So I set this up. She galloped at it, stopped when she realized there was a pole, leapt from a standstill over the pole and the jump, and proceeds to trip over the last pole. We’re making progress.
+blackjack21 My horse has a serious anticipation problem, if he loses his mind a little bit after i've cantered him I just trot him around and work on circles/figure eights/etc and also ask him for a soft feel (drop his head) to keep his attention on me. Not until he settles and responds to my seat do I let him walk.
Extending The Trot That certainly works with Penny, but it's after almost every jump or canter. She's only five, so it doesn't really surprise me that she's this hot, but it gets exhausting to spend ten minutes calming her down after 30 seconds of jumping. Usually I wouldn't complain about exhaustion, but exhaustion leads to frustration which leads to Penny acting up even more. She's... A lot of work, for just one little Mustang. =/
I know exactly how you feel!! My horse goes into this crazy forward trot after I bring him down from a canter no matter what. It's so uncomfortable and time consuming to deal with this every time! I haven't even attempted a jump with him in forever! Lol
Ffion Lewis sammmeeeeeee. When I first got him, he was 16 and was still like half green. After 3 years he’s actually a decent hunter but he still has his rushing momenta
I have a question. could you make a video of how to get a stressed horse relaxed when trotting/cantering? If we go in circkles, she tries to run off it. She aslso just goes faster and faster -.- please help me. its a 132 icelandic
Just keep walking your horse over it until they don't jump it... Then go to the trot and keep doing it until he/she doesn't jump it anymore... Then keep repeating
Rachel Hedderman here are some other ways to stop rushing fences.hope they work * the horse is speeding up anticipating the jump. Trot up to a tiny cross rail, and a stride or 2 before pull them sideways out of the jump. It’s not refusing the jump because refusals are different, this time your telling the horse to do it and it’s your plan. *trot up the jump(and make sure they are tiny ones)and pull them to a halt in front of the jump( once again trying to stop the anticipation. The horse will now know that there’s other ways to head to jump and will be prepared for others , kinda like opening a door of different types of thinking into the horse, this could conclude to having sloppy, and unprepared jumps, and may not be a long term solution. ) do this a couple more times ,after the horse has opened into other types of thinking he will head to the jump anticipating the stop or turn, not the jump. Then you will head to it again and jump over it. Mix it up sometimes just so that he won’t be anticipating one or the other so much.
Whats the best way to deal with a horse that rushes everything walk trot etc. She is very hyper and i have tried lunging her good but doesnt seem to work seems the more i work her the hyper she gets !
I'm not an expert in any way but what helps me with my pony is trying to really loosen myself up and sit really deep in my seat while circling and half halting when needed to slow him down. Again I'm not an expert in any way and idk what you've been doing but it helps me to do this ^_^
i have just been pulling back really hard but it does not seem to faze her in anyway she just goes faster so i think next time i am working with her i will try this ! thank you :D
once again i am not an expert in a way but what helps my horse is when you have lunged him walk trot canter make him go backwards even when you are in the saddle example if u are in the middle of a jumping course make him go backwards but when he is doing what u ask him to do give him some *rain?? sry i don't know how to spell rain so if you don't give him some rain he will just stronger and he will get a bad mouth even if is is for 2 seconds give him **rain** if not do small circles and try it again so interrupt him in every thing that ur doing often if not idk *_* hope it works THING BACKWARDS don't worry it will take time
+Siena Spanyer Remember that when circling, you have 4 points to work. Your inside hand, outside hand, inside leg, and outside leg. The inside leg : Creates the bend Outside hand: Keeps the pace Inside leg: Pushes the horse out, so he's bending through the ribs Outside leg: Stops the hindquarters swinging out. Also, make sure you are looking round the circle, you shoulders turned lightly to the inside, and you hips straight. Ideally you will be able to see the horses inside eye round the bend. Also remember that a circle has no straight sides, it's all curved. My last tip is to place poles around a circle, so you have a rough guide, and the poles will help keep the horses pace! Hope I helped xxx
omg thank you I'm kinda scared to jump with my pony bc she rushes so badly. And if I stop jumping it would be a shame bc we both enjoy it and she got real talent!
It is often helpful to do a check and give. That is were you slowly apply pressure to the bit and then give. Also putting 2 or 3 ground poles after the jump will help the horse collect and hopefully slow down also after the jumps halt in a straight line. If the horse doesn't stop act like you are just gonna let the horse run into the rail (he/she will stop) hope this helps happy jumping ;)
thank you I have tried the stoping after and it was working but the other night someone got involved in my training And he hit the jump with his knees and now he rushes again I'm back to square 1 and he has lost his confidence... I'm not happy about that person getting involved because I never asked them for there help and they where really putting me down and making me feel like shit I hope your idea works I will try it today again thanks xx
+Stacey Kearns I hope this really helps! You can also work on in like a 5/6 stride combination stop right after the first one make him stand and back up (to make sure he has enough room to go on) and do a slow collected trot over the second one and stop again. I have worked with a little mare named Lucy that has the same problem. All horses are different I guess but this really worked for me! I really hope this helps!! Even doing simple exercises like trots poles or having the jumps just ground poles. I have been through this and it is very frustrating so i feel ya. Again happy jumping! Keep confident and you will get it!
