This Horse Jumps Really Weird?

Question

i really need some advice. Today at my riding lesson i was on a pony called custard and we were jumping. We went over the jump a first few times in trot and she was great. The next few times she kept putting her head down and charging at the jump quite fast, and then jumped it really early and jumping it higher than it was ... can you help me stop her rush the jumps?

Answer 1

Ground work. Always do ground work before getting on a horses back.

I hope I don't have to explain what you must do when you're doing groundwork :\

Answer 2

Warm her up on the flat to start with at all three gaits, both directions. Then half halts might help, but a very good schooling method is to aim for the jump, but ask your horse to stop a few strides before the fence. Do this a few times, if she continues to rush it continue stopping her, possibly back her up a few steps before starting the procedure again. This should help, I highly recomend trying it.

Answer 3

half-halt half-halt half-halt and if you have to, use your body as leverage to get her to listen.  If she begins charging, be ready and half-halt and MAKE her circle and keep her circling until she calms down.  If you attempt again and she begins to charge the jump, do the same thing.  You could also come into the line and then MAKE her stop at least a couple strides from the jump and when she has stopped squarely and isn't being pushy wanting to go, make her go calmly and quietly over the jump (my advice is to work with crossrails at first and then SLOWLY move onto very small verticals).

Putting ground poles out infront of the jump will also make/force her to slow down.  Jumping her through grids will also make her begin to back right off but NEVER take a jump if your horse/pony is not listening.

In fact, you should begin working her at trot and canter poles.  They will once again get her to slow down and to understand that nothing needs to be rushed.

Answer 4

Make sure she is collected and not just racing around - give her half-halts to slow her down. You could stop completely before each course, and let her calm down. She might just be over energetic, so work her harder on the flat before jumping

Answer 5

TROTTING POLES HELPS

That is the same as what my horse did,

she would jump extremely high at a simple milk-crate cross bar.

because she was use to jumpin 80-90cm jumps she takes a bigger aproach.

what my instructor told me to do is do trotting poles because it teaches them to concerntrate more and watch their step and other things, and you hold them back and slow them down to your paces by half halting, and when going over the poles or jumnps put your hands forwards and legs on(welllegs on for poles)

now she is just trotting over them like my friends horse does, not leaping over them.

but make sure you go and do ground work as a warm up

Answer 6

if u feel her get that way then circle infront of the jump until she gets calm then go straight from ur circle to the jump. If your riding a line and the first jump/first 2 jumps are great then you feel her anticipate the next jump HALT infront of it this is a GREAT exersize for horses

Answer 7

to stop the rushing half halt...

Answer 8

half hault her.

my advice, always ride a horse/pony on ground so u can get the feel of them