What's the biggest fence you have ever cleared?

[MizElz]

A very childish question!

Of course, not everyone is likely to have been as sad as me and taken a tape measure to said fence....

The biggest jump I have ever done was a 4ft 3 planks. At the time I was majorly impressed (even though I fell off at 2nd attempt, having jumped it perfectly first time

) I have since spoken to several people who have all managed to jump twice as high as this! (Well, perhaps not twice as high, but they've got a lot more to shout about than me

) Plus I have never jumped a course bigger than 3'9.

Simply havent got the nerve!

 

[DiablosGold]

A 3ft 3 single fence...I haven't got much bottle when it comes to jumping.

 

[Bossanova]

1.40 on the mule, prob slightly more on Boss
Not that impressive really, but I'm a bit of a wimp with showjumps!!

 

[MizElz]

Ooooh I dont know, Bossanova, I'd say that's pretty impressive!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who is a jumping Pansy!

 

[zigzag]

A 4'3 course when I was younger, I'm to chicken now!

 

[welshstar]

Biggest jump i've jumped as a single jump was 3ft 7 (about 1.10m i think), as a course was about 3ft 3 show jumping and 3ft 6 cross country (i know...that makes no sense!)
But i have jumped 3ft 5 on little ponio (13.1hh)- jumped 1m on him last night and he gave it room so may try him over some bigger courses next year as he really feels like he just plays with those jumps.
Jumping a bigger single jump doesn't scare but a course of 3ft 6 and a 3ft 9 scared me a lot when i did it...needless to say we didn't go clear (my numpty riding made poles fly!) and i haven't gone that big since!

 

[dieseldog]

1.20 as a course and probably about 1.40 in lessons

 

[JoBo]

3ft 6 as a single one off fence on my pony Ella. Realistically I haven’t done much jumping over 3ft.
I would love to have the chance one day to sit on a proper show jumper.

 

[Seahorse]

I jumped 4ft 6 on my 13.2 in a Chase-me-Charlie, and still only came 2nd!!

 

[Dotilas]

4ft 7 on my 13.3 coblet

 

[Nickijem]

Wow - BooBW. The biggest fence I have ever jumped was similar looking with a sizeable spread but was not much more than 4ft and was on my instructors show-jumper. I loved it but wouldn't have the nerve now!

 

[moon_drop]

1.40 on Willie in our day and willie was only 14.2hh. It was a course of 8 show jumps but it was at home, I guess we probably jumped 1.45 out hacking as well. Riding willie has given me no fear of fence height.

 

[Chex]

On Chex it was 4ft2, did it once and I wouldn't do it again -I'm scared of heights

I did a course at 4ft, but that was on a 16.2 tb and didn't seem that high, it must be Chex stumpy legs that make the jumps seem bigger!

 

[Jade2007]

3'11 on my 14hh, but it was a decent spread. Biggest course I've ever done on him was about 3'9, which is the height he used to compete at back in the days. Now he's 15 and has got just as much scope but I spent a good 8 months getting to know him (I've only had him 9 months!)

 

[Tinkerbee]

Havent a clue about heights

we just go by fifth height on the wing etc lol

and had very scary incident with a five bar gate with barbed wire once

 

[TGM]

I jumped a 4'6" fence once, and have jumped 3'6" courses, but these days I rarely leave the ground at all

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[JaneMBE]

a branch on the ground lol! I hate jumping (am hopeless!)

Nice to see your name change went thru!

 

[Santa_Claus]

1m35 as a course (several in course were 1m35 but a some were slightly smaller at about the 1m30 marker)

and 1m73 i think it was which was a wall in a puissance comp. Was definetly just over 1m70.

Not sure what they are in feet though!!

 

[Shilasdair]

5'3" on an ex hurdler....don't ask. I'd like to say I don't make a habit of it...and prefer to go round rather than over.
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[Tia]

I frequently jumped 5ft courses.....a very long time ago!

Prior to moving here I was regularly jumping 3'6"-3'9" XC courses a few times a week - however these days I rarely jump as I don't have a showjumping horse anymore.

 

[xtiffx]

DD Does 3ft9 on 12.2 ponies !

 

[teapot]

3ft 3 upright - just a single jump on a horse that had his ears in your mouth and found jumping uber exciting

 

[hannahandteddy]

on my old little beasty who was 13hh i jumped about 3ft10 i think it was (he'd jumped 1.40 with owner!!!).
on my girlie i jumped a MASSIVE hedge out hunting (god knows hoe i did it with eyes closed lol!!!) it must have been over 4ft and have never attempted anything like it again i'm too much of a wuss lol. show jumping biggest i've jumped her was 3ft6.

 

[Christmas_Kate]

didnt vote because i'm not sure how big a 5 bar gate is.

i didnt want to jump it, i got bolted with...

 

[SpruceRI]

A 4ft hedge with a 5ft drop. Was too scared to try the 5ft hedge with the 4ft drop.

Biggest course was the Jumpoff in a Newcomers class. What's that? 1.10m /1.15m?

4ft 1" single jump on a horse I had on loan yonks ago.

Rather stick to smaller stuff these days

 

[MizElz]

[ QUOTE ]
A 4ft hedge with a 5ft drop. Was too scared to try the 5ft hedge with the 4ft drop.

Biggest course was the Jumpoff in a Newcomers class. What's that? 1.10m /1.15m?

4ft 1" single jump on a horse I had on loan yonks ago.

Rather stick to smaller stuff these days

[/ QUOTE ]

yeah, newcomers jumpoff would be about 1.15! thats as far as we ever got too, lol! Though the 3rd round at the 1.05 trailblazers final was pretty big too!

 

[Solstar]

im a bit of a wimp now- thats what having a slightly nsane ex-racer does to you- but i used to jump 4ft courses on my connemara pony.
the highest i do now is probably 3ft on the red meister and 2ft6 ont solster.

 

[KatB]

A hedge that was big enough that my pony couldnt see over the top!! Lol!! Apparently was at least 4'6ft and my pony gave it a couple of inches according to the guy I hunted with! Sj's was about 1.30m but was a single fence on an old SJer. Jumped a course of 1.15 but only at home on the same SJer!

 

[asbo]

done courses at 1mt50

 

[Vicki_Krystal]

1.55 (metres) single fence
1.30 course

all on my superstar sniff! ( 2nd and 3rd pic in sig!)