I've been riding a local yards mare for a month now within the first few weeks riding I realised how much she rushes head first into jumps, I saw this video, and decided to try it with her, after a few times doing this exercise I found my by using my voice more with this helped a lot, she now waits in walk until I ask for trot into the jump and waits in trot u til I ask for canter into the jump, this exercise has helped so much in furthering mine and her riding! Thank you evention!
I have a simular problem because I'm riding school horses. In my case a first had to ride a circle and the go over the jump but my horse just immediately rushed to the jump and i don't know what i did wrong. Also i can't exactly do those exercises since it's not my horse and it's a froup lesson. Does anyone have any tips for me?
If she needs to shift her saddle that much she needs to tighten her girth or find a saddle that fits her horse better , so still leaves a bit of doubt on how much can they possibly know 🤔
I don’t think this can help me sadly, I own a palomino a Welsh sec C 13.2hh he knows his job as a pure jumper and jumps up to 1.2m.. but his only problem is his speed and though he can control himself and get over it he rushes EXTREMELY fast and my 2 point can’t be spot on for the speed to have to get into it. Please help !!
When I first had my horse he rushed at the jumps(I got banned from jumping at some places)and I tried everything all of these exercises and have to say none of them worked, what I did was had poles set out all over,had the odd jump around and kept CHANGING the exercise and that helped him as he didn't know what he was doing next so he had to listen,jumping on a circle helped him as he had to think about balancing himself around the cirle rather then rushing at the jumps
^ I have my horse on a running martingale, cos often when i do a soft half halt, he chucks his head in the air (only when jumping) and it eventually stopped it. The first time i rode in it, he fought with it a lot, but he got used to it quickly and so doesn't chuck his head up anymore :)
at my other riding school i used to train a pony called heidi that rushed high jumps we got in the end we were jumping really high! but then i had to move school now they don't let me trot over a pole! ;( ;(
This is a good video and good advice but it seems as if instead of doing her crest release she is pulling back on the horse's reins...not sure if that was a mistake or what...
Jesus Christ! You say that’s rushing, you should see my horse! She gallops at full speed into them and I have tried everything including gridwork too (suggested by one of my trainers) I’ve had her 8 months now and she’s made no improvement! I was planning on competing her this year but I can’t even get a 60cm 5 jump course at home never mind a 1.15m 15 jump course! What shall I do??♥️
Hi, Could someone please help me!!? My mare is soooo bad for rushing that she will catapult herself at the jump and trip over it.... She underestimates the small ones and will slide to a stop and leap the bigger ones... She's a 16.1 hh Thoroughbred and is only 6... She is fresh and we are the first home of hers that she has jumped.... If i do a grid or even just two jumps she will just rush. I'm starting to use this tactic and it seems to be working or though she still rushes a bit. She gets extremely excitable in our jump paddock too. She has jumped up to 1.20 cm. I'm her first child rider and so she thinks she can get away with things, I'm quite a good experienced rider and so I can handle her when she heats up or though I want to start competitively jumping and showing so I would appreciate help. Please and Thank You BooBooSummerToo
interesting.... my horse is CRAZY on trails and when jumping. He is the millennium falcon from star wars at light speed! lol. he is 24 and is really sweet or stubborn... i love him! His name is Kloughn
Whenever I do flat work with my pony and ask for a canter he will become unresponsive and will canter off very quickly and I will have no control over him... This only happens during flat work, in jumping he is the perfect pony and will not rush at all. Was just hoping somebody could give me any tips on how to prevent him from doing this and maybe help me to understand why he is doing this?? Thanks :P
My horse is Arab, pinto, thoroughbred so very stubborn and quick. He never walks. I can have just done a big show jump and long cross country course and he still will just try to canter while I cool him off
What if the horse rushes the poles as well, doesn't look where it's going and as a result ends up running through the jump instead of going over it? I have a chestnut TB mare, very sensitive mouth, always ridden in a snaffle as will flip over on top of you even with a wilkie or a hanging cheek. I've tried exercises similar to this but she rushes poles too, even when there's no jump involved. In my opinion, i think she now just associates poles with going fast with her nose in the air. I've tried a standing martingale but she flips over in that. I also tried a market harbrough but she's worse in that cos she tries to fight it. An exercise I use quite often is cantering towards the jump then asking her to stop in front of it, doing this a few times until she assumes we're stopping in front of it. I then ask her to keep going and she jumps it nicely. The only problem with this is that I have to do this with every single different jump I do and I obviously can't do this when we're out competing. She never does any of this behaviour with XC fences as she knows they won't move so she does back off jumping those but I can't just do XC on its own and she's very talented at dressage. I bought her an an eventing prospect because she does have scope and she does have talent on the flat but I'm stuck with her showjumping.
I have tryed all the pole exercises but my youngster she's 5 she is my first pony that was broke when I got her but was only broke in November 2015 she just adores jumping I have broke young horses but never had the problem of a rushing pony so we have had to start turning her away once she locks on (what my instructor who competes a BE novice) I just don't want to do this I feel as if she will start pulling out she is brave as they come but that's good for a workers pony but she needs to slow down a bit has anyone got any suggestions??
My horse Callie has started refusing more often than she usually does and it’s frustrating because I don’t know how to fix this. I think it’s partly my fault because the more she refuses, the more nervous I get and I get more unsure whether she’ll take the next jump so I think she senses that and it makes her want to take the jump even less. She also rushes every jump, no matter if it’s a 2’ xpole or a 3’ oxer and I can’t slow her down, not even by sitting back hard or no matter how hard I pull on the reins or no matter how many half halts I do. It’s gotten to the point where I’m scared of bringing her to shows because I think she’s going to rush the jumps and refuse others and I’m going to get send out of the arena or I’ll fall. What could help me fix this?
