I need help in giving my horse more impulsion, bounce to his jump

Question

i need help in getting my horse bounding over fences. he doesn't make a lot of effort which can lead to poles down. i cant get him to concentrate.

what can i do with him to get him as excited as me before a fence so i feel he is ready.

also im stuck in a rut of our height limit is 80cm. what can i do to give him the confidence to jump higher.

he is a 8 Year old Thoroughbred, gelding

Answer 1

Work on really riding him forward down the long side then when you approach the gird work on packaging him up so he really rides his hind end up under himself.

Also jump grids this will create a natural impulsion as he goes through.

As for the height, height comes with time. Work on perfecting your skills at a lower level then slowly one hole at a time raise the fences. He needs to be confident and going forward with energy to get over the bigger fences.

Also lay out poles set at about a 6 or 7 stride then practice getting him to adjust his stride in between. Make him but in 8 or 9 or even 10 then make him do it in 6 or 5 he has to be ajustable.

good luck hope it helps

Answer 2

maybe he doesnt like jumping?

you know horses that are bred for a certain event dont always turn out to liek it(:

im not trying to sound mean, but it happened to me so i was like ohkayy.

Answer 3

I have the same problem with my Hanovarian. It may be for mine, that he is too big and gets bored with small jumps, he is 17.3hh. I tend to just work harder on my flatwork in order to obtain more impulsion. Lunging with a surcingle and side reins works like a charm as well so they can work on their own too. Try some different tactics as opposed to just continuously doing the same things. Change things up a bit. Sometimes when you release over the fence, slightly lifting your hands can help to. Keep your weight off his front end so he has a light take off. Also try poles and and out to collect and get him working from underneath. There are a bunch of things you can try. Ask your coach im sure he/she has some ideas too. Hope that helped :)

Answer 4

if he's just not excited maybe you should try cross country, and getting him bowling over the fences. afterwards, to try and stop him dropping rails, try doing grid work and bounces. if you have never done bounces before, probably better to get an instructor to help you the first time, as it can go wrong if you get the striding/spacing wrong.

Answer 5

"impulsion has nothing to do with speed or activity" tht is a quote straight from george morris's mouth...impulsion is when a horse can extend and collect their stride TRULY because they are in a frame and balanced on your outside rein with rythm,relaxation and suppleness.horses dont pull rails either brcause of them not making an effort its because either 1 they arent blalanced or two their take off is too close 3 they are turning in the air 4 you are not releasing over the jump or 5 they are not opening their hind joints.get him excited by taking him out for a gallop in a trail or something and getting him sensitive to ur leg and so when you close your leg BREIFLEY he goes forward and if he had true impulsion he would surge forward with no problem so work on your flat more

Answer 6

well he may not like to jump. but i don't know how to get him to want to jump but it sounds like he doesn't like jumping. but i may be wrong. i hope i helped

Answer 7

Well to get him to make effort for jumping give him some oats the day before your gonna jump. You don't have to do this. And to make him concentrate you should have some where where he can't get distracted. Like by cars or people walking pass your place you ride. Or you can practice obeidiance everyday. By this I mean excersize him or make him jump a LITTLE bit higher each time you jump that jump.