Jumping our Yearling!

Wow WHAT AN AMAZING HORSE YOU HAVE! IF HE'S HAPPY WITH THIS MAYBE HE WILL ACCEPT A BIT AND MAYBE A LIGHT RIDER, YOU COULD START BACKING HIM NOW AND THEN HE WILL BE KINDA DONE FOR YOU ONCE HE REACHES 3 AND YOU CAN START COMPETING AS HE SEEMS TO HAVE SO MUCH TALENT...........
 
My 2 year old filly when just turned a yearling had a hissyfit going back out to her paddock and got stuck behind a roll of uncoiled fencing wire, to get out of the sitution she leapt over it from a stand still. Now she's was a little over 12.2hh at the time, and the coil was 90cm high and uncoiled as wide, so yeah this little filly could really jump, but even though curious, I've resisted the temptation to satisfy my curiosity.

I dont believe in leaving them in the field till 3 to just grow up and mature, why deal with an unhandled big 3 year old when you can have a nice well manered one to back, so I do lots of in hand work, letting them see the sights etc.
But I dont do anything that could cause stress to joints, so dont lunge under 3 and no jumping either.
Its just my way, so I'd personally keep it as a one off :D
 
assuan said:
Indeed, I love this forum!

And yes I can use spell check, but I also type very fast and often just hit 'tab tab space' to submit my post - therefore not spell checking first.
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Well then why blame it on dyslexia? That's a bit like someone who jumps their yearling and blames his strained tendons on bad conformation.... *cough*
 
Good god, theres nothing i hate more than owners of youngsters who cannot wait to get them started. This'll be another one who sees nothing wrong with lunging at two. Knocks me sick.
Patience is a virtue, and if you wanted something to loose jump and mess with, dont buy a bloody youngster who isnt ready for it and should be playing with his mates in a field 24/7 being a BABY.
 
millreef said:
Well then why blame it on dyslexia? That's a bit like someone who jumps their yearling and blames his strained tendons on bad conformation.... *cough*
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I am dyslexic, I am also too lazy to spellcheck everything I post. I would certainly never jump a yearling , even if it was the yearlings choice!
Children would choose to do very dangerous things like poking little hands in electirc plugs however here too I would intervene!
 
This is the type of thread thats makes me despair of using this forum!!

One person posts something without quoting every last detail, and every last damn person leaps down their throat desperate to be the one to tell them they are wrong. This is something which really gets to me about horsey people, why are they all so convinced they know everything?

People, take a breath, and clarify what the OP is saying before scoffing and telling them they are all wrong. People's opinions will differ, lets not all go off on one and think we know best, lets all just be willing to open our minds and think differently :)
 
hayleyshep88 said:
This is the type of thread thats makes me despair of using this forum!!

One person posts something without quoting every last detail, and every last damn person leaps down their throat desperate to be the one to tell them they are wrong. This is something which really gets to me about horsey people, why are they all so convinced they know everything?

People, take a breath, and clarify what the OP is saying before scoffing and telling them they are all wrong. People's opinions will differ, lets not all go off on one and think we know best, lets all just be willing to open our minds and think differently :)
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^^Agreed^^
 
Agreed with above !

OP my yearling jumps over other horses too when they are lay down I thought he was a FREAK! :-) He also has great fun jumping out of the field over the 5 bar gate , to my relief he then worked out how to jump back in again ... I did have a chat with him about warming up first but I think this phase has passed now ... I am also guilty of proping a pole up against the fence when doing a bit of play work in the school - in my case he went round itnot over lols !
 
I have mixed feelings about this. I DID jump my own yearling (although TBF he was 2 weeks off his second birthday) in the jumping lane and posted the video on HHO (THAT takes true gumption ;) ) and of course got some flack over it. I don't regret it at all and I don't believe it did him any harm; he was calm, happy and took them all in his stride (max 80cms or so). However I, personally, feel that the fact that your boy was jumping from a standstill suggests he wasn't quite ready to be tested in this way and he could've hurt himself through inexperience. Probably didn't do him any harm; youngsters behave like idiots in the field all the time, running, playing etc but perhaps you were a tiny bit gung-ho under the circumstances.
 
You know, more than anything I am really disappointed by some of the attitude of people on this forum, especially the ones who think they are really clever with their long winded sarcastic comments.

Fair enough, voicing your opinion in the sense of:

"I personally wouldn't do it, in case my horse got damaged....." or the like, but the sarcastic comments, really, grow up!
 
bet hes a wee cracker! my yearling jumps bushes, tyers, puddles ect in his field, suppose going by some of the oppinions on here id better watch to make sure his legs dont fall off!
im just waiting to see how long it will be befor my little bugger works out he can jump the paddock fence :rolleyes:
 
Toffee44 said:
Wow WHAT AN AMAZING HORSE YOU HAVE! IF HE'S HAPPY WITH THIS MAYBE HE WILL ACCEPT A BIT AND MAYBE A LIGHT RIDER, YOU COULD START BACKING HIM NOW AND THEN HE WILL BE KINDA DONE FOR YOU ONCE HE REACHES 3 AND YOU CAN START COMPETING AS HE SEEMS TO HAVE SO MUCH TALENT...........
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Don't see the point in why some people post stuff like this. If you don't agree with what the OP is doing/saying why not offer CONSTRUCTIVE criticism in what your opinion may help her.
 