Im riding a horse that Is trained for s* jumping at the Moment and as soon as She knows i want to jump over a small jump she rushes like a maniac and jumps way too high And if the strides dont fit right she doesnt stop... she takes it like a very wide oxer She was trained to never stop This horse Is jogging compared to her Edit:Good video tho, will try it with her
Whats the best way to deal wiv a spookey horse my pony cant jump a cross pole wivout spooking its got so bad that when im just trotting around she could just spook and there really nasty😕😕😕please help....
My pony gets really hyper when she sees a jump or pole and goes galloping towards the jump then runs out just before the jump but hopefully I am gonna try these exercises. any advice for a pony that refuses alot but freaks out after thinking you are gonna smack her?
I ride in a lesson so I don't decided what we do (I don't own the horse) the hoses won't move before the jump but once moving won't stop I'm not a beginner and have been riding for 12 years (since I was 3) another problem I have is that no matter what I do the horse won't stop jumping or not,dose anyone have any advice for me?
Anyone have advise for a horse learning to jump, hes a quarter horse and he’s already getting better but he’s always second guessing and I want him to be able to jump a good height later but I don’t know if he will be able to do it
anyone help, i have a horse that likes to jump hes around 16hh and likes to go to the jump and will jump it but just lacks the effort going over it feels any ideas i don’t use a crop or spurs as i’ve only had him a little while n wanted to see what he’s like without one? xx
Longer stirrup is on the mounting side. Probably the leather has stretched is all. Wouldn't even notice until it's pointed out to you because it happens gradually
+Evention TV my medium sized pony is rushing through the the diagonal and my idea is that when I am flatting her I put rails down and then cater and then try to halt. What do you think?
Deal with it. I have a retired racehorse and she gallops everything. She is also 30-40 inches taller than me. I could easily show that horse not to rush within 5 minutes
my horse throws her head and it feels like she locks her jaw so I don't have control and then she ignores my half halts to the jumps and just bolts to the jump I can't turn cause that's when she locks her jaw or it feels like it it feels like I'm riding a jumping race horse it's scary
Hello im hoping I could get some advice, ive just brought a ex racer he is 15 and 16hh he has been trained but all he does is as soon and we trot his head goes right up and trots sideways but he does settle but if im going overoles he has to have head up cantering on the spot yet its just a pole on the ground, also when he canters his head goes up and even though I have a running martingale it seems to have no difference. Xx
Can you do me a video on how to stop an experienced show jumping pony from leaping and rushing to fences? Its fine if u can't or don't want to, if u do thou plz email it to me
Hi evention! Thankyou for posting these excercise a I used all three helping to re school a 13yr old very forward going pony who has been worrying her young rider by rushing and launching at fences and it's going to take time but she really started to work well with these/ grids. Thankyou xx
I don't necessarily have a problem with rushing fences, but the horse just won't stop cantering after he has jumped, he is to enthusiastic to get him bacl to trot
Can u guys make a video on how to teach your horse how to do flying changes? I've been taught how to ask but never how to train them into horses. My old horse was a welsh pony and I was teaching them to him so I asked one of my friends at my barn and she told me to set up poles, ask for the flying over the jump exactly how you would while just doing them in the flat. I did and it worked on him but now I have an OTTB and I've tried that but it just hasn't worked so far. So if you could make a video on how to train them into horses, it would really help me to win more classes in shows and make my life quite a bit easier!
so you don't yank really hard on their mouths and use your whip when the horse rushes after the jump, that's what i was watching the other night and instructor was there not stopping the rider so obviously endorsing the method.
and so we then ask the horse to do the same thing 3 strides after the jump, canter 2 strides and then get them to halt in between the poles on the other side. As soon as the horse settles we then ask for a walk for a couple of strides before trotting around to jump the fence again. You want to teach the horse to wait. Many horses do this because they're nervous about jumping so they try to get it over and done with as soon as possible. Rushing fences DOES NOT mean that the horse loves jumping!
I've ridden some horses which get very speedy before and after the jumps, they will gallop into and away from a small cross pole if you let them get away with it. We put two poles parellel together on the floor about 3 strides out from the jump like a run way, and we do the same after. What we do is we trot towards the cross pole, stop sqaure between the two poles and then walk 1 stride and ask for trot, the horse pops the jump and will try to bolt away from the fence. We know this will happen
Poles on the ground don't work for the horse I ride, we were doing some rised trotting poles and he decided to bolt and ran straight through the poles as if they weren't there, same thing happens if I put a pole in front of a jump he'll just run at it as if the pole isn't there and if he steps on it, it hardly effects him
I have a horse and when we are doing cross country I never know when she is going to do a long jump or put in an extra stride and I had a bad fall just yesterday because of this how can I realise which one she is going to do please help
I have tried everything to slow my pony down when jumping. No matter whether I walk, trot or canter into the jump, circle before it, if it's only 1 foot or 3 foot, he always gallops/charges the last few strides. I've tried all your exercises but he still rushed the last 3 strides. Any other advice or tips I could try?
i’ve tried similar things like this with my hot headed horse i do a bounce jump then 4 stride bigger jump and it works alot bc hes so hot headed that he bounces towards the jump
They help heaps! My horse rushes in to the fences and as she gets 2 strides out chucks her head up in the hair and used to smack me in the face which lead to a lot of nosebleeds annoyingly. But after I put a running martingale on her she doesnt even put her head in the air coming into a jump!
