Over Jumping !!!

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A horse at my yard, tends to jumps 6ft lol on a 2ft jump and flick his ass on the landing which un-seats you. It is impossible to stay on. lol we have tried lunging over jumps, saddle check, teeth, feet, feed lol also velcro, super glue (to try and keep us on lol) and he still over jumps. Does any one know how we could stop this or tone it down at bit ?????
 
Sounds like an awesome careful jumper! Stick the fences up?! And jump lots of grids so it has to think a bit more and stop over jumping.
 
You could swap it for my big brown horse if you like
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Got jumped out of the saddle today with lily , unfortunately didnt get it on camera as it was a BIIIGGGGG one lol .... Doing loads of smaller crosspoles with her and going to do abit of grid work , so would suggest gridwork
 
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Sounds like an awesome careful jumper! Stick the fences up?! And jump lots of grids so it has to think a bit more and stop over jumping.

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It think it really depends on whats causing the problem. We had a horse in for training at the place i keep my horse...he had done years of dressage but never really jumped anything other than a small cross pole. He really, really overjumped. To the point that he almost jumped a professional out of the saddle on numerous occasions. In his case it was the simple fact that he didn't know what he was doing, wanted to be careful and was really a little worried about the whole thing. If we had faced him with bigger jumps i think it would of made him worse.

He did alot of pole work, trotting/canter poles....raised poles....and concentrated on riding him forward so we get ober the jump rather than just UP. Consistancy and repititon...

Gridwork could help...but it really depends on the circumstances?
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Like others have said I would pop the fences up a bit and do a few grids ie 3 or more set at relaed distances to slow him up and make him think a bit more about what he is doing. Make sure you dont overface him heightwise and set the distances right and im sure he'll start switching his brain on a bit more!
 
I agree with others, stick the fences up and lunge him over a few. Grid work will help him no end and using a pole 1 canter stride after a fence helps to get them to drop their heads down.
 
This is a good sign if you want him to do bigger stuff-if they dont touch the poles when they are young it means they will be careful jumpers when older!(or so i was told!)how old is he?If he is a baby he may have had a bad experience ie falling badly over a jump-this tends to make them leap over them as they dont want to touch them!So yeah i agree with others put fences up(if your brave enough lol) Gridwork always helps imo.
 
I agree overfacing is NOT the way to go, but 2' is hardly a large fence. By putting it up, it generally encourages the horses to have to start using their backs a bit and stops them from over jumping. Over jumping is a sign of uncertainty, yes, but by the sounds of things the horse is more than happy to jump, just hasnt clicked what it is all about. Thats where grids and polework come in, as helps the horse concentrate and not over react.
 
I Really wouldn't increase the fences. Even start from ground poles and work up. This sounds like a very green horse whos throwing him self into the air and hopping for the best. It's not how much space a horse gives a fence that makes them succesful its the style they jump in...This horse won't be about to jump tracks 4ft higher then they are. Alot of babies baloon, often thought of as scoopy, but the best way is gridwork, gets his confident clearing poles, starting with poles and rising then up till you have a grid of say five cross poles it would be imposible to go through all the exercises to help but theres a brillant book I really recoment that will without a doubt get him jumping in a useful mannor. http://www.amazon.com/101-Jumping-Exerci...7368&sr=8-1
 
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