Restarting an 8yo jumping?

[animal]

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I have just gor a loan pony, who's 8.
He hasn't been ridden reguarly for a while, but over the past fortnight he has had more people on him. When i rode him he walked and trotted fine, felt slightly green but pretty good. I reckon he wouldn't be a bad jumper, not too heavily set, and enthusiastic too.

Anyway, owners say he can jump, will ask them about details, but later on i would be planning on jumping him.

I want to take it slowly, a bit like he was starting jumping from scratch, but since he has done it before it will hopefully be straight forward.

So, what kind of work would you start off doing, after work on the flat. Obviously canter would have to be fairly developed, but from there?
I was thinking give him a lunge over some smallish jumps first. I can't free school as it is a field. Then add tack. Then ride him over poles, small jumps etc? Would he need any boots or would it just make him sloppy?

How would you stop problems developing, and is it a good idea to do a couple of jumps at a time (to get him looking for the next jump etc), or single jumps?

Could anyone give me a rough time scale plan? Obviously see how he goes, but would you mix the lunging riding work, and other non jumping work.
Would grid work come anywhere near the mix yet?

In max work doing about 3/4 general ridden sessions a week from 45 minutes. Durring school holidays more like 5 sessions.

If needed i can borrow a v.close menage and jumps, but is there any real need to yet unless the ground stays hard?

Sorry for all questions, any help appreciated!

 

[Jennyharvey]

Think it goes here!

I have just gor a loan pony, who's 8.
He hasn't been ridden reguarly for a while, but over the past fortnight he has had more people on him. When i rode him he walked and trotted fine, felt slightly green but pretty good. I reckon he wouldn't be a bad jumper, not too heavily set, and enthusiastic too.

Anyway, owners say he can jump, will ask them about details, but later on i would be planning on jumping him.

I want to take it slowly, a bit like he was starting jumping from scratch, but since he has done it before it will hopefully be straight forward.

So, what kind of work would you start off doing, after work on the flat. Obviously canter would have to be fairly developed, but from there?
I was thinking give him a lunge over some smallish jumps first. I can't free school as it is a field. Then add tack. Then ride him over poles, small jumps etc? Would he need any boots or would it just make him sloppy?

How would you stop problems developing, and is it a good idea to do a couple of jumps at a time (to get him looking for the next jump etc), or single jumps?

Could anyone give me a rough time scale plan? Obviously see how he goes, but would you mix the lunging riding work, and other non jumping work.
Would grid work come anywhere near the mix yet?

In max work doing about 3/4 general ridden sessions a week from 45 minutes. Durring school holidays more like 5 sessions.

If needed i can borrow a v.close menage and jumps, but is there any real need to yet unless the ground stays hard?

Sorry for all questions, any help appreciated!

I think lunging over poles, then jumps is probably the best thing to start with. U ant to see how he deals with jumping without a rider, to make sure he doesnt rush or do anything silly.

When he seems pretty settled, id ride him over some trotting poles, making sure he doesnt speed up or get excited. when these are not an issue for him, place a small cross pole behind your trotting poles. I like doing this to keep the horse in trot, and not to rush.

I like teaching my horses to jump from a trot at the start, just to keep them settled so they learn to keep listening to you, instead of rushing over the jump.
I would do this for a few days, then you can maybe take away the trotting poles, leaving just a stride pole, and see how he does that. Once he is happy doing this, put up a few jumps around the place and let him pop over them staying nice and relaxed, and maybe put a double in there too. If hes happy with this, try a small bounce, see how he does that. When he is happy to jump everything in trot, you can canter over them as long as he stays quiet. you dont want him to rush.

Only go as fast as he can go. Dont over jump him, keep them small, keep him steady, and just enjoy it. You will know if you are rushing him.

 

[ngrace]

I'm bringing a horse back into jumping at the moment, so far we have done walk trot and canter poles. When he is totaly comfortable doing them and not kicking them , and doing a 'course' of poles in trot and canter, then i will probably pop a small cross pole after maybe two trot poles and trot over it.
Thats my plan so far! See how that goes and then decide where to go next.

 

[animal]

Alright thanks guys, basically what i was thinking, so good to have reasurance.