harmony_
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my mare keeps on rushing into her fences, although she will 99.9% of the time listen to me when im asking her to take off, she just gets really speedy and i struggle to hold her. any tips/ideas?
jumping tips
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jesterfaerie
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I could be wrong with this.
But could an A frame work with making her hold back from the jump (put a straight fence up as you normaly would) but then have two poles coming down from the top pole to the ground so it makes an A shape (sorry I cannot desribe it vry well) it may make her stand off the jumps a bit more.
I stand to be corrected on this method though.
But could an A frame work with making her hold back from the jump (put a straight fence up as you normaly would) but then have two poles coming down from the top pole to the ground so it makes an A shape (sorry I cannot desribe it vry well) it may make her stand off the jumps a bit more.
I stand to be corrected on this method though.
Fattie_Hattie
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trot into fencs as appose to cantering and lots of half holts. Also try and hold her with your legs in canter instead of using your reins which will cause her to fight and slow her and lose the impulsion. hope it helped
Fattie_Hattie
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I could be wrong with this.
But could an A frame work with making her hold back from the jump (put a straight fence up as you normaly would) but then have two poles coming down from the top pole to the ground so it makes an A shape (sorry I cannot desribe it vry well) it may make her stand off the jumps a bit more.
I stand to be corrected on this method though.
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This does work good aswell i have tried it
I could be wrong with this.
But could an A frame work with making her hold back from the jump (put a straight fence up as you normaly would) but then have two poles coming down from the top pole to the ground so it makes an A shape (sorry I cannot desribe it vry well) it may make her stand off the jumps a bit more.
I stand to be corrected on this method though.
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This does work good aswell i have tried it
jesterfaerie
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I could be wrong with this.
But could an A frame work with making her hold back from the jump (put a straight fence up as you normaly would) but then have two poles coming down from the top pole to the ground so it makes an A shape (sorry I cannot desribe it vry well) it may make her stand off the jumps a bit more.
I stand to be corrected on this method though.
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This does work good aswell i have tried it
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I have tried it a few times and it worked but tend not to give advice on here in case I am wrong so feel very uncertain saying something even if I have tried it
Don't like them though, makes the fence look scarier !
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I could be wrong with this.
But could an A frame work with making her hold back from the jump (put a straight fence up as you normaly would) but then have two poles coming down from the top pole to the ground so it makes an A shape (sorry I cannot desribe it vry well) it may make her stand off the jumps a bit more.
I stand to be corrected on this method though.
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This does work good aswell i have tried it
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I have tried it a few times and it worked but tend not to give advice on here in case I am wrong so feel very uncertain saying something even if I have tried it
Don't like them though, makes the fence look scarier !
Hemirjtm
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thats a very good thing YY it worked very well with Hemir, and so did the trotting into fences!!
kerilli
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placing poles on the way in can help, but not always... some horses just worry and rush more.
making her stop and rein back (if she can do it properly) a few strides from the fence, and then walk or trot forward again and jump (jumping from a walk is very good for them), repeated a few times, tends to slow them down. stopping a few strides after, for a few times, works as well, as long as you don't have to be too drastic... sometimes i use a neck-strap and haul on that while Whoa-ing, to get the message across without hurting the mouth of an onbound nutter. if you play about with these sorts of things, she might start thinking about what else you might be about to ask of her, rather than just zooming at the fence. good luck!
making her stop and rein back (if she can do it properly) a few strides from the fence, and then walk or trot forward again and jump (jumping from a walk is very good for them), repeated a few times, tends to slow them down. stopping a few strides after, for a few times, works as well, as long as you don't have to be too drastic... sometimes i use a neck-strap and haul on that while Whoa-ing, to get the message across without hurting the mouth of an onbound nutter. if you play about with these sorts of things, she might start thinking about what else you might be about to ask of her, rather than just zooming at the fence. good luck!
ann-jen
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I do something similar to kerilli with mine. I start with a pole on the ground and ask her to walk to it and halt in front of it then walk calmly over it and halt at the other side. I then circle and repeat it the other way. After that I circle in trot and ask for a walk transition in front of the pole and halt at the other side. Hopefully they start to associate the jump with going slowly and not fast! I continue doing this until I can canter over the pole and halt in a straight line after it. I then build the pole into a small jump or grid but always ask for the halt transition in a straight line on the landing side. If they are anticipating stopping after the fence then they don't tend to rush in so much. I used to have to do this exercise every day to get the message in to my mare and now she hardly rushes at all. I still do this exercise every few weeks though to act as a reminder. My single fence is usually now a more elaborate grid though. Basically start simple and build up depending on how your horse is going.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
samp
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I would turn to the fence and if you feel them taking a hold then circle and keep repeating, they soon get the idea about it
kerilli
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i don't like that though, because i think it's giving them the idea that running out is acceptable, especially if you leave the circling till they rush in the last few strides.
i prefer to keep them straight, stop them, rein back, go fwd again and jump. since most horses can jump 4'6" from a standstill if they really want to, as long as the jump's not too big, it's good for them to have to work harder because they rushed, i think.
i prefer to keep them straight, stop them, rein back, go fwd again and jump. since most horses can jump 4'6" from a standstill if they really want to, as long as the jump's not too big, it's good for them to have to work harder because they rushed, i think.