Short jumping vid...

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Hi everyone...

So, height is about 95cm (about 3'1")...me and horse haven't done a lot of jumping this year as have been concentrating on affiliated showing...however, we are both loving it so decided to up the anti from our usual 2'3!

CC welcome (but don't be too harsh with me please :o) we haven't really jumped at this height for a long time and I was feeling a bit gung ho! :D

Do you think I'm being over-ambitious...to be honest, we both felt really comfortable with it, but I haven't had any jumping tuition for years!!

[URL=http://s256.photobucket.com/albums/hh191/royal_lass/?action=view&current=95cm.mp4][/URL]

btw...we didn't carry on after the jump as there were another 4 people in the school and I didn't want to run anyone over (tho tbh, everyone was brill and were all stood waiting til we'd gone over it!)
 
If I was you establish yourself a bit more over smaller fences as you was not quite moving with the horse. Do you see how you kind of jolted? Practice your jump position and get really secure then when you could easily cater round for hours without loosing balance then start jumping bigger :)

Some lessons would help a lot aswell if you want to jump this height more often
 
Ditto K. Lower the height until you're going with the horse and not needing to prop yourself up on her neck after the jump :).

Poles and grid work to get your body learning the rythem :D. That and some good lessons :D
 
To start with, you have a nice jumping position at the start of the jump, however as you get about halfway over your heals start to rise. Upon landing, as you start to bring your body upright your bottom needs to be firm in the saddle to avoid bouncing, sit tall (as you are very proud of yourself for jumping that high!), hands off of his neck too (imagine if someone was pushing down on your neck whilst you had all of your weight going on to your front end) and you also need to keep your heels down! Practise one thing at a time rather than all together, it will make it easier for you :)

One other thing, I know it sounds it but you really aren't far from getting it right!! Also you have a gorgeous horse there which obviously loves his jumping and takes care of you very well whilst doing it :D
 
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