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Jumping Blunders Before Horse Jumps

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Jumping Blunders Before Horse Jumps






     Several horses tend to get too close to the jump before taking off. A series of low rails set just far enough apart so that the animal can land but must not take off for the next without an additional stride between is good. Also, putting a take-off bar in front of the horse jumps will help. The bar should be placed on the ground three feet on front of the jump.

Any signs of refusal or shying out on the part of the horse is a reflection on the trainer and shows that the training has been too rapid. A horse that has agained these bad habits has be reschooled. The following are good remedies to retrain your horse:

Refusal

If the horse refused a jump, do not give him a long run. Instead, take him back some 20 feet away and start again from there. If he still declined, lower the jump it may be too much for him. Take him across the lowered jump and after a few times of success, slowly add some height to the horse jumps. If the horse does not want to go across the obstacle, let the other horses go on ahead. Horses are herd animals and usually will want to follow than to be left alone.

Shy-outs

The horse's heart is on his right that's why horses shy out to the left. A horse instinctively knows that if he slips he will come down on his right side and save his heart. It's a theory but nevertheless, the fact still remains that nine out of ten horses shy-outs to the left. What a trainer will do is instead of starting the colt directly opposite the center of the jump, start him from the extreme left and come in on a diagonal aiming for the right hand post of the jump, straighten him out on the stride before the take-off. As he is travelling to the right, he cannot possibly shy out to the left. For a horse that shies-out to the right just reverse the procedure and come in from the right.

Advanced schooling

When the horse jumps all the types of jumps suggested without fear he may be schooled over different sorts of strange objects such as chairs and tables, an empty drum, a dog house, etc. These are good training and discipline for the colt and lend variety to competitions.

Trainers should always be calm and quiet during the training. When training the colt in various activities, it is a common knowledge among fine horsemen and trainers that the more the animal gets excited, the more contained and quiet must the trainer remain. Horses, like most animals, are instinctive and are very sensitive. They sense fear, excitement, anger, other emotions that the people around them feels. In introducing a colt in a place where he is not familiar with, it is always best to let the animal be familiar to his new surroundings. He must learn that the area is safe and pose no harm.