jp97
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Post by jp97 on Aug 23, 2014 23:11:16 GMT
I have a 4 year old mare, who when I got her was unbroken and not very well handled! She has come on leaps and bounds and when she was first starting to be broken in she started napping,and this lead to a few rears. This was last year and since then she hasn't reared or napped at all, she is currently jumping small fences but tends to drag me toward them stupidly fast! She does it with or with out placing poles, but she doesn't do it as much without placing poles as her striding is fine. She is very healthy and has no teeth,back issues or anything of that kind. But to solve her galloping full pelt at the jumps I tried circling her away and letting her get closer each time, as placing poles have proven to not work for us! As I was circling her today she got faster and faster, so I kept circling in working trot, she then decided to stop dead and rear up. She enjoys jumping and gets very excited, but there is no point her being excited if it means jumping a course will never happen! I really want to break her out of this before it becomes a habit again! As I have said she is perfectly healthy, it is just her being naughty/impatient! My two questions are, how do I prevent her from rearing up? I keep her forward going and try not to fight with her to hold her back as I see this as a perfect excuse for her to rear! She is full Irish draught so is fairly hefty and obviously will do a lot of damage if she falls back! And secondly, how do I stop her from rushing into jumps? We have done things like doubles, placing poles etc to try to slow her down but non of which seem to work! She is currently in a snaffle and I would like to keep it that way as she is only young and she isn't grabbing hold of the bit. Any advice greatly received!!  |
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Post by judyh on Aug 24, 2014 5:16:21 GMT
Are you doing too much jumping with a young horse?
Hack her out quietly, only walking and trotting, not charging about.
Ride her where the jumps are without jumping..
She needs more variety, take her out with a quiet companion - if you can box to a wood or forest where there are rides - by these I mean well defined wide paths round the wood, this is a settling environment.
Forget jumping until you get her totally settled when she sees them.
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jp97
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Post by jp97 on Aug 24, 2014 18:10:06 GMT
No I jump her once a week maximum! And I can only hack her up the lane into a tiny woods near us as our hacking isn't great. As for schooling round jumps without jumping, I do this often as other people jump whilst I don't, and she doesn't bat an eyelid unless we are going toward them, whether we are in walk trot or canter, I'm just lost for ideas!
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Post by robrocks on Aug 24, 2014 20:42:44 GMT
I'd totally stop jumping for now. Put the pole on the ground between the wings and just walk or trot over it. It's maybe all too exciting for her and she needs to take a back step and chill. I've had to stop this with a 4 year old of mine who became all too excited by it. That was a month ago and I reckon I could now try again.
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Post by robrocks on Aug 24, 2014 20:44:02 GMT
I'd totally stop jumping for now. Put the pole on the ground between the wings and just walk or trot over it. It's maybe all too exciting for her and she needs to take a back step and chill. I've had to stop this with a 4 year old of mine who became all too excited by it. That was a month ago and I reckon I could now try again.
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Post by bethanyy on Aug 25, 2014 10:52:03 GMT
Have some lessons from a good instructor, you need to nip this in the bud and educate her properly to jump correctly and have a collected pace around a course of jumps. My pony was very speedy into a fence and after having lessons from a successful WH instructor I can jump around a course in a snaffle on the end of my reins.
Exercises such as pole work will help, also having poles on a 20m circle with a small cavalletti will help to slow her down.
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Post by Welshies222 on Sept 21, 2014 20:44:39 GMT
If it's purely being naughty carry an egg in your pocket whilst riding and if the pony rears crack it on her poll, this makes them think they have hit their head and are bleeding, has worked for me and a few friends who told me to try it:)
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Post by Philippa on Sept 22, 2014 6:51:39 GMT
Having seen the effects of a horse going over backwards on my mother when I was just ten there would only be one place a rearing horse which stepped in my stables would be going. Sorry, there are much more polite horses out there and especially so if this is purely down to bad manners.
Sorry.
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Post by rosiemay9 on Sept 22, 2014 9:34:18 GMT
Yeah I agree with philippa my friend is now paralysed from one coming over so if this is out of anger then you may have a problem to try and stop this. I have had a gelding that reared with me once I took him to a show a tad to early and he got a little worked up I shouted at him and he came over he got a good smack and shouting at and he did never do it again bless him, my mare I was breaking too she was very scared and began to rear but like taylerjane said I got her on her poll she did in total three times and she didn't do it again so if you catch it quick fingers crossed you will be ok! I had a jumping mare who because she was so well at jumping we were always out and I hate to admit but I think we over jumped her as if you tried to jump at home you had no control to the fence only when you were in the ring you could get her collected and focused, we stopped jumping her for around 6-7 month and then started with placing poles before and after the fences we did loads and loads of gird work it worked wonders no more rushing and then we went out better than ever. I do suggest giving a break from jumping. hope you get it sorted
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