Counting a horses stid between a double...plz help!?

Question

How many steps should there be between the 2 jumps for a 15hh horse if I want her to take 2 strides?

Cheers for your help in advance :)

Answer 1

4 of your strides for every one of your horse's.  Make sure you adjust your stride according to the length of your horse's stride.

Answer 2

in human srides: 2 strides after the first jump for landing, Then 8 strides for the 2 canter strides, and 2 strides for take off of the next jump :)

Answer 3

12 feet per stride, 6 feet for take off, 6 for landing.  For a smaller horse, or smaller fences, 3 feet for takeoff & landing. I take 3 foot steps, so about 10 human steps.

Answer 4

If you're talking about an "in and out" there should be 24 feet (12 feet standard horse stride) between the jumps. The landing is a half stride, then there's a full stride, then the takeoff is a half stride, for two full strides.

If you want a double with two full strides between landing and takeoff, that's 36 feet. Half stride for landing, stride, stride, half stride for takeoff.

I found a couple videos on Youtube by searching "in and out" horse jumping, but YA doesn't want to let me post the links for some reason.

Good Luck!

Most people take 4 to 5 steps per horse stride, but the best way is to either measure the distance or measure your own step length.

Answer 5

Horse jumping begins with finding a healthy canter before running the line. As it stunts the horse's length of the gait. And the line should be nice and slower. But you shouldn't feel like you have to run to get all five strides done. Training a horse to jump is a series of simple steps, but it can still be tricky. If you go too fast, if you present the horse with more than he can handle at once, then he can become frightened and soured on jumping. A horse who does not approach jumps calmly may be demonstrating anxiousness from having been "overfaced." Before you start, your horse should be fairly relaxed on the lunge and should be able to walk over ground poles without getting exited. Remember, as with any work on the lunge: circle work is stressful to the joints. The smaller the circle, the harder the work the horse is doing; try to use a large circle (at least 20 meters across, or 66 feet). Don't lunge or jump a very young horse, and don't lunge even a fully grown, fit horse for more than 20-30 minutes at a time. Though this method looks looooooooong, it's really less than a few weeks before you get your horse started actually jumping. But if you rush, if you ask for everything at once, you may end up with nothing. Be careful; and if your horse gets hesitant or nervous, back up to something already in his comfort zone. Ask for an exercise he knows and let him relax (for example, just walking over ground poles again--something safe and easy), and then end for the day. There is always tomorrow to learn something new.

Answer 6

9-10 depending on her stride, if shes long, then about 10, if shes normal or shoprt then 9! always works for me!