problems riding! Help!

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how can i stop my horse from rushing on, After our first jump she will jump lovely but after that its like she knows what shes doing and i dont get a say in it! say if i trot her all the way round the paddock then face her at a jump the trot gets choppy and we end up rearing and leaping, tried grid work but this also gets done at 1100 mph.
she is snaffle mouthed and is ridden in a flash, dont really want to use a stronger bit as she then stops going forward
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really want to get this sorted.
any help welcome!
 
Have you tried using poles on the ground between fences? What about transistions to halt in random places while jumping? I tend to use things like leg yielding while jumping too between fences as it makes the horse think more and makes them come back on to their hocks which can only improve their jumping technique. Also lots of circles between jumps and walking into fences will slow them down.
 
Right I know this may sound weird but have you tried working on what YOU are thinking (ie body language) when coming round to a fence? My pony was very very similar except he was unpredictable and sometimes would leap away from the fence (miles before I got to it) if he felt i was restraining him in anyway. He used to sense precisely when i was going to approach the fence even when i'd trotted/cantered round and round it many a time fine when training. I realised i was actually getting tense when i decided "right this time I'll go for the fence", it was only very very slight but he'd pick up on it and immediately react.

I never actually lunged him jumping - tried leading him over trotting poles, walking over trotting poles time and time again and he'd be the same, just freak out! Maybe trying to lunge her over poles and then fences might help her learn how to control and balance herself. It may be a lack of confidence issue on her part as opposed to her getting excited.

I think my pony's problems stemmed from him doing too much too soon. I think it was realised very young he had a fantastic jump and ability and I don't think anyone bothered to actually teach him the basics (ie flatwork). I got him aged 7/8 and he had been jumping BSJA prior to me (over faced me thinks), he couldn't even canter (he sort of lopes), he can now but his jumping we've never been able to sort he is just neurotic and it's all (hell for leather) or nothing. Do you know your horse's history? Maybe try find it out if not. It may be she was just faced with too much too soon and just learnt to throw herself in rather than actually being taught to do it properly?

Just a thought eh! (sorry for the length of it!!!)
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