MagicMelon
Well-Known Member
Welshie is still being dopey! He is now 6 but still feels and behaves the same as when he was a 4yo. Ive pissed about in small SJ classes for ages now and he is always having a pole or two. In lessons he goes so well over bigger fences so figured maybe because he was jumping small courses he just wasnt trying! So today I tried his first discovery. Again, poles hit the floor! It DID make him try harder but to the point he jumped a few WAY too big and then that made us too close to the next one on a related distance hence why he knocked.
He has so much potential, its just trying to keep it together. He is quite a difficult ride and is very upright in front yet his stride is quite short compared to others so on related distances I have to let him move forward more to make up the striding which then makes him jump flat! And like I say, if he knocks he then pings straight up over the next one way too big which cocks our next distance up. Its very diffcult to keep him together and try to stay on when he makes his insane jumps.
I know gridwork would help, if I did it regularily. But I only have a paddock to ride in (no school or proper surface) so jumping is very much limited to when the ground is dry enough (which is not often!). AGHHHHH
He has so much potential, its just trying to keep it together. He is quite a difficult ride and is very upright in front yet his stride is quite short compared to others so on related distances I have to let him move forward more to make up the striding which then makes him jump flat! And like I say, if he knocks he then pings straight up over the next one way too big which cocks our next distance up. Its very diffcult to keep him together and try to stay on when he makes his insane jumps.
I know gridwork would help, if I did it regularily. But I only have a paddock to ride in (no school or proper surface) so jumping is very much limited to when the ground is dry enough (which is not often!). AGHHHHH