video of my horse jumping after a lot of tries

[team barney]

He seem uneven behind to me, that might be a reason for his reluctance to jump.

Analysing the riders, first rider fizzled out so the horse followed his riders lead. Hatless rider's hands are very hard, riding like that is not going to help the horse gain confidence jumping. Rider number three would be the best of the lot for teaching the horse to enjoy his jumping.

 

[madalicedj]

Have funny feeling have seen this horse on my friends fb page, if I say Elvis am I correct ?

I agree with the "hat" but have to say if this is the same horse, he looks amazing and you should be proud of how he looks now ...

YES its Elvis !!!! Re named He can look stiff in back to poster above but had deep physio recently which worked WONDERS. It just seems to be the way he moves.

 

[madalicedj]

OP, your horse looks lovely, although it dosen't appear to be fear of jumping from the vid, more surprised to see a fence

I would start from a pole on the ground, build up to say 4-5 poles on the ground, then at the end of the poles on the ground add a tiny cross pole, and see how you go from there
Just my 2p worth, and fwiw if he stops like the first rider the last thing I would want to do is turn him away from the fence - I would wait for a bit and then ask to walk on, they can jump from a walk very well

Feel free to ignore, but I would place showjumps in his field and out of his stable door just to show him that walking over poles is normal
Billy atm is still getting his confidence over ditches, so if I go anywhere with a ditch the first thing I do is jump the ditch from a walk, then we go and do lots of other things, and then at the end of the session jump the ditch again

An idea could be to start the schooling session walking over a pole, then forget about it till the end of the session and walk over it to finish

Hi yup tried everything you have mentioned previously and on the day in question.
I am going back today to walk him over poles from the ground. Gotta just keep at it bit by bit.

 

[madalicedj]

Agree with SophieLouBee, rider 1 (you?) just isn't commited.
This horse is green at jumping? If so sack Rider 2! Fair enough if the horse knows his job and is taking the mick then yes ride like that, but not if the horse is green, that is one way to put him off completely. In her defence though she did give a lot more when she knew what the horse was likely to do.
Rider 3 is the one I would get to school him over jumps. She just sits quietly and keeps him relaxed and lets him work him out for himself.

Lovely horse and good luck with him.

THANK YOU

 

[madalicedj]

He is lovely! But I do sort of agree that he looks a little stiff behind to me. I may be totally and utterly off the mark, and he's lovely but there's something I'm not sure is 100%. May be worth having him double checked just in case anything's been missed.

I totally agree that Rider 3 got a nice tune out of him and was lovely and sympathetic

J&C

Thanks and for referance folks rider 3 is rider 2 daughter who was taught by rider 2 also
He had physio a few months back which worked wonders!! So we know hes ok now. Just want him to be well rounded and not in a bubble of doing 1 thing only. Back to walk him over poles in hand today I did this a few days ago he was almost asleep doing it. I sat on to be lead over he was happier to try then panics at last sec but managed if you can call it that. Not sure he has sussed that his legs are attached to hid body lol