Starter/ children's jumps

[black_n_white]

Asking on behalf of a friend who has a little girl ready to start jumping. What jumps/ sets would you recommend? Are the childen's mini jump sets with little wings and poles any good or would some of the poly block type things be better?

 

[be positive]

Blocks may be more useful, mini jumps will not be any use once she starts doing more, if she does, whereas the blocks can be used forever and can gradually be added to as required.

 

[Horses24-7]

I got my daughter the mini poly blocks and their mini candy stripe poles and they are fab!

 

[Littlelegs]

I'm just a tramp, use normal wings & stuff like buckets etc.

 

[ponypilotmum]

I'm just a tramp, use normal wings & stuff like buckets etc.

I'm even worse, we used round fencing posts and buckets.

We even 'aquired' some of the planks the road men use, oh, and traffic cones (which turned on their sides make great fillers).

 

[Littlelegs]

Lol, I did say etc! We have those too, when in my teens my friend and I aquired lots of the road side ones & used to jump them in the way they're set up in the posts at the side of the road. Use empty crates & plastic feed bins too, basically anything that comes to hand. Old bales too & we put stuff like haylage wrappers over little uprights & held in place with a groundpole. On the bright side they never bother with new jumps at shows!

 

[Spiritedly]

The trug type buckets are very handy as they come in a variety of heights

 

[mulledwhine]

I am not a fan of the mini jumps, a friend has some , our fantastic pony who loves to jump hated them, as the jump is very narrow, it really put him off