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Having to hold my horse up while jumping?
My horse has a problem flinging himself over the jump and I have to hold his head up so he looks and actually jumps. The problem is I cannot perform the traditional light seat around a course because he will always be on the forehand. Will I be judged in hunters for immediately sitting back up and collecting him instead of holding my two point a few strides after?
1 Answer
- Missy BLv 76 years ago
Yes, this is going to be a problem in Hunters. You might try lowering his jumps way down so they're a very boring height for a while and build his confidence. Horses that rush, lean, twist, fling themselves over fences and get heavy are usually tense because they just aren't confident. Take him back to Xrails. And if he does it over Xs, take him back to poles for a while.
Few horses are really meant for high level hunter showing. They need to go like a pleasure horse. The competition is very stiff anymore.
However he might be a candidate for jumpers or X country if you can get him more confident.