I’m really late sorry but nooo the riders stirrups were uneven and this is painful for the spine because your pushing one side of your weight into one side of the horse so they go fast because it hurts or twists there spine and your saying to the horse go but not too fast but either way your going to be in pain 😳😳🐴🐴
Do you have any more tips my horse is a arab/quarter horse he used to be a barrel horse and now he just wants to run all the time and i have had him about a year now and i have tried this exercise before and it helped a little bit but every time i do a grid or something he just runs through it and i try to have a soft contact but then he tries to run but if i keep much contact on him he acts like he is going to rear so i dont know
Guys, who don't you monetize these or give credit to the band/artists who's music you've used? You should be earning income on your efforts from google. ;) Keep it up, but earn at the same time. Passive income is always the way to go, pays for horse shows!
Then she should really wait and stick to very small crossrails, or groundpoles until she can afford lessons. Teaching yourself to jump, while you're nervous at doing it, will not end very nicely.
So I tried using before and after poles, but she just jumps over those too! What can I do? She does small jumps but when it comes to 1m or anything higher she gallops full speed! Help? :)
Try putting a jump in the arena then doing circles in front of the jump then take it once or twice and keep doing the circles and Try sitting back in your saddle and try to slow her down
Can you do me a video on how to stop an experienced show jumping pony from leaping and rushing to fences? Its fine if u can't or don't want to, if u do thou plz email it to me xxx
hi i have started riding this x hunter horse its part thurabred and she rushes a lot just around the arena please may you put a video up about how to help this habbit thank you.
My mare is very speedy . I have been trying to just ride on the buckle and talk to her. She has gotten a lot better. I also small circle before a jump and a small circle after.
the better way is too trot the jump until you can make the horse sit on there back legs and push up then canter and trot closer to the jump and jumping on a STRAIGHT diagonal helps
This might help me and my mare, issue is that we have up and down hills and there's no flat spot- in her pasture all she wants to do is go to the gate and it makes it twice as hard.
my horse wont even trot to a jump, ive tried this and she still powers over it! As soon as she see the jump and comes towards it i loose all control! help!
Do these comments/questions actually get answered? Wondering if they moved/rolled out the ground rails when they went from trot x to a canter vertical.
So I set this up. She galloped at it, stopped when she realized there was a pole, leapt from a standstill over the pole and the jump, and proceeds to trip over the last pole. We’re making progress.
my horse doesnt even only rush fences. she just rushes. every cue is a canter cue to her
+blackjack21 My horse has a serious anticipation problem, if he loses his mind a little bit after i've cantered him I just trot him around and work on circles/figure eights/etc and also ask him for a soft feel (drop his head) to keep his attention on me. Not until he settles and responds to my seat do I let him walk.
Extending The Trot That certainly works with Penny, but it's after almost every jump or canter. She's only five, so it doesn't really surprise me that she's this hot, but it gets exhausting to spend ten minutes calming her down after 30 seconds of jumping. Usually I wouldn't complain about exhaustion, but exhaustion leads to frustration which leads to Penny acting up even more. She's... A lot of work, for just one little Mustang. =/
I know exactly how you feel!! My horse goes into this crazy forward trot after I bring him down from a canter no matter what. It's so uncomfortable and time consuming to deal with this every time! I haven't even attempted a jump with him in forever! Lol
That's exactly what Penny does!
blackjack21 is
That's not rushing- come see my ex racehorse.. now that is rushing
We have a ex race horse who has been on box rest for almost 6 months and trust me when she's back in work she's gonna be off
Ffion Lewis sane haha
Same that’s why I’m here 😂
Ffion Lewis sammmeeeeeee. When I first got him, he was 16 and was still like half green. After 3 years he’s actually a decent hunter but he still has his rushing momenta
Lol I have an ex barrel pony so he gallops and bolts at most jumps it’s horrible
I trıed trottıng a small jump, she galloped.
That's not good
Same my pony bolts to a small jump and when she bolts she does not stop so I had to ran her into the wall just to holt
Same but he went into a super fast canter and suddenly stopped. Luckily he's quite small so I was fine
Same... same
Same when is a small jump my pony bolts at it and when the jump gets higher he gets lazy
Her stirrups r uneven and its rlly annoying me 🙄
zoe goodhand omg same
zoe goodhand Same, and her heels are never down
zoe goodhand me tooo
Ikr
Lmao that’s the first thing I noticed too and was like how much can you know if your stirrups are that uneven 😂
I have a question. could you make a video of how to get a stressed horse relaxed when trotting/cantering? If we go in circkles, she tries to run off it. She aslso just goes faster and faster -.- please help me. its a 132 icelandic
What should I do with a horse that jumps over trot poles? We tried the takeoff and landing poles and it turned into a bounce line.
