loose jumping

[Firewell]

We have a jump shoot at my yard and my friend and I loose jumped Jae this morning.
He's never really loose jumped before but he was calm and doing it brilliantly. We put the end oxer to 1m10 and he was pinging it and coming round again with no prompt from us.
I knew we should have ended there but he was going so well we put it up a couple holes and widened it but it was still smaller than we have jumped under saddle.
He backed off coming into it and gave it tons of room with his fronts but he wasn't travelling forwards enough and tapped the back pole with his hinds then the next time round he stopped . He then didn't want to jump out, we put it to a X and he walked over it.
We put it all down and he jumped through fine, really well and really snapping his feet up.
We built it up slowly but kept it easy and he finished jumping out well over a smaller oxer.
Did we do the right thing?
He never stops and now I'm worried he frightened himself. He pops 1m20 oxers easy peasy with me in the saddle and helps me out with any stride so not a scope issue.
Do.you think he'll be ok? I'm going to take him in again in a few days but keep it fun.

 

[oldvic]

He'll be fine. Just remember that ridden it is easier to regulate the power with our legs and seat and keep the canter more condensed if necessary so the hind legs can push more easily. Keep it simple while he learns to adjust to not having any help but ask enough that he doesn't get casual.

 

[Sb2]

Sure he'll be absolutely fine!!

Just next time, short and sweet sessions is much better- just send him down the shoot 5 times max & leave it at that- you could do 5 separate short sessions once a week ending with the jump a little bigger each time

 

[Firewell]

Phew. Thank you

 

[wench]

I wouldn't worry I ramped up the jumps to 1m 20 with my old horse, as I had a photo of him sailing over a 75cm fence at least 1m20. He wouldn't jump it. Didn't affect his normal jumping either