refresh my mind on jumping distances??

[lisa_lou]

Finally got the chance to go and ride this evening as got rid of the kids for a few hrs, Havent done any grid work for ages so can anyone tell me the distance in human strides for a bounce, 1 stride and 2 stride jump please.
Also when doing canter and trot poles what are the distances? Many thanks!

 

[Weezy]

Horse or pony?

Horse (I work in metres as I know one of my strides is one metre)

1 stride = 4 metres = 4 human strides, you add 2 for take off and 2 for landing so

1 stride double = 8 strides

2 stride double = 12 strides

Bounce = 3 to 3.5strides depending on horse and what you are jumping

Of course, you can take a human stride or two out of the first two if you want to make the horse work harder or if you are trotting in/if the fences are not big

 

[skychick]

what would you suggest weezy for a 14.2hh.
I do a bit of grid work with my instructor...but always forget to ask the distances! i also really enjoy it and ponio does too so would be nice to do it out of lessons!

 

[Birker2020]

Bear in mind that you might want to shorten the distance to produce a better jump with the horse using his shoulders more. Also an ascending oxer encourages them to use their shoulders and a descending to pick up their hind legs. An 'A' frame will encourage them to pick up their legs. I usually do a lot of grid work but often use the same format - two bounces to a double, the second part of which I make into an oxer with variations on distances each time. I also use poles in between a double (so if seven human strides then a pole placed @ 3.5 strides) will make a bounce. As a rule you should only have a bounce at the start of the grid unless the horse is an experienced horse, but in practice I've never found it a problem. Just be wary that if the horse jumps down the grid with increasing speed you may have to alter your distances to prevent him rushing.