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Post by |S|potted |C|olor on Nov 1, 2008 21:39:56 GMT
Ok so my Tb is now good enough to start jumping. Does nayone have any tips on starting a hunter?
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Post by norsu on Nov 1, 2008 21:55:47 GMT
Nope. LOL I just rode huntseat for a year, never jumped before. (except when this horse JUMPED a cavalettie and I went flying onto her neck, read about that in the falling forum. LOL)
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Post by Reef. on Nov 2, 2008 15:58:41 GMT
thats so exciting! but i dont really feel qualified to say, since i've never trained a horse  the only thing is patience, go at totally his speed |
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Post by norsu on Nov 2, 2008 16:02:31 GMT
Yeah. I think that is the best way to train a horse. I don't think that horses learn by us screaming, "WHEN I SAY WHOA, STOP!" and jerking the reins, I think that groundwork is best. But hey, that's just my opinion! LOL
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Post by |S|potted |C|olor on Nov 2, 2008 16:54:43 GMT
SOunds good! I would have my trainer train him ,but sadly my mom said she has stopped paying for training now.
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Post by Reef. on Nov 2, 2008 19:01:27 GMT
shame, but hopefully you picked things up from him in the past. it might be beneficial to have a few specialist clinics, just so you know you're not teaching him bad habits or anything
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Post by `G.old on Nov 3, 2008 4:14:37 GMT
i jump and am actually training a young horse to jump now...he has a natural love for jumping, which helps out. i started him on ground poles. trotting and cantering to get his pacing...they we used the standards and started actually jumping...use voice commands when you want him to lift and go over the jump. make sure he is comfortable with the stardards before you fun him up to it and as him to jump it. if you have anymore questions, feel free to ask. =]
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Post by norsu on Nov 19, 2008 20:47:05 GMT
I like watching people free-longe horses. I like how you can raise the jumps up much higher when they are free-longed, since they don't have any weight on them.
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Post by chickadee on Dec 3, 2008 17:34:37 GMT
I do hunter/jumper and trained a thoroughbred to jump and we just took a little at a time like ground poles and figure 8's and just things to make him move forward more. Then do little cross bars. Not alot of cross bars. If you want take the cross bars down and just ride him threw the standards so he won't be afriade of them. I went to a clinic and learned alot of things like look where you want to go. So like if your turning look at where you want to go and I can do that with my gelding and he will go there and I don't have to move my hands. With the ground poles you can weave threw them and with the standards you can weave threw them. Thats is what I do when I was training my horse. Then I do figure 8's and halts in the middle.
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Post by `G.old on Dec 3, 2008 20:08:12 GMT
once you are ready to "jump" do crossrails...they help a horse learn to jump and lift...standard "straight across" jumps are harder for them to clear and they are not recomended for an unexperienced jumper. more accidents can happen. =[
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Post by norsu on Dec 3, 2008 22:19:28 GMT
gold do you have experience in this matter? lol. Are straight jumps harder to clear because they are the same height all the way across and there isn't a little indentation for the hooves?
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Post by `G.old on Dec 4, 2008 2:44:05 GMT
yep, i jump a lot! and i have heard from several trainers that cross rails are better for begining horses, and i have found that that is true..and you pretty much guessed it right. easier to clear.
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Post by norsu on Dec 4, 2008 21:48:35 GMT
Yay! LOL I like being right.
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the only thing is patience, go at totally his speed
