At 12:04:35 on 14.04.10, dolly wrote:
im delighted i just got on and done it. If i had to have tought about it i wouldnt have done it but now im itching to get out there and do it again

At 14:49:07 on 26.09.10, bluebabe wrote:
ive always loved horses but lost my confidence when i was jumpng as it was my first time i had ever jumped and was on a friends horse, i lost my balance and fell of then got trampled on by 2 horses behind me and broke 3 ribs nd punctured my lung, i started riding again after a few months but when i jump it comes back to me and i pull back when jumping so the horse will somtimes jump but is confused, can anyone help me??

At 21:22:29 on 26.09.10, ponyclubk wrote:
i used to jump high but after a fall i started refusing to jump anything my confidence has gone, any advice plz.

At 14:09:31 on 09.02.11, RD Jovani wrote:
Try patching your relationship with your horse. start over very small jumps slowlywork yor way up. do the same thing you did when you started good Luck

At 01:33:44 on 24.03.11, Live2ridebcs wrote:
Hey guys! I used to be afraid to jump too, but I never let myself skimp out on a jump. I always just went for it. When you are going to a jump that scares you, just aim at it and let the horse do the rest. Don't think about the jump or the height, just think about something else like a movie. Before you know it you will be over the jump and after you have done it once, your nerves will subside substantially! Just don't think about the jump, your horse can make it over you just have to show him/her where to go! I don't know but that is just what I do

At 14:24:02 on 28.04.11, ashesnlp wrote:
I would recommend finding an NLP coach nearby to work on what is behind the fear - quite often riders get into a spiral of despair and feel they have no choice - NLP gives you that choice again without having to experience anything bad. PM me if you would like more details Ken
http://www.ashesnlpcoaching.co.uk

At 06:07:40 on 10.10.11, katie4 wrote:
I lost my confidence by having a bad jumping fall on a horse. We sold that horse to a more experienced home, and after we went through 5-6 different horses who were, out of all bad luck, all buckers from dishonest people. Finally we brought the right one, but now I'm scared to jump! All these bad experiences really knocked me. I'm more or less a pretty confident rider but when it comes to jumping... I try to ignore it and go over a jump but as I ride up to it I get scared and my horse stops dead. I used to jump anything and everything I could, but now I just can't seem to find the courage. I really want to get jumping again more than anything, I know I love it, but I need help to get me there!!

At 16:33:29 on 10.10.11, xXSuperSonicGinaXx wrote:

Hey, when I was younger I used to be fearless, put me on any horse and I would do whatever I was told! (I was 4 however) I started riding again about 3 years ago and didn't have very good jumping experiences :/ and when I started jumping about 2ft 3 I would fall off every lesson. The horse I was riding was an absolout horror and was really quite nasty for a schooling horse. Since then I have hated jumping, I've managed to get upto 2ft 6 but I take about 10 minutes of persuasion and tears to go over it. Now I've noticed its not just with bigger jumps but also with small things like 2ft 3 :/ unfortunately the horse I now have on loan was an ex hurdler and so he gallops into jumps and either cat leaps or massively overjumps it and so I'm not even tempted to try him out. I have him until june next year so I won't be jumping until then but I would like to know if there's anything out there that could help me. I would love to be one of those fearless people who will jump anything and everything but I play back every single bad fall or close call I've had and I get terrified! (Heres one of the jumps I did, not too sure of the height but its not too big I don't think :/)

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