serena2005
Well-Known Member
Hello,
I have recently started helping bring on a 5 year old Irish draught.
He has been broken a year with very basic schooling, has done lots of hacking and has been hunted and cross country schooling.
I plan to take him right back to basics, we have started pole work and very small grids.
Obviously I am focusing on his flat work more than his jumping, as his balance and bending needs a fair amount of work.
I am in no rush to get him out jumping huge courses, but I need to have a rough time scale in my head on what to work on and for how long.
At the moment what we are doing is fine, he finds it mental and physically quite challenging and really enjoys it and gets better and more relaxed every time.
I want to do things right and at the right pace. He has a very can do attitude and I think will be very easy to ask too much of him before he's physically ready, I worry because I have a 18 year old ex show jumper whose feet are knackered and I'm convinced she must have done too much too young.
So when you have taught a horse to jump, what did you expect to be doing 6 months to a year down the line...?
I have recently started helping bring on a 5 year old Irish draught.
He has been broken a year with very basic schooling, has done lots of hacking and has been hunted and cross country schooling.
I plan to take him right back to basics, we have started pole work and very small grids.
Obviously I am focusing on his flat work more than his jumping, as his balance and bending needs a fair amount of work.
I am in no rush to get him out jumping huge courses, but I need to have a rough time scale in my head on what to work on and for how long.
At the moment what we are doing is fine, he finds it mental and physically quite challenging and really enjoys it and gets better and more relaxed every time.
I want to do things right and at the right pace. He has a very can do attitude and I think will be very easy to ask too much of him before he's physically ready, I worry because I have a 18 year old ex show jumper whose feet are knackered and I'm convinced she must have done too much too young.
So when you have taught a horse to jump, what did you expect to be doing 6 months to a year down the line...?