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Dealing with Rushing Jumps?

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  • #21
    Originally posted by Corey91 View Post
    Do you think it would be a good or bad idea to try riding her in a hackamore?
    Not really. Just take her out of the leverage bit, and put her in a plain old gentle snaffle. No need to swing from the extreme of a leverage bit all the way to "no bit." Leverage bits, especially three-rings, are very strong, but used too often and without enough thought.

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    • #22
      I would say to definitely go back to a mild bit. Instead of over exaggerating your release (which is probably making you both off balance), grab mane! I've known plenty of professionals that still grab mane when they're on a green horse and they're not sure how they're going to jump. How is your position over the jump? Are you gripping with your knees? The more solid your position is, the better your horse is going to go for you. If you are that unstable, you should go back to the basics and just work on you for a while. Riding without stirrups, 2 pt., etc. Once you get more secure, you will be better able to help your horse. And you may be suprised to find that some of the problem will go away. Also, how do you ride to the jump? Can you see a distance very well? Are you making it easy for your horse to get down the line? Make sure youre not pulling to the jump, or changing your mind a stride or 2 out. Try to stay consistant.....
      Gymnastics are great. There are some good books out there if you need some ideas. They will help your horse get more confidence, balance and be more adjustable. Sometimes they rush because they don't know how to open there stride up down the line. Gymnastics will help with that. Circling after is good. You want them to give you a nice canter before you stop. Stopping is a reward. Remember to praise him when he does good!

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      • #23
        I have had the same problem with my horse. We haven't completely fixed the issue but he's come a long way after a lot of trial and error. I totally agree with what Aven posted. It sounds like your horse (and mine) is nervous and the rushing is more panic than over-confidence. The two major things that have helped my horse are: #1 improving the balance of his canter on the flat, including shortening and lengthening his stride, circles, transitions, etc. The better he got with that, the better and more relaxed he was cantering jumps (he also was fine with trotting fences and not rushing). #2 jump the fence on a circle so that you are making a short turn to it and then after it. This doesn't give them a long time to worry about and anticipate the fence, because after the turn, the fence is right there, and after the fence you're turning again so he/she can't really run. After cantering the fence on a circle for a little while, he would relax and I'd make a larger and larger circle to the point where eventually we made the regular turn toward the fence from the end of the ring. Obviously you don't want to drill this for too long and you may want to spread it out over consecutive lessons/weeks. I also agree with the suggestion of circling out of a line if the horse is rushing - same idea as circling to the single. Mix it up so the horse doesn't always know where you're going and then he/she has to listen, wait, and trust. I also agree with the suggestion to jump poles for a while until there is no rushing. You can do the circling thing described above with poles first. I also make sure that I have a very relaxed canter before jumping - establish the canter first, which might take a few laps, then jump. Repeat if he/she starts to take over at the canter. Hope this helps - good luck!

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        • #24
          My trainer has us halt on a straight line after EVERY jump at first. Once they start getting better, sometimes we continue on after the jump, sometimes we stop on a straight line. We also do lots of trot jumps, then halt. The thing that has worked best for my boy is lunging in side reins. It has taught him to accept the bit, not fight it. It has been like magic. Literally, one day we were racing around the courses at mach 5, then after lunging, we were trotting jumps, and doing courses like an AA quality hunter.
          "To do something that you feel in your heart that's great, you need to make a lot of mistakes. Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes." -B.J. Armstrong

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