kimky
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Just to re-asure me how many human paces should i put inbetween a one horse strided double ? thanks
Striding Fences
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Madam_max
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8. 2 for take off. 2 for landing and four for one horse stride.
kimky
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cheers
kerilli
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well, between 7 1/2 and 8, depending on whether the jumps are big, and whether the fence coming in is an upright or a spread. if it's a biggish spread, you definitely want 8, if a small upright, 7 1/2 would be better, for e.g.
arwenplusone
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I do seven if the jumps are under 3 foot because my mare is short coupled - anything over 3' then I go to 7.5/8 strides
FRESHMAN
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Can I please ask kerilli & Arwen a question please. If you use less than 8 strides when practising, doesnt this cause a problem when competing ie: doubles to long?
burtie
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Can I please ask kerilli & Arwen a question please. If you use less than 8 strides when practising, doesnt this cause a problem when competing ie: doubles to long?
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I quite often use 7 or 7.5 when teaching with novicy riders/horsey as when the jumps are very small the distance is usually easier than reaching for 8. Also a lot of unaff arond here is strided to 7 or 7.5 for horses and ponies. However if they are aiming for affiliated or are a bit more experienced then I do always use 8 strides.
Can I please ask kerilli & Arwen a question please. If you use less than 8 strides when practising, doesnt this cause a problem when competing ie: doubles to long?
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I quite often use 7 or 7.5 when teaching with novicy riders/horsey as when the jumps are very small the distance is usually easier than reaching for 8. Also a lot of unaff arond here is strided to 7 or 7.5 for horses and ponies. However if they are aiming for affiliated or are a bit more experienced then I do always use 8 strides.
kerilli
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no, it doesn't create a problem, cos i use the different distances to teach the horse to lengthen and shorten.
for instance at an event a long time ago, the final line was a very long distance then very short distance to an upright. (i can't remember if it was 2 strides, 1 stride, or other way around.) nearly everyone had the upright, my huge lad actually came back to me in 1 stride, and jumped it fine. if he'd never learnt how at home, he'd never have managed it.
also, obviously, the speed and openness of the stride on the approach, and the shot you get in, really influence the horse's length of stride in the middle. it is much easier to push on and open the stride (unless the horse is amazingly stuffy or totally behind the leg) than to shorten it, esp if it hasn't really learnt how!
hope that makes sense.
it makes it much safer for xc too if the horse is used to accomodating its stride to different distances, and to listening to you as you ask it to open and close the stride.
for instance at an event a long time ago, the final line was a very long distance then very short distance to an upright. (i can't remember if it was 2 strides, 1 stride, or other way around.) nearly everyone had the upright, my huge lad actually came back to me in 1 stride, and jumped it fine. if he'd never learnt how at home, he'd never have managed it.
also, obviously, the speed and openness of the stride on the approach, and the shot you get in, really influence the horse's length of stride in the middle. it is much easier to push on and open the stride (unless the horse is amazingly stuffy or totally behind the leg) than to shorten it, esp if it hasn't really learnt how!
hope that makes sense.
it makes it much safer for xc too if the horse is used to accomodating its stride to different distances, and to listening to you as you ask it to open and close the stride.
FRESHMAN
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Ahh I see, I was thinking purely show jumping & it occurred to me that if people practised on only short distances at home & then went affiliated it might be quite a shock to the horse.