Just keep walking your horse over it until they don't jump it... Then go to the trot and keep doing it until he/she doesn't jump it anymore... Then keep repeating
Just2EquestrianGirls Thanks. :)
Do trot poles before you set up a jump, but yeah walk over them at first then get into trot
Probably needs a standing martingale, but if you don’t wanna use one, keep light pressure with both hands and legs
Rachel Hedderman here are some other ways to stop rushing fences.hope they work
* the horse is speeding up anticipating the jump. Trot up to a tiny cross rail, and a stride or 2 before pull them sideways out of the jump. It’s not refusing the jump because refusals are different, this time your telling the horse to do it and it’s your plan.
*trot up the jump(and make sure they are tiny ones)and pull them to a halt in front of the jump( once again trying to stop the anticipation. The horse will now know that there’s other ways to head to jump and will be prepared for others , kinda like opening a door of different types of thinking into the horse, this could conclude to having sloppy, and unprepared jumps, and may not be a long term solution. ) do this a couple more times ,after the horse has opened into other types of thinking he will head to the jump anticipating the stop or turn, not the jump. Then you will head to it again and jump over it. Mix it up sometimes just so that he won’t be anticipating one or the other so much.
thats an amazing arena!!
well my horse likes to jump both fence and pole as one... help?
Rennie Rules 100 You probably need to move the pole back a bit. Ive seen horses do that and what I suggested usually helps! Happy Jumping (:
Brittany Marie Thank you, i'll try that :)
Rennie Rules 100 same😂
Keira Haggerty add more poles
Lol😩
Whats the best way to deal with a horse that rushes everything walk trot etc. She is very hyper and i have tried lunging her good but doesnt seem to work seems the more i work her the hyper she gets !
I'm not an expert in any way but what helps me with my pony is trying to really loosen myself up and sit really deep in my seat while circling and half halting when needed to slow him down. Again I'm not an expert in any way and idk what you've been doing but it helps me to do this ^_^
i have just been pulling back really hard but it does not seem to faze her in anyway she just goes faster so i think next time i am working with her i will try this ! thank you :D
yeah np! In my experience, the more you pull the faster they go so you really want to move away from using that as your main way of slowing them ^-^
once again i am not an expert in a way but what helps my horse is when you have lunged him walk trot canter make him
go backwards even when you are in the saddle example if u are in the middle of a jumping course make him go backwards
but when he is doing what u ask him to do give him some *rain?? sry i don't know how to spell rain so if you don't give him some
rain he will just stronger and he will get a bad
mouth even if is is for 2 seconds give him **rain** if not do small circles and try it again so interrupt him in every thing that
ur doing often if not idk *_* hope it works THING BACKWARDS don't worry it will take time
Kinsey Sage half holt and relax
+Siena Spanyer
Remember that when circling, you have 4 points to work. Your inside hand, outside hand, inside leg, and outside leg.
The inside leg : Creates the bend
Outside hand: Keeps the pace
Inside leg: Pushes the horse out, so he's bending through the ribs
Outside leg: Stops the hindquarters swinging out.
Also, make sure you are looking round the circle, you shoulders turned lightly to the inside, and you hips straight. Ideally you will be able to see the horses inside eye round the bend.
Also remember that a circle has no straight sides, it's all curved.
My last tip is to place poles around a circle, so you have a rough guide, and the poles will help keep the horses pace! Hope I helped xxx
omg thank you I'm kinda scared to jump with my pony bc she rushes so badly. And if I stop jumping it would be a shame bc we both enjoy it and she got real talent!
i love their idea of rushing -_-
Nicoletta Pierini ikr
IKR
My bloody rushing is full on galloping round
my horse sometimes likes to rush after the fence any help??
It is often helpful to do a check and give. That is were you slowly apply pressure to the bit and then give. Also putting 2 or 3 ground poles after the jump will help the horse collect and hopefully slow down also after the jumps halt in a straight line. If the horse doesn't stop act like you are just gonna let the horse run into the rail (he/she will stop) hope this helps happy jumping ;)
thank you I have tried the stoping after and it was working but the other night someone got involved in my training And he hit the jump with his knees and now he rushes again I'm back to square 1 and he has lost his confidence... I'm not happy about that person getting involved because I never asked them for there help and they where really putting me down and making me feel like shit I hope your idea works I will try it today again thanks xx
+Stacey Kearns I hope this really helps! You can also work on in like a 5/6 stride combination stop right after the first one make him stand and back up (to make sure he has enough room to go on) and do a slow collected trot over the second one and stop again. I have worked with a little mare named Lucy that has the same problem. All horses are different I guess but this really worked for me! I really hope this helps!! Even doing simple exercises like trots poles or having the jumps just ground poles. I have been through this and it is very frustrating so i feel ya. Again happy jumping! Keep confident and you will get it!
Look at her stirrups tho
EJPeventing Great video but it does seem like her stirups have different heights..
Yes!!
Emily Jayne Equine one leg is longer than the other I’m guessing
I'm watchin this when I'm on a trail ride on my horse is that bad?.....
Yes.
Yup.
ok ill get off haha
+A&Zvideos Oh so you rode for 4 months, XD!! What's your horses name?
now its a year and Ruby and/or captain Morgan ( different horses)
This will definitely help with my thoroughbred!
Does anyone have any tips on memorizing a jumpers course?
This is very helpful! My horse tends to rush anything under about three foot, which can be very aggravating when I am trying to warm up!
I have this problem he in trot and then suddenly he will canter towards it
i love how he says trot then she canters lol. this did work in a trot but when i canterd my pony gallop and fully over jumped 50cm to 80cm
My horse bolts off with me right after the jump and goes a million miles an hour... any help?
