Suggests to stop a young horse rushing when showjumping?

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I have a lovely 5 yr old Irish sports horse who this time last year could not jump and had no forward movement she has now completed two ODEs. Her confidence is amazing but she is rushing her showjumping and tending to knock fences any suggestions of excercises that might steady her up?
 
Grids and Poles before and after the jump. It's worked a treat with my friends speed freak ISH mare!!!!
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I have a speed freak ISH mare! so would be interested to see what you all suggest!
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i'd agree with the above. lots and lots of grid work and pole work. doesn't have to be big at all but needs to get her thinking about where to put her feet rather than thinking "whoooooo, jumping"!!!
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i'm useless at building grids and things but my SJ trainer is BSJA accred and she is fabulous at stuff like this (manages to make a few poles seemingly randomly scattered into something extremely difficult and complicated
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) so i'd maybe suggest some lessons with a good trainer or maybe buy a book on jumping exercises- i picked up a useful one in derby house with some good exercises in it...
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canter poles on the floor between the fences, bounces, loads of scary and inventive fillers?
walking into the fences, halting if she rushes and then walking in, figure of 8 gridwork, short striding grids?
 
I think all the above are good for horses that are rushing due to over-excitement or over-confidence, but i wouldn't work on grids or pulling up in front of fences if your horse is rushing due to lack of confidence or worry
 
see i'd argue that grids would help to give them confidence as they will be thinking about where to put feet and should feel more balanced. clearly it won't if you build hugenormous fences- if i do grid work i normally start with teeny tiny fences...
 
to help with rushing in doubles, mainly two strides you can put poles down inbetween, though if you have them use planks on the floor as will be safer if your horse lands on them. this works great with my ish!
 
When my youngster started jumping, she started to get a bit cocky and going too fast, taking strides out etc. We took her loose jumping which really helped, and she hasn't rushed at all after that. It really helped her
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