When i bought G i bought him to show in dressage but lately there has been jumps in the arena and it takes everything i have to keep him away from the jumps. So last night i figured that we would free jump him and with help from N (she's and Eventer) we set up a jump, now everytime i have free jumped a horse in the past it takes 3-4 people to get the horse going and get it to stay on course.... not G... he tends to follow me in the arena like a puppy so the first time i ran and jumped over the pole with him trotting over it behind me. After that he would round the arena and go over it himself with very little encouragement from us. The one time he didnt quite estimate the distance properly and hit the pole he didnt panic just kept going cool calm and collected. We finished free jumping him with the pole half way up the standard.... sorry as i have said before my "lingo" is attrocious lol.
Anyways here is a video of the last jump we had him do.
So tonight we are going to go out for a nice hack then N is going to start G over fences and teach me a thing or two so i can allow him to jump once a week to break up our dressage training. I definatly cannot ignore his love for jumping so he will get to have one night a week of something fun.
There are a few shows coming up (mostly eventing and hunters) but G and i are going to go to get him used to a show environment and expose him to crowds and the hectic environment of a horse show.
Anyways here is a video of the last jump we had him do.
So tonight we are going to go out for a nice hack then N is going to start G over fences and teach me a thing or two so i can allow him to jump once a week to break up our dressage training. I definatly cannot ignore his love for jumping so he will get to have one night a week of something fun.
There are a few shows coming up (mostly eventing and hunters) but G and i are going to go to get him used to a show environment and expose him to crowds and the hectic environment of a horse show.
It looks like jumping doesn't scare him a bit. He seems to like it. I like to do lots of different things with my horses so they are well rounded and can handle whatever comes up. Taking him to a show is a good idea too, we used to do that all the time with our young horses. Just to get them used to the atmosphere. I don't know whether you're comfortable jumping or not but if you're a novice you might want to start small and build on experience for both of you. Have fun.
ReplyDeleteHe loves it, hes super scopey and gets really pumped up to get a chance to jump over them. I have a little jumping experience not much enough to safely get us both over a jump but i may have a friend teach me to jump properly (how to set them up change the strides etc) so that he learns properly and is less likely to get injured. I am not a big fan of jumping but i think it would be a great reward for him to have one night of something he loves to do to take his mind off of our other training.
DeleteHe was so calm about the whole thing! What a good boy!!
ReplyDeletei know :( my friend who is an eventer was immediatly excited and offered to start him over fences.... i think she might be planning to kidnap him lol.
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