I've been riding a local yards mare for a month now within the first few weeks riding I realised how much she rushes head first into jumps, I saw this video, and decided to try it with her, after a few times doing this exercise I found my by using my voice more with this helped a lot, she now waits in walk until I ask for trot into the jump and waits in trot u til I ask for canter into the jump, this exercise has helped so much in furthering mine and her riding! Thank you evention!
My horse doesn’t rush going into a fence but he rushes going out. If you put a pole down he just rushes after the pole. 😂😂
I used to go on this pony and he would rush jumps so bad but I went on this horse and I was just expecting her to rush it but she didn’t she’s a gem 💎
I NEEDED this!! THANK YOUUU
I have a simular problem because I'm riding school horses. In my case a first had to ride a circle and the go over the jump but my horse just immediately rushed to the jump and i don't know what i did wrong. Also i can't exactly do those exercises since it's not my horse and it's a froup lesson. Does anyone have any tips for me?
luna 335 I have the exact same problem
I think ask the instructor if you can do a circle with everyone out the way
Hi, my horse roulette always misses strides because she is soooo strong and speedy do u have any suggestions? Btw amazing video
I think her stirrups are even she just needs to shift her saddle
If she needs to shift her saddle that much she needs to tighten her girth or find a saddle that fits her horse better , so still leaves a bit of doubt on how much can they possibly know 🤔
I have a WB X TB and there aint no slow in his world or stop if ace said fast it means fast
I don’t think this can help me sadly, I own a palomino a Welsh sec C 13.2hh he knows his job as a pure jumper and jumps up to 1.2m.. but his only problem is his speed and though he can control himself and get over it he rushes EXTREMELY fast and my 2 point can’t be spot on for the speed to have to get into it. Please help !!
When I first had my horse he rushed at the jumps(I got banned from jumping at some places)and I tried everything all of these exercises and have to say none of them worked, what I did was had poles set out all over,had the odd jump around and kept CHANGING the exercise and that helped him as he didn't know what he was doing next so he had to listen,jumping on a circle helped him as he had to think about balancing himself around the cirle rather then rushing at the jumps
^ I have my horse on a running martingale, cos often when i do a soft half halt, he chucks his head in the air (only when jumping) and it eventually stopped it. The first time i rode in it, he fought with it a lot, but he got used to it quickly and so doesn't chuck his head up anymore :)
at my other riding school i used to train a pony called heidi that rushed high jumps we got in the end we were jumping really high! but then i had to move school now they don't let me trot over a pole! ;( ;(
This is a good video and good advice but it seems as if instead of doing her crest release she is pulling back on the horse's reins...not sure if that was a mistake or what...
Jesus Christ! You say that’s rushing, you should see my horse!
She gallops at full speed into them and I have tried everything including gridwork too (suggested by one of my trainers) I’ve had her 8 months now and she’s made no improvement! I was planning on competing her this year but I can’t even get a 60cm 5 jump course at home never mind a 1.15m 15 jump course! What shall I do??♥️
Hi,
Could someone please help me!!? My mare is soooo bad for rushing that she will catapult herself at the jump and trip over it.... She underestimates the small ones and will slide to a stop and leap the bigger ones... She's a 16.1 hh Thoroughbred and is only 6... She is fresh and we are the first home of hers that she has jumped.... If i do a grid or even just two jumps she will just rush. I'm starting to use this tactic and it seems to be working or though she still rushes a bit. She gets extremely excitable in our jump paddock too. She has jumped up to 1.20 cm. I'm her first child rider and so she thinks she can get away with things, I'm quite a good experienced rider and so I can handle her when she heats up or though I want to start competitively jumping and showing so I would appreciate help.
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What do you do if you can hold your horse back in a trot? Every time I try do this he prances and bucks but still rushes even 1m away from the jump
interesting.... my horse is CRAZY on trails and when jumping. He is the millennium falcon from star wars at light speed! lol. he is 24 and is really sweet or stubborn... i love him! His name is Kloughn
Whenever I do flat work with my pony and ask for a canter he will become unresponsive and will canter off very quickly and I will have no control over him... This only happens during flat work, in jumping he is the perfect pony and will not rush at all. Was just hoping somebody could give me any tips on how to prevent him from doing this and maybe help me to understand why he is doing this?? Thanks :P
Were is your stables its so nice thanks the info really helps
My horse is Arab, pinto, thoroughbred so very stubborn and quick. He never walks. I can have just done a big show jump and long cross country course and he still will just try to canter while I cool him off
What if the horse rushes the poles as well, doesn't look where it's going and as a result ends up running through the jump instead of going over it?
I have a chestnut TB mare, very sensitive mouth, always ridden in a snaffle as will flip over on top of you even with a wilkie or a hanging cheek. I've tried exercises similar to this but she rushes poles too, even when there's no jump involved. In my opinion, i think she now just associates poles with going fast with her nose in the air. I've tried a standing martingale but she flips over in that. I also tried a market harbrough but she's worse in that cos she tries to fight it.
An exercise I use quite often is cantering towards the jump then asking her to stop in front of it, doing this a few times until she assumes we're stopping in front of it. I then ask her to keep going and she jumps it nicely. The only problem with this is that I have to do this with every single different jump I do and I obviously can't do this when we're out competing. She never does any of this behaviour with XC fences as she knows they won't move so she does back off jumping those but I can't just do XC on its own and she's very talented at dressage. I bought her an an eventing prospect because she does have scope and she does have talent on the flat but I'm stuck with her showjumping.
