At 21:18:49 on 13.10.10, KyleMyPony wrote:
hi i just got my pony Kyle and he is really nice.hes a welsh D and he likes jumping. his old owner jumped him and she jumped(ecven though she is too big for hm-hes only 14hh)courses of 70cm! just for fun! in know thats not high but all i can do on him is just small cross bars(about 40 cm) i am really not confident and i dont really know why. at my riding school i have jumped 75cm on my fave pony Flash! please help if you have any tips or excersizes that would help, i would appreicate u telling me!
thnx
KyleMyPony
At 22:02:18 on 13.10.10, lorned wrote:
hey.
i used to be the same until i started to put trust in my pony and my abilitay(sorry for the spelling) to jump fences. take it slow and build your confadence up. when i started to jump at home my dad would put up the fences when i wasnt lookin and tell me that it was at the same height. this slowly got my confadence to jump bigger fences. i now love jumping and nothing bothers me. the photo below is me jumping 1m 10cm
At 22:41:53 on 13.10.10, KyleMyPony wrote:
okay thnx ill try it! but any more tips ill take too plz!
At 23:33:34 on 13.10.10, kibby wrote:
You've just got to give yourself time to work up to it.. you can't expect to get on a new horse and jump the moon.. Good little tricks though is to jump grids like what this person in the video is doing.. but start with your poles on the ground and then raise one jump at a time to a cross rail, so your horse has time to figure it out..
At 23:47:14 on 13.10.10, kibby wrote:
The grid i would use is a trot pole in front (which means you trot in) then 2.7m to another pole (will become a cross rail)then 5.5m to another rail (which you will put up to a vertical)... trot through with all the rails on the ground.. Then you can set the first jump up to a small cross. once he is comfortable with that, raise the next to be a little vertical, now you should trot in pop the cross then take one stride and jump the vertical.. As you and the horse get more comfortable you can raise the last jump.. The best part about jumping grids like this is that you don't have to worry about distances and it always come up the same.. So it is a lot easier to push your self a little higher each time..
At 23:50:59 on 13.10.10, kibby wrote:
If these distances feel long you can move them in.. i wouldn't bring them in any more then 20cm for the trot pole and 50cm for the canter stride..
