teaching cob to jump?

Aww what an adorable horse !

He already has a nice hunter frame.

Just needs a little more impulsion, that is why he is slowing down and

looking uncertain before the jumps. Those are jumps he is doing,

very nice ones too but the power and energy isn't all there so he is

only jumping the minimum.

Try going at the run again and maybe using a lunge whip behind him

just to give him some more speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLUeVcNgPpk

See how fast they go ?

I know your horse is a little big but a little more speed won't hurt. =)

ah that is what it is.

he is jumping ( i re watched and slo mo'd vid )

but there is no "moment of suspension"

so i see your problem

at the higher jumps, he should be airborne at

least a little bit but he isn't all all. this is more

speed.

JUMP HEIGHT DOES NOT MATTER

many horses and ponies jump with a moment

of suspension even over 18" cross poles

raising it will only stress him out and he may

start to refuse and develop problems

more speed is encourage and please let me

know how it turns out =)

I don't understand how he "takes big canter strides" he seems to be jumping perfectly normally through all the jumps...

Some horses just aren't built for jumping, though. You can't really "teach him to jump". It's moe about facing him towards an obstacle and asking im to go over it and see if he does or not. He might do good if you did some strength training on the lunge line. You can also use message.

I don't have access to youtube right now, but if he's not challanged over the smaller jumps, and you're steady enough for the bigger jumps, raise the height an inch or two at a time until he has to actually jump.

"big canter strides/hops over them," thats all jumping is hah, and for a cob he looks great doing it. the previous comments are saying to higher the jumps, but you dont want to go too big too soon. cobs werent bred for jumping, they were bred for labor and pulling things so when theyre learning how to jump they're using all new muscles that need to be conditioned, ya know? the first crossrail he did looks like a good height to start at. if you just stick to those size crossrails and ones that go straight across for a few weeks you can gradually raise them, but never too much.

hope i helped :)

He's such a sturdy little guy. He's very solid all over. CUTE!

Try putting the jumps higher, it may force him to actually jump them. My husband's nearly 17 hand horse won't jump small jumps. She plops over them. We put them higher and she does great.

He needs to learn to get his weight off his forehand. Is he rideable? If so, you can balance him yourself. You can also do gymnastic lines, those help a lot!

Put the jumps higher so he is forced to jump.