How do I count a horses stride in between a double?

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

well what i do is exactly what i do to check leads i look at her shoulder/lead and i automatically know that the same back foot is coming forward as well, creating the 3-beat canter, when you know her exact pace when she jumps count how many paces it takes you, it will probably take her 3 if it takes you 10-11 if the actual distance is 30-33ft or if its18-21 ft between jumps then it might take her 2 if it takes you 6-7 paces....also try to longe her over the jump and count her strides when she get to about her actual pace... but its very hard to guess the amount depending on how big the jump or how wide......=D...hope i helped you!

Answer 2

2 ..........if it was made for 2 strides then you have to learn

HOW TO LENGTHEN HER STRIDE TO MATCH IT

  You should not be jumping if you do not know thsi ,,

Or get your self a trainer that DOES KNOW THAT CAN TEACH YOU ,,,,

Just remrmber that AFTER SHE LANDS. and takes a stride thats one ,and then one more thats 2 so you should be in the right spot to Jump,,

What are the lengths beween your jumps and what type of fence is first and what fence is after ?

How high are we talking about ??

Is this Jumpers or Hunters

PLEASE ==PLEASE ANSWER THIS Then I will be able to help more ,, o.k.

Answer 3

With your back to the center of the first fence take one large step and consider that your landing space, now take three large strides toward the center of the next fence and you have an average for a 15 hh horse for one stride, another large three strides gives you the second stride and then you should have one last large stride left for take off over the next fence.  So from the first fence to second for two strides you should have eight large steps.  A word of caution, this WILL vary from horse to horse, some horses take longer strides and some shorter, you will have to learn to gauge your horses stride yourself, you can learn this by counting strides between two markers in the ring set approximately 50 ft from each other, do this at least ten times, more is better to gain an average number of strides that it takes your horse to cover the distance.  Then get off and pace out the distance yourself, the same number of times you rode it to get an average for your strides.  Then start experimenting with distance and you will begin to get the feel for it.   Good luck.

Answer 4

I'm the worst rider to ask and only do single jumps rarely and the horse moves from under me after that and I leave the saddle, in fact the other day it jumped perfect and then stopped dead (that's right after the jump), over the handlebars I flew and lay there to be licked in the face.

Answer 5

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.

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.