This type of thread is done time and time again with exactly the same answers Nd replies. People can post what they want as a reply and the OP should expect that and accept that by doing something stupid, horrible replies are gonna come back. Still think troll still think this thread.was started to &*%$ stir.
 
Toffee44 said:
This type of thread is done time and time again with exactly the same answers Nd replies. People can post what they want as a reply and the OP should expect that and accept that by doing something stupid, horrible replies are gonna come back. Still think troll still think this thread.was started to &*%$ stir.
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Yep, I'm such a troll, can't you tell from my previous threads and posts.:rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Some of you are highly amusing. Most large show jumping producers in Europe and here jump their foals/yearlings to show off their technique for sale. Can you imagine turning up to one of these auctions to be told you couldn't see your potential superstar's technique because da horsey and doggy fowum members sez its crooooool

If a one-off jumping of a yearling is likely to cripple it for life, I wonder why all of these potential GP horses that come from aforementioned yards are still able to walk? It's a mystery...
 
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Munchkin said:
Some of you are highly amusing. Most large show jumping producers in Europe and here jump their foals/yearlings to show off their technique for sale. Can you imagine turning up to one of these auctions to be told you couldn't see your potential superstar's technique because da horsey and doggy fowum members sez its crooooool
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roflmao
 
Munchkin said:
Some of you are highly amusing. Most large show jumping producers in Europe and here jump their foals/yearlings to show off their technique for sale. Can you imagine turning up to one of these auctions to be told you couldn't see your potential superstar's technique because da horsey and doggy fowum members sez its crooooool

If a one-off jumping of a yearling is likely to cripple it for life, I wonder why all of these potential GP horses that come from aforementioned yards are still able to walk? It's a mystery...
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But are these yearlings jumping from a standstill and are they still putting the poles up?
 
lannerch said:
But are these yearlings jumping from a standstill and are they still putting the poles up?
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At auction? No.

Beforehand? Yes - I have seen them slide into the bottom of fences and then throw themselves over... some of them are just not that forward thinking. The lanes help, obviously. And many of them are jumping far bigger than 3'.
 
assuan said:
Doing some work in the school yesterday with our yearling, just some light groundwork. Decided to pull out some wings and poles and stick up a small jump (just to have a go ;) )

He cleared it with ease, so we put it up, again clear, up some more, clear again (he was loving it). Ended up on the top of the wing 3ft 6 and was easily clearing it.

Thing was, they were all from stand-still.......ouch! Think he's going to be a good jumper!
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WHY????? It's a Yearling!!!
 
Munchkin said:
Some of you are highly amusing. Most large show jumping producers in Europe and here jump their foals/yearlings to show off their technique for sale. Can you imagine turning up to one of these auctions to be told you couldn't see your potential superstar's technique because da horsey and doggy fowum members sez its crooooool

If a one-off jumping of a yearling is likely to cripple it for life, I wonder why all of these potential GP horses that come from aforementioned yards are still able to walk? It's a mystery...
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Joint injections :D

TBF these youngsters are up for sale or going for grading so HAVE to do it.

I think that people (apart from the sarcastic ones who had nothing construtive to say) dont really see the NEED to loose jump a yearling, especially when the OP states that the horse was jumping a single fence from a standstill and calling the horse over as opposed to sending it down a jumping lane where you give the horse more of an opportunity to jump it well.

I suppose also that most of us have seen youngsters buggered up from doing too much too soon.

IMO you can tell if a horse has talent over 80cms, no need to keep putting the jump up.

:)

ETA the reason that the jumps are put up and up when showing the horse off is that a lot of people only get impressed when seeing the horse jump big and not how well the horse jumps it, personally i would prefer to see a youngster jump 80cm well as opposed to 4ft badly!
 
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Assaun, you're more than happy to slag off those who are being rude to you, but you have failed to address those posters who posted nicely.

Only a true troll posts something to stir emotions and then ignores those who are being sensible to slag off the posters who take the bait... just as an FYI...
 
Serenity087 said:
Assaun, you're more than happy to slag off those who are being rude to you, but you have failed to address those posters who posted nicely.

Only a true troll posts something to stir emotions and then ignores those who are being sensible to slag off the posters who take the bait... just as an FYI...
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What you say is true, but, having read what Assaun has said and done, I really don't think that it justifies the fuss thats been made, about this individual.

As far as horses being buggered up, people are more than capable of buggering up 4 and 5 yr olds, who know nothing but are bitted and schooled in circles with some idiot trying to ride 'on the bit' as I saw with my own eyes only last week.
 
Serenity087 said:
Assaun, you're more than happy to slag off those who are being rude to you, but you have failed to address those posters who posted nicely.

Only a true troll posts something to stir emotions and then ignores those who are being sensible to slag off the posters who take the bait... just as an FYI...
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OH dear, you are totally correctly and I apologise to all those who 'fought my corner' as it were and thank you for your support, I admit I got a bit caught up defending myself as such.
 
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