At 12:23:09 on 18.03.10, skeeta1423 wrote:
hi ive recently gotten a new horse his a great jumper but when he tenses infront of a jump he will knock the rail- problem one :P problem two- when i face him up to smaller jumps say like 75cm he will be more likely to knock that rather when i face im up to something like 1.10m. so two questions how can i help my horse not to tense infront of the jump and why is my horse knocking small jumps when he clears much bigger ones? thnx heaps

At 22:13:22 on 18.03.10, skeeta1423 wrote:
bad photo of my position but yerr

At 08:07:00 on 22.03.10, kibby wrote:
well the the small classes is because he doesnt feel challenged, my horse is impossible in anything under 1m..

At 17:51:42 on 22.03.10, Flicka wrote:
Because of the second photo, I just wondered if you gave enough with your hand and were allowing him to bring his head up in front of the fence so that he can see it. Just could be a reason why he's getting tense. Is he knocking it with his front feet? Could be because of tension in the neck or a saddle that's trapping his shoulder. Make sure you don't hold your breath, that could be another reason he tenses and sometimes we don't realize we're doing it!

At 00:10:34 on 24.03.10, skeeta1423 wrote:
thnx alot. flicka he knocks them mainly with his back feet.

At 10:37:52 on 24.03.10, kibby wrote:
often knocking wit the back feet (well with my horse) is when i dont release over the jump enough.. a possibility??

At 03:23:33 on 25.03.10, skeeta1423 wrote:
thank you!

At 11:31:44 on 25.03.10, skeeta1423 wrote:
heres a better photo of how he jumps

At 13:58:57 on 16.04.10, lozzyhorselover wrote:
Does he, well, does he sort of leap over them, like he is scared?

At 13:59:49 on 17.04.10, skeeta1423 wrote:
no his a pretty confident jumper