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Discussion on Jumper Blastoff
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Member:
Mrenee
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Posted on Friday, Feb 7, 2003 - 8:46 pm:
As Jodie said,
you need to do a lot of gound poles with her. Do grid work with her, by that I mean bounces (2-4 or more! jumps set in a row without any strides between) and do combinations with 1 and 2 strides between. My horse used to rush the fences, and I did lots of grid work with him....i really liked setting up the following: a pole on the ground (right before the jump...I don't know the distance measure for a pony) then a small jump, bounce (one landing stride) to another jump, one stride to another, and 2 strides to another, with a ground line on the backside to keep her from rushing afterwards. If she runs after the jump also, you may want a groundline AND another pole 3 strides away, and MAKE her fit it in. These grid exercises are good for a horse that rushes bc you must sit still in between all the jumps and SHE has to worry about backing herself off the jumps to avoid getting into trouble. Try to help her as little as possible so she learns herself to back off the jump.
BEST OF LUCK
~ashley~
jstagrl951@msn.com email if you have any more questions!! hope this helps
Also....she DOES need to learn respect for you and the bit....my mom is a John Lyons certified trainer, you should check into a seminar or videos!
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