How do you jump a horse?

Question

i want to learn but my horse riding aunts only do western.

Answer 1

Buy it dinner, see a movie, tell it how nice it looks.  And laugh a lot.  Horses love funny people.

P.S.  Hey Kimmy, it's "you're", not "your".  Wow, I wouldn't have expected anything less from a homophobe.

Answer 2

Jumping is something the horse does naturally. Horses are natural jumpers but what is not natural is overcoming the fear of jumping with the weight of a rider on it's back. I can assure you that a 60 inch fence is not nearly high enough to keep most stallions in their paddocks when the mares are in season and I have an athletic old boy who has cleared his 72 inch paddock fence on a number of occasions and no one taught him to jump. A horse does not need to "learn" to jump, only to learn to overcome the fear of jumping with the weight of a rider on it's back. You do that slowly. Start by repeatedly walking over a pole laid on the ground until your horse is comfortable and spontaneous in walking over the pole without hesitation. Then move on to repeatedly slow trotting over the ground pole and then gradually on to cantering over it. From there move on to trotting and cantering over cross poles and from there gradually begin to slowly increase the barrier height of the jump and then on to faster speeds and higher jumps. When you give the horse it's head it will overcome the fear of jumping with a rider on it's back rather quickly and it will soon become as natural for them as jumping unweighted. I haven't jumped in a long time but I do sometimes just for fun, never in competition though. There is a creek that runs through the nearby woods and a place where it narrows and has cut a deep gorge that is probably about 15 feet wide or so at the peak and I have an athletic Arabian mare who has no fear of jumping and has become an excellent gorge jumper over that creek. Getting her to do that was not difficult because there is a natural drainage ditch that cuts across my pasture and it is 5 or 6 feet wide in some spots and I started jumping that on horseback after seeing the horses jump it with ease while playing. Training a horse to overcome the fear of jumping with the weight of a rider on it's back is not a hard thing to do. Staying on the horse is another matter. But that just takes practice too.

Answer 3

Lean forward and squeeze with your legs.

Also let up on the reigns a little bit, and let the horse do the work:D

Answer 4

you have to tran it honny

Answer 5

can you ride english? i don't, but if you do, set up a short jump, and canter toward it, squeeze with your legs and hope for the best.

Answer 6

Jumping western is okay for little low-rise jumps.. like poles or cross poles.I would familiarize the horse your will be jumping with the are you will be jumping before ever staring. Then i would set up some trotting poles, and work the horse trotting through those. Next, put some poles up a little off the ground. Try trotting toward them, squezign and clucking over the jump. REMEMBER: YOU MUST RAISE YOUR BUTT OUT OF THE SADDLE< BUT NOT ENOUGH SO OYUR LEANIGN FORWARD> STAY IN THE MIDDLE OR THEIR IS MORE CHHANCE OF A WIPE OUT! Try doign that a bit, then move on to canter. :D

Answer 7

First of all if you want to jump, as in show-jumping, you'll be best to go to someone who actually teaches show-jumping, at least that way you'll be sitting on a horse that actually knows what it's doing, thus making the whole learning process that much easier and safer.

It all depends on where you are but your local directory should be able to point you in the right direction.

Answer 8

yah i earned 2 points btw your g*y!

Answer 9

I think i t's best that you star t riding english some first before you start jumping. It takes A LOT of practice. No joke. The horse also has to know how and be trained to do it.

Answer 10

With a gang of other horses.

Answer 11

You run really fast toward the horse, and when you get near, you leap above and over the horse!

Really though, that's not something I think you could learn by reading a message here. I should think you would need to learn first-hand from someone who knows, with a horse that is so trained.

Answer 12

i've never ridden English fashion, but when i had horses, they loved to jump.

so i figured that jumping Western style was OK.

logs, creeks, fences - you name it.

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sorry, i don't know about training.

Answer 13

start with little jumps of course... make sure you enter on a straight line, and try to measure your strides before you jump... by measuring i don't mean getting off and taking out a ruler... in your head estimate how many strides are between you and the jump, and then try and make sure that the horse does exactly that number... once you are on the jump lean forward and hold on with your legs... you don't wanna pull on the horses mouth at all, so follow the horses movement with your hands (if his head goes forward, so do your hands)... try to start with a horse who already knows how to jump, (unless of course yours already does in which case your good) that way you can practice your position and get used to the feeling.