I Did Grid Work?

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ShowJumperBeckii

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So i did What you guys said and tryed some grid work
we started with just small x jumps and then at the end the last jump was a 1.10 spread and i just left it on a good note :)
we still have a bit of rushing at the corners but it will take time to get her out that habbit but after a few pratice jumps she calmed down :) very proud of the ponio :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzqVwWl6bIM

video only of one grid as my friend had to leave :)
thanks
 
Gosh, that does look better, well done you. Get those legs on for the corners so you can ask her for more bend, tiring but worth it! With the grids I wouldn't worry too much about getting a big fence at the end, it is more about the gymnastics and control than the height. Grids are a really useful exercise, but I find I can sometimes struggle for more ideas, I find this page really interesting http://www.bhsnorthwest.org.uk/cgi-bin/news.pl?RecordNumber=27 and I love this book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Poles-Gridwork-Threshold-Picture-Guide/dp/1872082440
Good luck with all your work!
 
Well done, I read your post yesterday but didnt reply as didn't have anything better to say than what had been offered!

Looks good, glad you got some good work done with her, which is always rewarding :)
 
Looking good :) really pleased to see you are taking things on board from the advice you've got in here.
Only thing I would say is to stay straight after the last jump and to sit up.
Keep up good work
 
I have just read that page glosgirl! Thats really good gives you a lot of things to work an exercises to try. I suggest you read it BSJAshowjumper, it would really help you
 
Looking good!

Only suggestion I would have (as I'm sure you have said your horse is keen and likes to rush at jumps)is to pop down the grid and see if you can halt her on a straight line after the jumps, once she has stopped and softened you can ask her to go forwards again. This really helped me with horses that rush, you can develop it until you are just half halting, which means the turns are much more balanced.
 
thats much better than what she was a while ago :) she doesnt look as if she as rushing so much :D you've done a fab job, if you can try to keep her straight after going over the last jump since its just schooling over jumps your doing, you'll have a good chance of stopping her from rushing :) well done
 
roo2012 said:
Looking good!

Only suggestion I would have (as I'm sure you have said your horse is keen and likes to rush at jumps)is to pop down the grid and see if you can halt her on a straight line after the jumps, once she has stopped and softened you can ask her to go forwards again. This really helped me with horses that rush, you can develop it until you are just half halting, which means the turns are much more balanced.
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This is a fantastic idea and I used to do this with all my baby jumpers. :D

I also used to have small fences and several bounces to really make them work. Keep your inside leg on when coming round the corner and it might even be worth approaching in trot a few times to get the lines right. Always ride away from the grid in a straight line as you don't want to teach bad habits. :)
 
I would use grids throughout the year. Start with 5 fences and ride through the grid of just pure bounces. Then increase the height of fence 1, 3, 5 and lower 2 and 4. Fences 2 and 4 then become 'non-jumping' strides and ride through like this. Then I would removed 2 and 4 completely and then ride through the grid like that. One exercise I love is jump through a grid that is all bounces and then after the last jump ask her to stop completely.

You want to make sure she is always listening to you so because I love it so much... flatwork :) The more you do on the flat, the better they will be over the jumps. With my youngsters there was loads of flat work. Try doing some dressage tests in the school.

Sorry because I am rather new I don't know what you have done with her in the past. What exactly have you tried already? Is it just rushing and cutting corners that you have issues with?
 
Yeah I recently rode a horse like that. It all comes back to schooling. Like I said dressage tests are fantastic and I used to have a huge wad of them that I would ride often. Oh and don't forget pole work :D
 
Yes it deffinately all comes down to schooling. Most top show jumpers could quite happilly do a high level dressage test with no trouble.

Try doing some lateral work with her to get her listening to you, if your not sure how to do this ask to have a lesson working on it.

The link that was posted earlier is alo very insightfull and will give you lots of ideas to try with her!
Keep going you are doing really well
 
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