by babytigger » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:13 pm
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#DM - i recently started up riding again (last year, thanks to spotz). i have a great juper mare to ride of spotz, and appy/TB who is very very strong & athletic & she craves jumping like i need my tea everyday.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#i've had a few lessons on her as well, and my coach has been helpful, as has spotz who knows all her horses like they were her children!!) - think VALIUM. this is what spotz told me....don't even think jump, becasue they know.....now, mind you, i'm not jumping huge fences with her, so i can also just trot up to them....given half the chance, patty will start to race around like a nut to do a course - she just loves to jump. best thing i can do with her over the little schooling fences i've done is to just keep doing posting trot right over the fence.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#she's tried to start cantering but becasue i'm posting, she drops right back down to trotting & we usually get a nice smooth jump, with no zooming away on landing. i don't even take 2 point when she gets racey, i just keep posting right over the fence.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#i'm sure you are doing a much higher calibre than i've ever done (evident from your photos!!), but perhaps toning down the jump size to something he can just trot over wil get him thinking about going slower & it's not a big deal etc. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#also i think the gymnastics will help, but also smaller jumps or trotting poles would be better, as some horse get a bit hyper with gymnastics because it's a lot of jumps very quickly.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
Horses do think. Not very deeply, perhaps, but enough to get you into a lot of trouble." - Unknown