riding uprights

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how do you come into an upright?i have a tendancy of knocking them with my lad, and i think its because he goes flat over it. or perhaps just drops his leg(prob has something to do with me). How can i improve his and my approach etc?He is a bit go go go go when it comes to SJ, gets worked up and knocks them-not spreads just uprights. suggestions pretty please
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Invariably it isn't the horse that has the problem with an upright or planks it's the rider, although the rider doesn't always realise. The rider tends to fire the horse into the upright rather than sitting it & letting the fence come to them.

You need to bring your horse in to the fence just the same as any other. He will take off from the same position, 6' from the fence & he should jump nicely over it. If he continues with jumping flat then put a pole about 2.5 mt away from the fence & this should get him bouncing over it & into a nice shape ready for the upright. It doesn't matter how high the rfence is the horse should always take of from the same point, 6' from the fence.

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Sounds like he's rushing and going flat. Grids can help, as can placing poles, but basically you are looking to get his backend underneath him to get him going up rather than forwards
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over crosses absolutely fine-i try to get him bouncing underneath me but if i hold him back too much he just gets really excited!!whats my position meant to be like over an upright to prevent him knocking them?is it because i lean forward too early?
 
It could be, if you lean forward too early then your weight will go on to the forehand and he may knock them with his front legs.
 
YOu could try putting up a grid of say 4 or 5 cross jumps and then adding in an upright as the last fence, try making the last but one jump a bounce so he has to sit on his hocks a bit.
 
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