Yep! He does.
I will keep working on it. He is starting to settle down as the ride goes on which I think is good. We will just keep chipping away at it. I’m hoping for my own jumping saddle by the end of January.
I have this exact horse. A 4 year old QH
We do a lot of trotting into things and working on my own confidence so I ride effectively with a good outside rein half halt. He still gets excited but we are teaching him with placing poles and gymnastics to shorten up a bit and not rocket me through courses. Sometimes it doesn’t go to plan and we just come back to trot. Sometimes he gets training rides. And sometimes I yell “holy Poop” at a long distance. Every lesson is slowly getting better and better though. I have had him 14 months and our partnership has really blossomed in the last month to no longer feeling nervous.
Here is him doing a 3 strides in a 4 stride. https://www.tiktok.com/@foxinsocksqh/video/6994439682914323718?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en&q=foxinsocksqh&t=1640803649396
There is also one of me being walked out of the arena when I first got him LOL.
It just takes time and honestly the keen ones become easier and safer to jump long term.
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Ha ha yes! You are further along than us! He’s only been doing any jumping since the beginning of December. And I’m truly a Dressage rider trying to play in the jump ring.
You guys look awesome.
While there are a LOT of problems with George Morris as a person, I did learn some useful points when I took a clinic with him some 20 years ago. One there thing I learned there (and that I have subsequently learned from other successful trainers) was the importance of teaching the horse to trot and canter, calmly and smoothly, over a single rail on the ground, without speeding up, leaping, or jumping. Since the horse ISN’T leaping, you can do it in any saddle.
With one horse I had to do that exercise every day for WEEKS before she would consistently do it without leaping.
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Thank you!
I came from 11 years of AQHA HUS. Then I switched barns, switched to an eventing coach, and bought him. It’s been a whirlwind but is really is starting to get FUN!
Yes we’ve been doing a lot of poles and he was really relaxed with them until we introduced the jumping. Now I just think he’s not sure, especially at first when it’s going to be a little bit of a jump.
I will definitely continue on with lots of pole work!
