How to move foward with Pip's jumping...what would you do? Help please

[rara007]

I *think* Pip is matuyre enough now not to go mad with some more jumping. The problem I had when I first tried is that he is fearless, and able. Any height jump he would take off a few strides early, or take of at the last second, because he could

. A friend of ours, who imports ponies to jump said just wack it up till he can't do that, but I'm not doing that. He jumps like this:

from a trot. What would you suggest ?

Thanks for any help.

( I did try a bounce, once, which was set up correctly for his stride, but he jumped the whole thing as a huge spread

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Would you say he is too bold/able to jump safely

Haz

 

[SpruceRI]

I presume you mean if you're riding him?

Gridwork is the best thing to train a pony where to take off from. Start off small, in fact keep it small. Whacking it up isn't the idea. Do loads of trotting poles, and then trot poles into a line of small jumps with a stride between.

If you've got enough poles and wings there's all sorts you can do.

Main thing is to train the pony where the optimum place to take off from is in order that he can jump the next jumps.

When he's going well over the small stuff and not launching from any old place, then you can increase the height and width of oxers and add other jumps in the school

 

[rara007]

Thanks, and yes riding him!

I probably didn't give him enough time last time, but he really wasn't respecting the jumps, taking off when he wanted and going flat out towards them.

 

[kerilli]

totally agree, with madhossy. lots of trotting poles to a small x, building to a small grid, and placing poles before and after a small upright when he's good and calm through the grid, is what i'd do. he's obviously got a good pop and a lot of faith in it, he just needs to be taught where to take off, if only to make things a lot easier and safer for the rider!

 

[rara007]

Thanks- I will start about doing that soon!

 

[lucemoose]

Slow slow slow sloooow down! Poles and more poles, walk trot and canter through them until he is calm and respectful. Progress to grid work to get the rhythm, so he can understand lots of repetition. As above have said.