Update on my ride for the future :)

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A while ago i put a post on about my new 17hh TB ride for the current future and showed everyone video of me riding him :)

Here's the most recent video of me riding him - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIDco0rmjJw

Let me know what you think and you're welcome to critisise as it can only help! :)

Im taking him to pony club camp next Monday and he's coming to my yard on Saturday so will get a bit more riding in on him before hand :)
 
You have a good lower leg and seat, it's wonderful, though your toes do seem to stick out when you go over the fence. Try giving a little more release over the fence, you won't seem as upright when you're jumping that way.

He's a lovely horse, can I ask how tall you are? Because you make him seem a heck of a lot smaller than 17.2!! :)
 
It's very lairy, isn't it?! If I were you, I would be trotting and popping with a neck strap on, as although you're hands are going forwards but up and are still snatching his mouth... He's not really jumping and he's rushing quite scarily, and you're not really doing anything about it. Trot and pop until he can jump without blowing his brains out his arse! I was honestly a bit scared watching that...

I understand it's a long and tricky journey and looking at your other videos you're a very competent and skilled rider so you'll do it. He is very smart looking, and I'd hate to see you getting hurt or him getting scared. Good luck :)
 
With a big horse like that, you need to sit down, and use your seat to steady him, not your hands. You are very forward and light in the saddle, and with something with his power and strength, you need to be sitting deep and using you lower back and seat to resist, as you will not get anywhere pulling.

You brace against him with your arms coming into the jump, and are holding him until you have taken off, which is hindering your fold over the jump, and snatching his mouth. Sit on your butt and hold him together and wait about six strides in, then after you have got that nice bouncy canter in three strides, let him go, give him your hands and go forwards with his movement. Because you are holding him with your arms, and not keeping him together with seat and leg, the approach is rather manic, and you end up snatching him in the mouth by accident. German SJers seem to have the sitting down thing to a tee, watch some of them :)

You ride him nice and light in the hand when not jumping, and he seems quite off the leg too. So try and transfer the things that are good in flatwork, to your jumping, and you'll be halfway there.

You are doing very well, considering he's such a brute! He's lovely too :)
 
PonyFeet10 said:
Is he wearing a bungee type martingale? :)
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Yeh it's the owners home made device which she made about 20 years ago!

Lolo said:
It's very lairy, isn't it?! If I were you, I would be trotting and popping with a neck strap on, as although you're hands are going forwards but up and are still snatching his mouth... He's not really jumping and he's rushing quite scarily, and you're not really doing anything about it. Trot and pop until he can jump without blowing his brains out his arse! I was honestly a bit scared watching that...

I understand it's a long and tricky journey and looking at your other videos you're a very competent and skilled rider so you'll do it. He is very smart looking, and I'd hate to see you getting hurt or him getting scared. Good luck :)
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I did actually trot alote of the jumps at the start but there not on the video, but im really worried about you being scared watching that :(

I'll try all this when i ride him next he's just alote more horse to handle than mine :)
 
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