I have tryed all the pole exercises but my youngster she's 5 she is my first pony that was broke when I got her but was only broke in November 2015 she just adores jumping I have broke young horses but never had the problem of a rushing pony so we have had to start turning her away once she locks on (what my instructor who competes a BE novice) I just don't want to do this I feel as if she will start pulling out she is brave as they come but that's good for a workers pony but she needs to slow down a bit has anyone got any suggestions??
My horse Callie has started refusing more often than she usually does and it’s frustrating because I don’t know how to fix this. I think it’s partly my fault because the more she refuses, the more nervous I get and I get more unsure whether she’ll take the next jump so I think she senses that and it makes her want to take the jump even less. She also rushes every jump, no matter if it’s a 2’ xpole or a 3’ oxer and I can’t slow her down, not even by sitting back hard or no matter how hard I pull on the reins or no matter how many half halts I do. It’s gotten to the point where I’m scared of bringing her to shows because I think she’s going to rush the jumps and refuse others and I’m going to get send out of the arena or I’ll fall. What could help me fix this?
Im riding a horse that Is trained for s* jumping at the Moment and as soon as She knows i want to jump over a small jump she rushes like a maniac and jumps way too high
And if the strides dont fit right she doesnt stop... she takes it like a very wide oxer
She was trained to never stop
This horse Is jogging compared to her
Edit:Good video tho, will try it with her
Whats the best way to deal wiv a spookey horse my pony cant jump a cross pole wivout spooking its got so bad that when im just trotting around she could just spook and there really nasty😕😕😕please help....
My pony gets really hyper when she sees a jump or pole and goes galloping towards the jump then runs out just before the jump but hopefully I am gonna try these exercises. any advice for a pony that refuses alot but freaks out after thinking you are gonna smack her?
I ride in a lesson so I don't decided what we do (I don't own the horse) the hoses won't move before the jump but once moving won't stop I'm not a beginner and have been riding for 12 years (since I was 3) another problem I have is that no matter what I do the horse won't stop jumping or not,dose anyone have any advice for me?
I know a horse like that, try circling in front of the jump at trot or walk even canter until it is ok with it :)
Anyone have advise for a horse learning to jump, hes a quarter horse and he’s already getting better but he’s always second guessing and I want him to be able to jump a good height later but I don’t know if he will be able to do it
The horse I ride has a pretty good tempo but about 4 strides before the jump he rushes... It’s annoying BUT I’ve gotten a good lower leg ahah
anyone help, i have a horse that likes to jump hes around 16hh and likes to go to the jump and will jump it but just lacks the effort going over it feels any ideas i don’t use a crop or spurs as i’ve only had him a little while n wanted to see what he’s like without one? xx
Do you have a video about the ground work needed for a youngster before jumping please and then how to incorporate jumping? Thanks
Longer stirrup is on the mounting side. Probably the leather has stretched is all.
Wouldn't even notice until it's pointed out to you because it happens gradually
+Evention TV my medium sized pony is rushing through the the diagonal and my idea is that when I am flatting her I put rails down and then cater and then try to halt. What do you think?
Deal with it. I have a retired racehorse and she gallops everything. She is also 30-40 inches taller than me. I could easily show that horse not to rush within 5 minutes
my horse throws her head and it feels like she locks her jaw so I don't have control and then she ignores my half halts to the jumps and just bolts to the jump I can't turn cause that's when she locks her jaw or it feels like it it feels like I'm riding a jumping race horse it's scary
Hello im hoping I could get some advice, ive just brought a ex racer he is 15 and 16hh he has been trained but all he does is as soon and we trot his head goes right up and trots sideways but he does settle but if im going overoles he has to have head up cantering on the spot yet its just a pole on the ground, also when he canters his head goes up and even though I have a running martingale it seems to have no difference. Xx
Can you do me a video on how to stop an experienced show jumping pony from leaping and rushing to fences? Its fine if u can't or don't want to, if u do thou plz email it to me
Hi evention! Thankyou for posting these excercise a I used all three helping to re school a 13yr old very forward going pony who has been worrying her young rider by rushing and launching at fences and it's going to take time but she really started to work well with these/ grids. Thankyou xx
I don't necessarily have a problem with rushing fences, but the horse just won't stop cantering after he has jumped, he is to enthusiastic to get him bacl to trot
Can you guys make a video for horses that chip before the fence? Mine used to rush fences and now he’s changed to chipping...
my horse likes to buck right after jumps, or do the rocking horse while cantering. ways to fix that?
Can u guys make a video on how to teach your horse how to do flying changes? I've been taught how to ask but never how to train them into horses. My old horse was a welsh pony and I was teaching them to him so I asked one of my friends at my barn and she told me to set up poles, ask for the flying over the jump exactly how you would while just doing them in the flat. I did and it worked on him but now I have an OTTB and I've tried that but it just hasn't worked so far. So if you could make a video on how to train them into horses, it would really help me to win more classes in shows and make my life quite a bit easier!
so you don't yank really hard on their mouths and use your whip when the horse rushes after the jump, that's what i was watching the other night and instructor was there not stopping the rider so obviously endorsing the method.
and so we then ask the horse to do the same thing 3 strides after the jump, canter 2 strides and then get them to halt in between the poles on the other side. As soon as the horse settles we then ask for a walk for a couple of strides before trotting around to jump the fence again. You want to teach the horse to wait. Many horses do this because they're nervous about jumping so they try to get it over and done with as soon as possible. Rushing fences DOES NOT mean that the horse loves jumping!
