Lighthearted!! Let's see your jumping bloopers!!!

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This was my 4 year old thinking there was some mighty large crocs in this water..

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Somerford and Laura then (I recognise the coat!:))
 
Ok this is me and Mojo at a cross country clinic earlier this year. He's been out of work since this, with a bad back and will start back in September. This is the reason why he didn't want to jump that day, knew he was too genuine to play up without a good reason ;)

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FigJam said:
Some new bloopers to amuse everyone with (thanks and apologies to daveismycat as it's her poor horse suffering them! ;) )

These were all cat leaps from standstill moments where she thought about stopping, I kicked to say "go" and she said "fine then, but try sit this"! ;)

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After seeing that pic I'm not suprised it took my coccyx 4 months to heal after a ginormous leap over a fence with a drop on the landing side. If only I'd caught that on camera!!! ;) :D
 
One from when i was about 10! Love the way the previous pony nearly bumps into me, i think i was being used as a lead(!)



"Sit up, sit up"- what do you think i'm trying to do!!
 
've actually managed to look at every single pic on all 30 pages of this thread so far - fab pictures! :D

My favourites are:

My friend's Danish ex-SJer (scared himself over big jumps so because a schoolmaster, I am a wuss so only ever did diddy ones and he decided this one wasn't wide enough...) :
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And then there's me and my first pony nine years ago, at a PC rally (first XC for both of us, I think) :
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She hit it the first time with her hind legs (she was always tetchy about her hind legs) and when I eventually persuaded her to go over it again she was NOT going to hit it again!

She also found this one scary so gave it some room and pretty much jumped it diagonally:
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Believe me, there are lots of very good reasons that I refuse to jump any more!! :p
 
Haven't got any of myself I'm afraid as I don't jump often... and when I do the whole thing is such a fiasco that 'blooper' is an understatement :D

But I do have some quite funny ones that I've taken:

Badminton - Mark Todd... can't BELIEVE he not only got back in the saddle but went on to clear the next two elements perfectly :rolleyes:
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Not quite sure how this horse cleared that wahoosive jump from that point!
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And this one was properly hilarious - skimmed the jump in, flapped the whole way through and up the step and then totally genuine horse somehow clambered over the last element. As he galloped away he turned to the crowds at the fence and gave the biggest, cheesiest grin!
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This one's from Tattersalls (have several of 'incidents' in water from Tatts!). Horse & rider were fine :)
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Ohmygod I have so many! I shall post them all for you! :D
And this thread is genius! Spent my last few hours looking through it!

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^Had to put in because he was a fabadab little horse! Only 4 years old, big cobby trot and had to leap the twiggy every time!

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^One of my friends riding. Two years old btw! Heehee. (Poor ickle veteran horsey was scared of the jump)

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^Silly horsey! :P First time she'd jumped that big for ages I reckon!

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^Slight over-reaction to the twiggy jump! :P

For the record, in the next few photos, he disliked his bit! (And hadn't been jumping for ages, and pretty much my first time riding him.. :3 )
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I like his amusing faces!
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These next few are just embarassing!
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That was indeed a proper somersault. Felt like slowmo!

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First time she jumped it felt the need to take a look first. A look from very far out!
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Pretty sure I'm not touching the saddle anywhere here!

Okay the next few are pretty much the same, as it was a double, with ONE medium stride inbetween. She felt the need to put in TWO strides. No matter what. Silly horse! I looked, and the closest hoofprints were about 10cm from base of the jump..
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Ahaha, in the end moved the two slightly closer.
Just to prove I'm not totally incapable, and we did it in the end, here's her doing it /properly/!
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Okay I kid, it's still a pretty horrendous jump! :P

In case anyone wants more, I've got lots more I can dig up from places!
And most of the above are old photos so not very recent! Haven't been doing much jumping recently.
Oh gosh posting all those bloody photos makes me feel incapable! D:
I'll just post a good photo for me :)
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This was bareback, and quite recently. Whoo.
 
Kokopelli said:
I'm just about to buy this picture just for the comical side of it. (Pony was fine.)
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He slammed on his breaks last minute and crashed into the fence. Didn't feel half as bad as it looked but needless to say we have to regain his confidence on grass again.
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Ooo, that course was really taking out a fair few riders! The amount of bumps & crashes I heard when I was doing the novice ring wasn't good.

But if it makes you feel better I know the girl who took out the maroon fence & broke the filler! She was a little embarrassed to say the least
 
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Just thought I'd add a photo from me jumping today, this was a corner based on one from Burghley, so very wide.. she thought knees in front of her face would suit it!
 
sorry guys but some of these are absolutely hilarious. please let's keep this thread going forever!!
i think i will have some to contribute fairly soon as went to my horse's first ever sj this evening, didn't feel very elegant most of the time but none of my pics will compare to emmyc's cracker of a photo. well done for surviving that! it might just be the best thing i've ever seen.
 
marinaim said:
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Just thought I'd add a photo from me jumping today, this was a corner based on one from Burghley, so very wide.. she thought knees in front of her face would suit it!
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Thanks for all your pictures, they have reminded me of why I love this game. I love the way you still seem to be looking enthusiastic even in the face of equine disaster. Well done ,get up , get back on!
 
Loving this thread!

Ettie was one of the most bizarre jumpers...I think she fancied herself as a carousel horse or a thelwell pony:

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Or a stag...

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Not me, but my husband with his loopy TB a few good years back. It was the first time ever they attempted to jump water. They miraculously recovered and completed the round :p
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This is an example of how not to jump part A of a water jump! I also love how, being the well trained air stewardess, I have gone into the brace position!! We did survive this and carry on for a clear round, although the next photo, a second later, does show both of us on the descent with our eyes shut!
 
Oh, I can't resist! This one shows one of the older safety helmets - heavy thing, but worked. We did have a clean round and made the jump-off, if I remember correctly... This 17 hh OTTB went on to carry my mother (at age 85-90) out on trail rides... and he died peacefully a few years ago at the ripe old age of 26. Taught me a few things....

SO... this one I call "Where'd you go, Mom?" http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/album.php?albumid=2220&pictureid=11854

And this one is simply "oops!!" We did clear the fence and jumped clean - made it to the jump-off. http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/album.php?albumid=2220&pictureid=11853


Now, how DO you get photos to show up in the thread??
 
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