Critique my Arabs jumping, Pics included?

hi! first of all, beautiful horse :)

also, he looks a bit unsure of himself. in the one the pics, a caption came up saying he slows down before the fence. that may be because he is spooked by the fence (probably not because he is jumping it) or it may be that he is slowing down a bit to find a better stop to jump. keep jumping him and he will figure it all out. also, in the last pic, he has his hind legs sprawled out behind him. it looks like he went up, almost refused, but at the second decided to jump. with no video, it is hard to tell whether that is true or not, but it looks as though that may have happened. it looks as if he is using his neck nicely. some arabians keep their head very high which gives them a hollow, springy jump. he doesn't seem to have this problem.

so these are my critiques from the pictures, but all in all, a video would be better, but the pics worked fine. overall, he is a great jumper. just work on a couple of things and he will be fabulous. for example him being sure of himself, not slowing down before the fence, not jumping at the last minute, and not having his feet sprawled out, or out of alignment.

i really hope i helped! good luck with him! :)

Looks like he's doing well getting over those jumps :) From the pictures, however, it looks like his timing to jump is a little off. For instance, the first photo shows him jumping a bit too early, while in the second photo, it looks like he's jumping too late. I think that the more you have him practice getting over the hurdle, he'll learn not to anticipate it, but be patient. What will really help is, if at all possible, you could ride him over the jump. That way, you can use your hands to put pressure on his mouth, releasing the tension only when it's the perfect time to jump. That way, he won't go too early. He looks like an eager learner, so I wish you the best of luck in your training! :)

He's slowing down before jumps BECAUSE he's unsure and needs the extra time to figure out what to do with his feet. I wouldn't be cracking any whip before a jump thats why your having trouble with him rushing now.

He is also having trouble with where to take off from- he can't see the distance. Practice nice and slow at a consistant tempo and he'll start to get eh hang of it.

His knees are hanging out all over the place (you would like him to be snapping them up) but since he's just learning that excusable

His knees are also REALLY uneven and that needs work. Its dangerous.

Good luck! He sounds like he's doing much better and got lucky to have you.

I am in no way an expert but he seems unsure of himself. Also it looks like he might be rushing the fences based on his feet placement. Also he is waiting until the last second to jump. Maybe try using an A frame (you can make one) to get him to start jumping from a further distance away.

Beautiful horse

Stunning horse! Looks like he takes off one foot slightly before the other, look up horse jumping or watch some on tv, and you can see in the air the best jumps are when the horses front legs are pretty much aligned with each other. Still, i don't see how you can change that, but he is a very beautiful horse! Thanks xx

just wanted to let you know that if you make jumps it's TONS cheaper!! its really easy to make standards too :) (i made mine) you just need 4x4s for the actual pole the holes will be drilled into and the height varies depending on how tall you need it. Then you need 4 3x8s for the base that you'll put in sort of a Nazi sign way around the 4x4 (couldn't think of any way to explain it lol) once you have that you drill a hole at 1'6" and then keep drilling holes 3" apart so it'll be 1'6" 1'9" 2' 2'3" etc.

there are tutorials online that you can find :)

so basically for ONE pair of jumping standards you need:

2- 4x4s

8- 3x8s

PVC pipes (work great for jump poles!)

Jump Cups

ground pole of some sort :)

sorry it isn't very thorough! lol

A video would be alot better. Arabs tend to jump flat with a straight back and head up rather high, sometimes they just don't do too well over higher jumps. Just can't tell how yours is from still pictures.

eek- does he have really bad rain rot??? whats up with his coat??

Not much of an amazing jump- but he is JUMPING IT- and that is good. He isnt just trotting hop over it, or anything like that- he is jumping and that is great. He has a learning jump- he is still learning and you can tell from the pictures

He has GOT to learn to pick up his knees. His knees are pointing straight to the ground! He has tons of height, and if he picked his knees up.... he'd be something to think about.

Look at the knees on this horse. (Google searched horse jumping, this popped up. He is for sale, but I am not advertising nor recommending him to any buyer). http://www.santabarbarastables.com/for_sale_images...

Now look at the knees of your arab. Do you see the difference?

Wow, he is beautiful. He jumps pretty good though ... so i can't think of anything bad, sorry.

That is a good thing i guess!