Jumping and lessons?

Question

How long did it take for you to start learning to jump?

I am getting lessons on my horse and he can't jump and when i'm ready which i'm not now but when i am ready to jump how am i able to learn? I really want to be a jumper or hunter in the future. Any suggestions? i am just wondering.

Thanks!!

Answer 1

My trainer wouldn't let me jump until I had done a decent training level dressage test. Of course I've always ridden green horses so that took quite a while but I think as long as you're solid at WTC you can probably start working on your two-point and going over some ground and cross-rails. Good luck.

Answer 2

I learned to jump myself... me and my little mare. I fell in love with it... I took lessons on a little poa pony, everytime she would jump a line, she would stop after the last jump, and over her head I went... I learned eventually to keep my heals down and weight balanced. :-) Jumping is SO much fun. I was a western rider, and now I ride just about only english jumping. I LOVE JUMPING,

it is like u r flying... u'll like it...

have fun, keep ur heals down, and good luck :-)

Answer 3

If your horse has arthritis, do NOT ask him to jump, ever. I volunteer at a rescue ranch and we see too many former jumpers. Try to imagine having pain in your knees and having someone asking you to run up a flight of stairs. That probably wouldn't make you feel good, so why would you ask that of your horse? Asking a horse with arthritis to jump could cause him or her permanent health damage. In fact that could be abuse. Use a different horse if you want to jump that badly.

Cheers,

David

http://gentlenaturalhorseman.blogspot.co...

Answer 4

I took western lessons for 5 years and now im doing english.

I am new at jumping but because I did well with western I started to jump right away.  Then I quit to doing gaming, but now I am jumping again but on a different horse.

My horse is green at jumping so I get to train him to do this. Its a great feeling when your green horse does better than a pro trained jumping horse.

Answer 5

It took me about a year to learn how to jump. you could talk with your trainer and ask if you could learn how to jump on a horse that is experienced in jumping and that would help you learn the ropes, and while you are learning the ropes you could have your trainer start your horse over jumps for you and then when you feel confident you take over the training with help from your trainer. i learned how to jump on my trainers green TB both of us knew nothing so we learned together last year. now a year later I'm training my own saddle broke TB to jump and am working with another green appendix cross at currently 2'9".(with my trainers help of course)

Answer 6

I jumped after two years of flat lessons.