Jumping from trot

[stormox]

Is it beneficial for horses to jump from a nice forward trot when they are an established jumper jumping 90-1m at shows? My paddock is too small, boggy and stony to do much so I keep the jumps low - 50 -60 cm but I vary the schooling by doing them from trot sometimes. Its a lot harder than canter where you have more momentum.
But I dont know if its good for them or not....

 

[[131452]]

I don't think it's beneficial but probably won't harm him. It will be harder for him as he won't have the pingy impulsion from an active and bouncy canter

 

[milliepops]

i used to get made to jump from trot in lessons occasionally, it's a horrible horrible thing to trot down to a big fence but it does have a few benefits - for me,
you can't miss
the horse can't just use the spring from the canter to lollop over the fence, it has to push off both hindlegs
you can build a lot of rider confidence knowing you can jump a fence from what feels like not enough pace, so you distinguish power from speed
riders are less inclined to get in front of the horse
horse less inclined to rush

 

[greenbean10]

Yep it is good for building up muscle and also makes them snap up their knees quicker as to clear the fence they can't just do a big canter stride over it if that makes sense. So it's good for horses that aren't particularly careful in front.

Also teaches the rider to wait and go with the horse (as you are unlikely to know exactly when your horse is going to take off)

 

[Carrottom]

I think it is useful as you never know when you might want to approach a fence in trot, for example a tricky stile. It helps if you are confident that your horse will pop out of trot.

 

[Orangehorse]

Dealer and producer I know said they used to jump out of trot out hunting, gives the horse time to assess the fence and I think they can jump up to about 4' from trot. Think about a tricky combination eventing.

 

[Antw23uk]

Im a big fan of jumping from trot, especially on an unconfident or new horse, it gives us both more time to a. hold on and b. let them see the jump. I was amazed how high i was asked to jump from trot in lessons a couple of years ago so now im a big fan

 

[SpotsandBays]

I regularly jump my horse from trot at home, as he can get very rushy from canter.

 

[Mule]

The fun one is jumping from walk

 

[Trinket12]

We jump from trot all the time, I’m not really confident enough yet to canter between jumps. But we canter after the jump, then back to trot for the next one.

 

[irishdraft]

Yes we regularly trot to small jumps whilst doing all sorts of pole type exercises in my jump lessons

 

[Goldenstar]

All horses should jump from walk and trot

 

[little_critter]

The fun one is jumping from walk

I'm sure someone posted an xc schooling video on here of how one of the top riders introduces young horses to xc and he was doing a lot of the fences from walk. I'm sure someone will tell me who it was.

Found it: