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hi brought my horse about 3 months ago he is a 16.1 belgium warmblood he is 6 years old and have just started 2 jump him he is better jumping at about 2ft6 the trouble im having is he jumps the fences fine but goes very fast after the jump i have even walk to the jump he goes over then sort of bolts after the jump
 
Have you checked back, saddle etc. Could be he's feeling some discomfort over the fence and rushing to get away from it afterwards. Would be worth ruling out if you haven't already.
 
This is a sign the horse is unbalanced.You need to consentrate on his flat work to get a nice rythmical & balanced canter. Do loads of transitions, leg yielding, shoulder fore. Once he is balanced & his paces are established, regular & the canter is rythmical you will find that he will jump better off an established canter & on landing should drop back into the same canter rythmn & not charge away.
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you almost just described my new horse.
he is 6 and a warmblood and he lands after a fence a bronks!!
having checked teeth, back and equipment i have decided he is just a very naughty pony!!!
not really, he is just unbalanced and the jumping thing is just far too exciting!
i have started doing grid work, and placing poles before and after the fence to put his attention back on his job. it also means the bucking has stopped ( almost ) as he has to concentrate on what his tootsies are doing to get over the poles.
good luck, you will get there!!
 
I would get some lessons it is a lot easier to get good advice if the person can actually see the horse. Walking him into the jumps doesn't sound like a good idea.
 
I had the same problem as Vicki, jumping was just FAR too exciting and I was getting cat leaped out of the saddle with huge bounds after the jump!
We checked all the usual things for discomfort but it really was just because she hadn't been ridden for a long time and was thrilled to be jumping again.

I got some lessons and we did grids and put poles before and after the jump which has solved the problem.
I still get occasional leaps after jumps on cross country when she is very excited but it's nothing serious!

I would recommend getting a few lessons, they really helped me
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