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We did it! :D

We started with a grid of one stride, two stride to an (eventual) oxer and slowly built up the height.
Then I chickened out - I was having difficulty really sitting up between the second and third fences so I removed the first fence and we jumped the first fence at 1m and the oxer at 1.20.

I still felt really tipped between the two fences so I decided to just put the back pole of the oxer up step by step until we got to 1.35m.

Im so pleased with my boy - he made it seem so easy :D

Videos to come very soon - still uploading them to youtube
 
The_Hooligan said:
Sorry but 1) that does not look the height you say it is, and 2) IMHO there is NOTHING worse than a rider that shouts up when jumping, firstly the horse has no idea what it means, secondly it can distract them and thirdly it is extremly amateur.
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i shout up, not for the horse but for me cuz i'm so scared coming into it and tbh there's nothing wrong with that cuz i normally loose my voice out competing anyway because again i get so stressy. lol



Well done thou! I have 1.40 as my target by the end of summer and atm we're at 1.25 :) Very nice horse you've got!
 
The_Hooligan said:
Sorry but 1) that does not look the height you say it is, and 2) IMHO there is NOTHING worse than a rider that shouts up when jumping, firstly the horse has no idea what it means, secondly it can distract them and thirdly it is extremly amateur.
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Oh for pity's sake... She just wants a little bragging time... dont we all! I don't want to get involved but she had the guts to jump 1.35... I'd never do that
 
The_Hooligan said:
Sorry but 1) that does not look the height you say it is, and 2) IMHO there is NOTHING worse than a rider that shouts up when jumping, firstly the horse has no idea what it means, secondly it can distract them and thirdly it is extremly amateur.
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Sorry but Big Fat Hairy B*****ks :p I have seen many riders going round 4*'s that offer vocal encouragement over a daunting fence...which this is to both the OP and the horse as they havn't done it before. Don't be so judgemental, everyone has to start somewhere and theres not much wrong with being 'extremely amateur' when you are infact...an amateur.

Well done OP :)
 
REF your comment about struggling to sit up, watching the link and few of the other videos, id be wanting to tell you to give more length on your reins, I feel that your riding very short, if you actully look at your videos your hands are half way up his neck, I personally feel this is one of the reasons your struggling to sit up, with the motion of your horse and the jump your rein length is actully pulling you forward.

If you get daft about it, it also meens that your weight is on the shoulders which could be giving you the sticky looking not so forward jumping stride.

im not having ago, all of the above is an observation. :)
 
jhoward said:
REF your comment about struggling to sit up, watching the link and few of the other videos, id be wanting to tell you to give more length on your reins, I feel that your riding very short, if you actully look at your videos your hands are half way up his neck, I personally feel this is one of the reasons your struggling to sit up, with the motion of your horse and the jump your rein length is actully pulling you forward.

If you get daft about it, it also meens that your weight is on the shoulders which could be giving you the sticky looking not so forward jumping stride.

im not having ago, all of the above is an observation. :)
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fair point - I'll have a go at lengthening my reins when I jump next :)
 
jhoward said:
REF your comment about struggling to sit up, watching the link and few of the other videos, id be wanting to tell you to give more length on your reins, I feel that your riding very short, if you actully look at your videos your hands are half way up his neck, I personally feel this is one of the reasons your struggling to sit up, with the motion of your horse and the jump your rein length is actully pulling you forward.

If you get daft about it, it also meens that your weight is on the shoulders which could be giving you the sticky looking not so forward jumping stride.

im not having ago, all of the above is an observation. :)
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see...useful constructive criticism, we like some of that!
 
The_Hooligan said:
Sorry but 2) IMHO there is NOTHING worse than a rider that shouts up when jumping, firstly the horse has no idea what it means, secondly it can distract them and thirdly it is extremly amateur.
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I'll be sure to remind my instructor, who has ridden round Badminton multiple times, of her amateur status next time she tells me to use my voice when I'm jumping then.


Well done you!! That jump is disgustingly massive and me and Saf would have a jolly old time limbo-ing underneath it but nothing else!
 
gemmac86 said:
Well done you!! That jump is disgustingly massive and me and Saf would have a jolly old time limbo-ing underneath it but nothing else!
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you two will get there yet! she's improved so much since you got her :)
remember our lesson at jaec when I fell off over an x-pole that was about 50cms if that and broke my arm? :p
 
blood_magik said:
im all for constructive criticism - funnily enough, I had the person filming me yell "sit up!" as I went over the first fence when I was doing the double :rolleyes:
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LOL but u cant sit up as yr acting as cheekpieces holding yr neds bit up ..

tie a knote in reins forget about height and get someone to yell DROP REINS!
 
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