My horse rushes into jumps, help?

[HevenzAngel]

She only seams to rush into smaller jumps and occasionally into doubles or grids. I've tried poles before and inbetween jumps but she still flies over them. What I normally do is as soon as she tries to run I circle until she calms down and then I bring her into it again. This usually works but with doubles or grids she jumps the first jump lovely and then just flies over the rest she has never knocked any of the jumps over as she is really careful with her feet but I am planning to take her to competition in late April and I can't have her doing this in the ring. I am working on allot of flatwork with her and pole work to get her balanced and listening and get her using her hind, I only jump about twice a week and school, lunge, hack and give her days off. I have a video of her rushing and how I corrected it that I will post as well. Any tips I can use to help her stop this?

 

[dressagelove]

Grids, grids, grids, long ones, maybe try loose jumping her down them, she needs to work it out for herself not to rush.

My horse did this a lot and it wasnt a lack of confidence, it was just because he adored jumping so much and couldnt wait to get there. I never knew him to stop, so my eventer trainer made me halt him in front of the fence when I felt him rush, this helped. but if your horse can be prone to refusing, maybe not for him.

Also maybe try boring it out of her, the more frequently I jumped him, the more he slowed down, I jumped him every day at the worst point and he slowed right down. Might help with yours too.

 

[kerilli]

if you have room, put up two fences in a line, say 3 or 4 horse strides between them, so with plenty of room between them to circle away. if she lands and rushes, either halt, rein back, circle away, come to the second one, or, circle away once or twice then come to the second one. basically teach her that she must wait and listen.
another good one is to canter around the arena and go canter to halt at B and E, repeatedly, until she starts anticipating it and waiting for you to ask.
i'd ask for the start of the halt with your BODY not your hands - bring shoulders back, bring seat back, sit up but not down. horses soon learn what this means and then you can use this on the way to a fence as a rebalancing/slowing down aid.
another good one is to canter parallel to the approach to a fence, and past it, a few times, until the horse is relaxed, then canter the same line but then a few strides before the fence gently push horse over towards it and pop it.
hope those help.

 

[HevenzAngel]

She has never refused a jump and just loves it hence why she rushes. Took her into a double a few weeks ago front rail about 75 and other jump 95 she came into it lovely and just popped them nicely set up anything smaller and she charges threw it. I am lunging her tomorrow so I might try loose schooling Down a grid and see what she does, will let you know how I get on