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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 146024" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Basic. </p><p></p><p>You want him jumping "smallish jumps" - about "1 meter"??? That's a 3 foot jump. That is NOT small. Especially not for a "green" horse. Depending on your QH's build, he may not even be able to do that. You can't get him to go over even "1 foot"? - that's 12 inches. Pretty good size for a horse with little to no experience when you start pointing him at a strangely-painted fence.</p><p></p><p>Start with trot poles on the ground. Literally, <em>poles on the ground.</em> Maybe four, spaced every 3-4 feet or whatever the spacing is. Can't remember off hand. You work on that for a couple weeks. Then you start gradually moving the poles up, and you keep him at a crossrail (an "x") for a few more weeks - or more, depending on how he's doing in confidence. A horse like this, you may be jumping 18" - no more! - for a year. </p><p></p><p>Basically, you're over-facing this horse. That means you are asking him to jump much more than he knows how to do and is comfortable doing. There's a lot more to jumping for the horse - and rider! - than just "point-and-shoot". Especially on a green horse, with (no offense intended) a "green" rider too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 146024, member: 852"] Basic. You want him jumping "smallish jumps" - about "1 meter"??? That's a 3 foot jump. That is NOT small. Especially not for a "green" horse. Depending on your QH's build, he may not even be able to do that. You can't get him to go over even "1 foot"? - that's 12 inches. Pretty good size for a horse with little to no experience when you start pointing him at a strangely-painted fence. Start with trot poles on the ground. Literally, [i]poles on the ground.[/i] Maybe four, spaced every 3-4 feet or whatever the spacing is. Can't remember off hand. You work on that for a couple weeks. Then you start gradually moving the poles up, and you keep him at a crossrail (an "x") for a few more weeks - or more, depending on how he's doing in confidence. A horse like this, you may be jumping 18" - no more! - for a year. Basically, you're over-facing this horse. That means you are asking him to jump much more than he knows how to do and is comfortable doing. There's a lot more to jumping for the horse - and rider! - than just "point-and-shoot". Especially on a green horse, with (no offense intended) a "green" rider too. [/QUOTE]
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