Jumping poll

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3 times a week I jump mine (sometimes it is just a qiuck pop after F/W

I don't think there is a 'too much' limit. It really depepnds on the horse - some do better not being jumped until an event, others need jumping most times they are ridden!

m_s I do not agree that a horse gets bored - some may do, but if you vary excercises, courses and heights then it can keep them well occupied
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I take it we're talking at home?

I start by jumping once every fortnight and increase to once a week, at most twice, once under the saddle and once loose or on the lunge. I won't do the same thing twice at home - I won't jump two days in a row, I won't school two days in a row, I won't lung tow days in a row etc... (Maybe sometimes hack twice in a row)

Of course once your competing things become different; if you doing a two or three day show... So it becomes better to look at how much your doing in a month to make sure you not over jumping.

I put once and four.
 
I don't jump at the moment, Maiden will never jump again because of her tendon and Berlin has a phobia of poles so I don't think he'd be suitable for me to jump! Kit is the only one I jump but she is still off with laminitis
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When I did jump, I tended to go for twice a week. Mostly for my benefit - had I been half as experienced as my mount, we would have gone for once a week. I needed to do it twice a week to keep my confidence up. I would generally only jump three times in a week very occasionally, and IMO over three times a week is too much. I am a firm believer in "horses only have so many jumps in them" and jumping them too often when not needed for their education is just putting unecessary miles on the clock. I don't believe they get "bored" of it, if a SJer got bored of jumping what on earth would all these poor dressage horses be doing?
 
LPR - See I really don't agree with that. I like my horses to think WHOOPIE A JUMP, so there nice a forward thinking, I feel you begin to lose that excitement if done too often. For the same reason, horses that get unbelievable excitied at the slight of pole should regulary work around jumps but still I wouldn't jump four times. I've seen some really good jumpers confidence trashed by over jumping. I love chocolate ( and I really, really LOVE chocolate) but if it was 80% of what I ate I'd quickly go off it. The more chocolate I ate the more chance one of them would be bad, maybe mouldy or badly made, causing me to be sick or tasting awful and that negitive experience would totaly put be off.

My other worry with jumping that offen is their dear little legs!! and just the impact on there whole body to be jumping that often.

Oh one more thing, say the your horse gets worked once a day with one day off, then four days jumping only leaves two days to either school on the flat, lunge/loose school or hack etc. I understand you do a bit of each - but I try to avoid that so it would go againest keeping each day varied.

But then Sparky is a credit to you so what ever works I guess.
 
Couldn't answer the first one because mine jumps about every 2 weeks. At the moment I have to alternate one flat lesson a week with a jumping lesson the next as I have little time.

I would say 3 times a week is plenty, I mean I go 2 weeks without doing any jumping into a BE event and the horse doesn't seem to forget how to jump
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m_s I do not agree that a horse gets bored - some may do, but if you vary excercises, courses and heights then it can keep them well occupied
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I 1/2 agree eg at PC camp we jumped everyday sometimes twice a day but it was always different. They never got bored and ellie got really really good. BUT I do think there is a limit. If a horse was jumping everyday no matter how much you changed it would get bored and pissed off eventually.
 
I try to jump twice a week. If I'm competing I may end up with the comp' being the 3rd session that week but Chills would then get an easy week the following week & may only jump once.

I think twice a week is plenty for most horses but it can depend on the horse. I think if you do too much of anything most horses will get bored but there's always going to be exceptions to the rule. My friend has a horse who jumps about 3 times a year & the rest of the time either hacks or schools on the flat. In winter he is rarely hacked so it's mostly schooling & it seems to suit him fine. If I did this with Chills it would blow his brains & he'd turn into a total headcase.
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I agree with Forget_Me_Not that too much jumping must be bad for their legs. Ever sine I bought Chilli I have 'TB leg paranoia'. He's never had any problems but I still think they look so thin & wonder how they hold him up.
 
Once a week, if that with my eventer. With a baby I may jump a few times in quick sucession but it wouldnt ever be long-term.

I heard the saying 'A horse has a certain number of jumps in its life. Use them wisely' once and it really runs true- jumping places stress and strain on precious limbs
 
i guess it depends on the horse, otto doesnt need to be jumped much at all.In fact the less he is jumped the better he is in the ring.
meg does jumping at home on rare occasions as T isnt that confident but will do little stuff.
soph doesnt get jumped at all with me as i havnt worked up the courage to start jumping again (havnt left the ground in 20 plus years ) but i do get my mates daughter to come and jump her over some decent size fences so she can have a bit of fun and again T will pop her over little ones.
 
I jump about once a week and wouldnt regularly do it more than twice a week. The most I've jumped is 3 times in a week I think, because 2 comps just happened to fall within the same week, and I wanted to do both and have a practise.

I think it totally varies from horse to horse what is "too much". I wouldn't want to jump more than twice a week regularly (as in every week for most of the year, not just in say, 3 weeks running up to something important) because of what it is doing to their legs, and if you jump 4 times a week, give the horse a day off, then that leaves you one hack and one school, which seems very out of balance to me. I try and school twice, hack twice, and jump once
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i jump my horse once a week properly...then i will give him something different to do with the poles like ground poles...and then i will raise the trotting poles. So he is around poles 2 times a week and then the rest of the week i either hack or school...and he always has a lazy day in the field

I never jump the same thing...i always try and make it different...that way my horse especially doesnt gets bored
 
I like to keep all four feet on the ground, but when I was young and brave, I would never jump more than 3 times a week.
 
I jump twice a week. Once in either my lesson or a practice and once at a show. Try to stick to this as I really don't like jumping any more than that, especially as my horse is a SJ schoolmaster don't want him to get bored or overjumped! Jumping definitely perks him up though, he is soooo lazy during flatwork, obviously doesnt enjoy it as much as galloping round the farm ride or indulging in a bit of showjumping!
 
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LPR - See I really don't agree with that. I like my horses to think WHOOPIE A JUMP,

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Oh GOD, I don't! PF gets WAY too overexcited if I don't jump her fairly regularly. 3 times a week is ideal but I don't jump her hard.
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I feel you begin to lose that excitement if done too often.

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Clearly you've not met PF!
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For the same reason, horses that get unbelievable excitied at the slight of pole should regulary work around jumps but still I wouldn't jump four times.

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We always work round jumps. She's far too clever to be fooled! Alternate jumping days works fine
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I heard the saying 'A horse has a certain number of jumps in its life. Use them wisely'

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I was about to put the same thing!
 
I find it quite amusing that people seem to think horses can get bored with jumping which tends to be different every time you do it, but going around in circles 5 days a week doing flat work isn't boring for them... hmmmm.

I do agree with reasons re legs etc though.
 
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