depend entirely on his routine for me but if he is in regular work and not a youngster, maybe doing a mix of flat and hacking I would be doing some sort of pole/jump work two or three times a week. Proably one of those poles or raised poles, mix it up so he doesn't become bored, don't over face and be prepared to drop back a level in training if things aren't going well. Also if he's enjoying it and it's going well, maybe a visit to a XC course to pop a few small ones will encourage him X
 
Totally depends of the level of 'green', age of horse and the horses aim, mine are all rounders and even adult horses I barely compete jumping over 2'6. . I jump my youngster (6, been broken 9 months now) between once a week and once a month. My old dumb blood (aged 4-6) needed a few days in a row to consolidate anything and make progress. I imagine if you're aiming to event/jump the process might be a bit different. My young one is only just starting to jump 'full height' rather than crosses finishing with a straight, but again I expect this varies.
 
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