wow can he jump! picture...

Hmm...personally if it was my horse I wouldn't be asking it to jump at that age, its just a baby!
The people in the background are also quite off putting, it looks like they've come to watch some sort of circus act!
 
i would think from the people queuing to watch it probably wasnt a one off...

though i agree they would end up having to run and jump in the wild something just makes me uncomfortable about watching a horse quite that young jumping so coordinatedly
 
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Regardless of the rights or wrongs, look at those front legs tucked up!

As always, the image is just a single moment in time, unless we know the story, who knows what the circumstances are. I've seen my foals and youngstock belting around paddocks actually choosing to leap jumps rather than go around them.
 
I don't think they should be jumping much or often, but a little pop now and again is okay.

Think that one might be a jumper when s/he grows up!
 
Dare i say this - i personally dont see anything wrong with it.
Im sure its not being done everyday - then yes, it would be a problem - its the same as everything in life, a little of something is good.

Also, knowing how foals leap and run around their paddocks, jumping things in sight, maybe this is a good thing as it teaches them to jump in a safe environment...

My mare is expecting a foal in May - i will not be loose jumping it like this, but will teach it to walk over plastic, over poles and try to get it to experience most things before 3 months... it can only help the horse when it is older.

I agree with most of the comments so far - too much of this is not good - but honestly, a little play - how much harm could it do? Im sure there are much worse things to do to a foal...
 
A hate things like this :(

A foal dancing and prancing around a field is one thing. Deliberately putting a foal over any fence is entirely different and complete disgusting in my opinion.

The foal has most likely been encourage over that fence, seeing as the fence is designed to be jumped only one way (which gives it a slight spread to add into the challenge the foal is already facing).

It really is no wonder that horses suffer such physical issues nowadays with breeders idiotic enough to allow this to happen/condone it. Any sensible breeder would flog anyone caught asking a foal to do that, not invite their friends to admire the foals talents as this one appears to have.

The foal certainly has a marvellous technique, but I doubt once mature the talent for jumping will remain because pain and sourness will have taken over :(
 
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All I can say is wow what a cracking jump! Like others have said can't see anything wrong with it IMO as long as its not done like everyday.
 
team barney said:
Any sensible breeder would flog anyone caught asking a foal to do that, not invite their friends to admire the foals talents as this one appears to have.
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But...how do we know that is the case for the audience for sure? It could have been a Stud Open Day, or a Sale, or any number of other things. Not knowing the details means we are all just guessing.

Fairy, any more info on the photo?
 
I know someone that has a warmblood stud they jump the foals once and select the ones who show talent then they dont until they are loose jumped at three.
Personally I don't see that once will do any harm foals are very light but clearly you would not want to do it all the time.
 
Does anyone know whose photo it is and where it came from? Then maybe people could put it in context (ie as a one-off or a regular activity).
 
As a one-off 'accidental' pop, nope, nothing wrong at all IMO. If foalie has been chased round either on its own or after mum, for ages, then not fair or right. Surface looks OK and you have to weigh it against high jinks in the field. Wonder if the photo was a chance shot...
 
Goldenstar said:
I know someone that has a warmblood stud they jump the foals once and select the ones who show talent then they dont until they are loose jumped at three.
Personally I don't see that once will do any harm foals are very light but clearly you would not want to do it all the time.
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When I was viewing foals last summer I went to Studs that jumped their mares with the foals - show which ones had talent.
 
I personally don't see a problem with it, as we can only see a picture, not what has happened before or after the picture was taken.
My youngsters used to get turned out in the school, and I was building jumps one day whilst they were in there for my older horse as I had to supervise them and they were jumping them on their own accord.
 
I suspect they are evaluating the foal as most breeders do to assess whether the foal has jumping potential, whether they decide to keep it or sell it, whether they decide to geld it or leave it entire, whether it's a dressage prospect etc etc.

I don't intentionally free jump my foals at that age however they do all go into the arenas at that age and sometimes some of them do pop over little jumps. If I have my camera with me then I take photos of everything they do when they are in there playing so although there is no intention on my part to jump the foals, yes I have photos of them going over little jumps.
 
depends what the stud is doing it for, if they are keeping the foal fine for them, but if they want to sell him it may put a lot of people off. The stud could say it was a one off jump, I personally wouldn't believe it as a buyer and would not buy a foal who had been jumped as I may be the one paying for possible bone and joint problems in the future. 2 years is young enough for me for loose jumping.
 
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