I've ridden some horses which get very speedy before and after the jumps, they will gallop into and away from a small cross pole if you let them get away with it. We put two poles parellel together on the floor about 3 strides out from the jump like a run way, and we do the same after. What we do is we trot towards the cross pole, stop sqaure between the two poles and then walk 1 stride and ask for trot, the horse pops the jump and will try to bolt away from the fence. We know this will happen
Poles on the ground don't work for the horse I ride, we were doing some rised trotting poles and he decided to bolt and ran straight through the poles as if they weren't there, same thing happens if I put a pole in front of a jump he'll just run at it as if the pole isn't there and if he steps on it, it hardly effects him
My OTTB decided she she didn't want to step over the pole.. Pffft she jumped the jump and the pole as one.
"Speed bump to slow them down" Nope my mare literally freaks out and launches over them because she's an ass
my horse will jump pole on the ground like it’s a 40cm jump and It’s weird ;-;
I have a horse and when we are doing cross country I never know when she is going to do a long jump or put in an extra stride and I had a bad fall just yesterday because of this how can I realise which one she is going to do please help
I have tried everything to slow my pony down when jumping. No matter whether I walk, trot or canter into the jump, circle before it, if it's only 1 foot or 3 foot, he always gallops/charges the last few strides. I've tried all your exercises but he still rushed the last 3 strides. Any other advice or tips I could try?
My pony is grand and does what i say at home but when i bring her to my lesson flatwork is grand but when it comes to jumping she rushes :(
i’ve tried similar things like this with my hot headed horse i do a bounce jump then 4 stride bigger jump and it works alot bc hes so hot headed that he bounces towards the jump
What about ones that slow down and then walk over jumps?
They help heaps! My horse rushes in to the fences and as she gets 2 strides out chucks her head up in the hair and used to smack me in the face which lead to a lot of nosebleeds annoyingly. But after I put a running martingale on her she doesnt even put her head in the air coming into a jump!
I know I’m late, but my horse rushes when we see jumps, but only when we are going around them, any tips?
I’m really late sorry but nooo the riders stirrups were uneven and this is painful for the spine because your pushing one side of your weight into one side of the horse so they go fast because it hurts or twists there spine and your saying to the horse go but not too fast but either way your going to be in pain 😳😳🐴🐴
Do you have any more tips my horse is a arab/quarter horse he used to be a barrel horse and now he just wants to run all the time and i have had him about a year now and i have tried this exercise before and it helped a little bit but every time i do a grid or something he just runs through it and i try to have a soft contact but then he tries to run but if i keep much contact on him he acts like he is going to rear so i dont know
Guys, who don't you monetize these or give credit to the band/artists who's music you've used? You should be earning income on your efforts from google. ;) Keep it up, but earn at the same time. Passive income is always the way to go, pays for horse shows!
thank you this worked for me my horse is good but rushes at the jumps and he jumps super high even over a little pole and little jump thank you
the horse that i usually ride on only rushes small jumps but when it gets to big jumps he calms down. like really
Then she should really wait and stick to very small crossrails, or groundpoles until she can afford lessons. Teaching yourself to jump, while you're nervous at doing it, will not end very nicely.
So I tried using before and after poles, but she just jumps over those too! What can I do? She does small jumps but when it comes to 1m or anything higher she gallops full speed! Help? :)
Try putting a jump in the arena then doing circles in front of the jump then take it once or twice and keep doing the circles and Try sitting back in your saddle and try to slow her down
Can you do me a video on how to stop an experienced show jumping pony from leaping and rushing to fences? Its fine if u can't or don't want to, if u do thou plz email it to me xxx
hi i have started riding this x hunter horse its part thurabred and she rushes a lot just around the arena please may you put a video up about how to help this habbit thank you.
My mare is very speedy . I have been trying to just ride on the buckle and talk to her. She has gotten a lot better. I also small circle before a jump and a small circle after.
the better way is too trot the jump until you can make the horse sit on there back legs and push up then canter and trot closer to the jump and jumping on a STRAIGHT diagonal helps
This might help me and my mare, issue is that we have up and down hills and there's no flat spot- in her pasture all she wants to do is go to the gate and it makes it twice as hard.
After reading all these comments I’m glad to find out I’m not the only one with these problems
Thank u so much for sharing this my horse rushes into jumps I will definitely try this to see if it works for her thank u so much
my welsh cob mare is fiery sometimes and trots VERY fast at the jump, how do I stop her?
try my Belgian warmblood she does flatwork like a saint but sees a fence and pelts full speed.
my horse wont even trot to a jump, ive tried this and she still powers over it!
As soon as she see the jump and comes towards it i loose all control!
help!
Do these comments/questions actually get answered? Wondering if they moved/rolled out the ground rails when they went from trot x to a canter vertical.
I ride an Arab that gets real exited when there is any form of obstacle in the arena. Any suggestions to help?
My horse goes over a foot jump at highest and always hits the pole and he’s a pretty horse like 18 hands
they don't need there stirrups straighter because they know how to ride horses and they know what every single horse on there yard wants