At 03:47:41 on 12.12.11, apcodyody wrote:
My horse, Annie, REALLY enjoys jumping. She's amazing and all... and I think she is trying to show it. A few days ago, I was jumping her over a small 18 inch cross rail combination (haha, that just made me sound really technical and smart XD), and she jumps like she's on a spring board. My Mom said it looked like she jumped 3'6. I, on the other-hand, was a little terrified. I have only jumped 2ft, so give this little wimpy jumper a break. So, she jumps really huge, can anyone help me make her jump the ACTUAL size of the jump? So she want scare her rider? Thanks!

At 08:00:09 on 12.12.11, Flicka wrote:
Hi, is she a youngster or an experienced horse? Does she rush her fences as well or just jump big when she gets there? Does she take off far away from the fence a lot or get in very close so she feels like she has to make a bigger effort and its less smooth? Anyway, I would use trot poles in front of (to begin with) and then add one on the landing side of the fence. And then build this into a two jump grid. Ground poles and grids can really make a horse think and you can arrange them and change the spacing to really influence how your horse jumps. After this I would do some exercises like having your jump as part of a circle (so you don't have a long straight run up) and then two fences so you do a figure of eight over them.

At 21:50:25 on 12.12.11, apcodyody wrote:
Thanks! She is 10 years old, so she's sorta in the middle. She trys to rush them, but I keep her back. And she does try to take off from far away, but I use trot poles like ALL the time. She likes to jump them occasionally... haha, not the point. But, yes, she still likes to jump VERY huge with them. And they are the correct distance for her. The poles are 4 feet away from each other, and 8 feet from the jump. So It's perfect for her. Ah, I didn't think of having them on the landing side. And yes, my riding instructor makes me do grids a lot also :) But I haven't tried those exercises yet, thank you for the help! Much appreciated :)

At 01:22:54 on 03.01.12, shadypony wrote:
I had a mare that jumped basically like you said, and she jumped so strongly she litterly jumped you off (I was 11 at the time... scary! LOL) And part of it was that she rushed them and just got really... excited per se. My sister circled her around the jump a few times, so when they were actually gonna jump it she didn't rush it (or overjumped it really) because she didnt think they were really gonna jump it. This was at the trot of course. Just be patient. :)

At 21:22:10 on 17.02.12, C O P P E R wrote:
I'm not an expert and I don't know loads but I had the same problem with my mare copper. What we did was put the jump low and just walk her up to it and a couple of strides away, bring her into trot. This makes them wait for you to be ready. They will also have to think with makes them jump lower. I had a bad fall reasently over a jump, before then I was, like you, jumping around 2'. Copper, like Annie, loves jumping and jumps everything massive, I asked my friend to jump her for me, she's a lot more experienced than me, and she jumped copper 3'6". Seeing my friend jump her gave me confidence and allowed me to allow myself to jump bigger jumps. Now I jump copper around 3'. Now she jumps bigger, she jumps the smaller jumps tyhe right hight. Hope this helps x

At 00:05:38 on 20.02.12, JessAndGrenville123 wrote:
Grenville is an arse for getting excited and either jumping too big or taking off too early and he is 14! I have found it is all about how long you hold the steady canter for and seeing the stride yourself. I jumped 2 days ago and he was a complete loon so i tend to hold my hands low and sit tall and deep so he is springing off his haunches with a steady shortish stride that i can control him at then i look for the 3 stride mark and 3 strides out i let the reins slacken a little so he can get the momentum he needs to meet the jump and get over smoothly, it is the way i have found controls him best and other people may have different suggestions but it works for me and it could work for you too :)

At 09:14:45 on 20.02.12, kibby wrote:
horses also sometimes do it when you dont have enough impulsion or power in your canter.. you should try get some to video you... What does she do when your free jumping her?