How do I stop my horse from Over Jumping?

Sometimes when horses are going to slow into the jump the horse tends to over jump the jump. Try and make him go more forward into it and see if that makes a difference. More practice will also help you a lot. If he over jumps a jump, push him forward and keep going over it until he doesn't jump it so high.

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Go back to pole work and cavalettis first to get him striding properly, to collect and extend in trot and canter. From there on you could move to having a placing pole before the fence to indicate to the horse when to take off.

Grid work is also an excellent exercise to teach a horse rhythm, balance, striding and jumping according to height.

Also remember that good flat work is the basis for good jumping, so you must have your flat work down first.

Some lessons would help you both, you may also be hindering him in some ways without realising it. He does sound to be jumping awkwardly simply out of greenness, but he may also have quite a scopey jump that you need to learn to move with and not to hinder.

Remember he's green, so it's plenty of practise that will help him to improve.

I'm not much of a horse trainer or anything, but I know I had similar troubles with my horse, and just with constant jumping he got better. I think with many it's a confidence thing, and the weight of a person on their backs and mouths throws them off a bit, so they're not sure how much work to put into it. So long as you make sure you set him up right for each jump, don't rush him at them, and give him his head and ensure you get off his back for the jump, with time he'll get used to it and settle down. It was the case with my horse.

you should jump him over in and outs and combonations to make him stop and learn that he can;t jump that far

you could put a placing pole in front and behind, this might help