Showjumping CC please

I'm no expert but this is what I've seen.

Firstly you start off on the wrong leg in canter and she goes disunited after the first jump. You jump 2, 3 and the first double well from what I can see although you do pull her round corners an awful lot which doesn't help with her balance especially at jump 5 where you land and motorbike round the corner! Your approach to the second double could be more straight as you cut the corner quite a bit (was it a timed round?) but she looks an honest pony who helped you out. She lands on the wrong leg and takes a while to change leg completely whilst on a curve and does well to jump the following jump, bless her. At the following jump you pushed her into canter onto the wrong leg which made her lose balance on the approach, she got too close and knocked it down. The rest you jump well apart from the last where you get left behind a bit.

Hope this helps a bit but like I said I am no expert so other people will be able to tell you more!
 
sweet pony

my instructor would be saying 'rhythem, rhythem, rhythem'. looks a bit rushed and camacarsy (sp) shes losing her balance on some of the turns.

she really seems to enjoy it though - shame you lost your way !!!
 
my computer kept freezing so didn't watch all of it.
i think you need to sit down, collect her without hauling on her mouth. and concentrate a bit on your lower leg position in between the jumps.
when you get that sorted you can concentrate on being clearer with your aids - and therefore control speed and direction better... as you seem to 'lock on' to the wrong jumps a fair few times as your approach was a bit haphazard.

lovely little round though, well done you! get the little wrinkles ironed out and you'll be fabby! xxx
 
Looks like she's being quite strong (I think from your previous posts that this can be a problem??). It almost looks like you are constantly having to hold her mouth in between fences which makes it look like you're fighting the whole way.

She's also tending to 'motorbike' round the corners which means that your approach to the fences isn't always even and balanced.

Agree with the post above re rhythm.

She does look like a really honest pony though. :).
 
Only thing I am going to comment on,is that you need to prepare for the turns more :)

Thinking about the turn whilst over the jump should help her land on correct leg, and make the whole picture appear smoother :)
 
The only thing that sticks out to me (I'm rubbish at this) is how much you're leaning back in between jumps, try bringing yourself forward and off your horses mouth. 3

It looks like you're trying to prevent her rushing into the jumps or trying to get more control or maybe lack of confidence? What do you think is the reason for this?
 
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I would suggest your course walking needs to be slower and more considered - you appear to do a bit of what I do and make your way round by the seat of your pants so to speak, as in, land over fence one and it's crap crap where's fence 2?!! And so on..lol

I am more of a dressage fan and my marks improved soooooo much if I just took a bit more care over my preparation before even getting on the horse, as in properly learning my route etc. And as someone else mentioned already, if you're looking for the next fence whilst going over the currrent one, you'll help your horse to land on the correct leg.

I noticed a couple of times you dropped your hands just before the fence too - be more confident that you can do it and don't drop your hands to support yourself on her neck if it's not quite as perfect a stride as you wanted. Again, something I do, but that's because I am pants at jumping - you're a better show jumper than I can ever be!!

You look like a nice pair though going round, and credit to you for keeping at it after a nasty fall earlier this year :)
 
lovely honest pony, she really is. got lots of scope.

in addition to what's been said above, I'd really work to get her using the space available in the arena. There were a couple of fences where you only gave her one or possibly two strides of the approach where she could be straight into it, making it harder for both of you.

in the approach to 7, I would have opened your inside hand slightly and pushed her to the right with your left leg to make sure that she jumped it straight and didn't veer off to the left after, as that meant you had less time to set her up correctly into the double.

I think you need to try to steer her more using your legs, seat and body rather than your hands.

straightness, and setting her up correctly for the jumps will help her land on the correct leg and landing on the correct leg will make it easier for both of you.

(a good exercise is to just chuck a bunch of poles randomly around the school in all directions and practise just cantering around over them, knowing which pole you're heading for next and trying to get the correct leg on landing. taking the jumps out of the equation means you can practise getting the correct landing lead)

looking pretty good though, a very nice round! lovely pony and you've improved miles since some of the vids you posted a few months ago :)
 
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i did think we were more balanced than the last video though? :)
thanks, yes that is something that my intrustor is ALWAYS staying use the corners and the space you have! but plus my grackle snapped and she took hold of the bit so thats maybe why i look like im fighting? but yes she is so strong and im also told i need to stay calm i get excited so she gets excited ect so thats not what we need
but thanks havent been able to do much at home cause i cant use the outdoor and the indoor isnt big enough for more than 2/3 jumps
and i ordered 101 jumping excises today :D :D
 
Sounds like you are working on the right things.

I can't comment on improvements as I've not seen previous vidoes.

It's good that you have vidoes to watch back over though - I find it really useful to pick up on things I sometimes didn't even realise I was doing! Just a shame my OH is less than enthusiastic about coming to comps with me at the best of times and my Mum is useless with a video camera!!
 
'Preparation prevents p*ss poor performance!' is an old saying that holds well in most areas in my book! :)

There was much to like, but thinking ahead and preparing more would have added that extra finesse. Sooo......ensuring the right strike off before the bell; if you didn't achieve it, coming back, circling and striking off again.....you have enough time - honest! Prepping your corners, turns and approaches more.....using the full extent of the arena and riding your horse in to the corners more to use that extra space. Maybe at times keeping your hands a little lower in between fences and thinking about the outside shoulder more on the turns rather than just the inside rein??

Just suggestions....do as I say, not as I do!! :D
 
Well done. You are improving :)

The thing that struck me though was (like another poster said) you are actually leaning back on the flat sections and almost trying to anchor her, which just isn't going to work, but also means you are going to be throwing you weight very suddenly forward over the fences which will unbalance her a lot.

Put your stirrups up a hole or 2 and work on getting up off her back into a slightly forward seat. this will also help you not be "holding" her quite so much. you need to get her to learn to wait for the fences.

Have a look at steering exercises in your new book too. :)
 
thanks :D
i think it was siting back cause of pulling and trying to get the bit cause i wasnt siting back before? but ill def work on it anyway :p
everyones telling me put my stirrups up, few weeks ago was told to put them lower ;),
but thanks ill worked on it all :) off sunday :) x
 
the whole round looks a bit unbalance (both of you) it looks to me as if you need to have some flat work lessons to help you work together. sorry this is just my opinion,
 
You have a lovely little horse :)

Any CC I would have said seems to have been covered by other posters so I'll say this:
You are improving everytime you post, keep it up, once you have things sorted you will be flying! :D
 
My jumping instructor would have said that you need to ride forward to the jumps, with MUCH shorter reins. Shorter reins mean you have more finesse - you're not leaning on them to slow, you have more control about where and when you go, and can give them when needed.

I know you're trying hard, so the following is simply 'how it is', not a criticism as such - I'm aware it's all a work in progress. You have a very scopey horse there, and they're not always the easiest to ride, but you and she will be great one day!

You go pull, pull, pull, desperately trying to slow, then oops there's the jump, release and your very honest horse goes 'ok' and jumps, but she's had no real impulsion on approach so sort of cat-leaps. Then too fast on landing, so motorbiking the corners. One of mine will do this if allowed - what works best is to land, sit up and hold (seat), hold round the corners, hold into the approach then give her 4/5 strides where you push on. Then you don't get there too fast (not enough time to pick up too much speed), but with forwardness and impulsion.

P.S. You at tudor stud farm? That's just up the road from me!!!
 
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