Jumpers Bump

[sweetbriar]

Can anyone tell me what this is? Does it affect a horses health in any way having one?

[happyhorse]

didn't know what it was so searched it on the net and found this..
they were talking about conformation.


"If however the horse has a bump over its pelvis and a well set on tail, this is called jumpers bump and tells you that the horse has probably got a good jump that is well rounded"


hope thats helps a bit.
:)

[Speedy]

yeah - it's just a term used to describe the shape of the hindquarters. Doesn't affect the horse's health, but is supposed to demonstrate the horse's ability to jump

[Lucy J]

also known (correct me if I'm wrong) as goose rump.

obviously some horses don't have this and still have a good jump though.

[lamprellsarah]

my mare has jumpers bump i have to say she is the best jumper i have had even at 21, i wish had owned her when she was younger!! wow!!
it does sometimes make the horses back looks more dipped!!
it causes no problems.

a goose rump, is a sloping bum that very steep, the tail is low set and rather weak!! heres a pic of that
http://www.geocities.com/gracewoodpasos/pagebody.html

[lamprellsarah]

heres a pic of her in winter, my resizing is not good the pics not as bad as that!!

[Mirage]

Hunters Bump, Not a Jumping Bump and a Hunters Bump is caused by a horses working and working and then left to do nothing and then start up working hard again. They develop a Hunters bump on the top of the tail area that rarely ever goes away.

It NO WAY is a sign that your horse can jump big. It is more of a deficiency in the horses work schedule which is usually the owners fault of not having the horse on normal activity.

If this is what you think your talking about well then here it is a HUNTERS BUMP = lack of JUMPERS BUMP = no such thing actually funny to here that that bump makes your horse jump :D

[chev]

I found this in Fraser's Horse Book (published 1979!) - " The sacro-iliac joint, formed between the spine and the pelvis on either side just below the point of the hip, is liable to be wrenched suddenly in a fall or to be gradually shifted by constant jumping activities. In either case the front of the pelvis moves upwards so that the points of the croup show on either side above the mid-line of the spine creating what is known as a jumping bump." The book is written by Dr Frank Manolson and Dr Alistair Fraser. Thought the quote might be of interest!

[chev]

Just read a bit more - "The cases that develop the jumping bump gradually do not appear to be affected by the altering angulation of the bones. There is no treatment other than rest when required." So I suppose it could be indicative of a talented jumper in that they are most likely to do a lot of jumping and therefore develop the condition.

[intouch]

Chev is right, jumper's bump is the result of an injury to the sacroiliac joint, probably because a horse is a good jumper before it occurs but gets strained or injured in some way.
Many horses don't seem to be deterred from jumping but some do - it can be corrected sometimes by chiropractic or Bowen but will always be a weakness.
I would hesitate about buying a horse with jumper's bump.

[lamprellsarah]

my vet said it's perfectly normal theres no problem what so ever with it, i thought she was born with it, thats the impression i got!!
heres a quote from a site about conformation http://www.equiworld.net/uk/horsecare/conformation/

The hindquarters should be well muscled, The tail should be set on fairly high. If the tail is set on low and the horse has a definite slope from the point of the hip to the tail, this is defined as goose rump and in many horses denotes a lack of speed. If however the horse has a bump over its pelvis and a well set on tail, this is called jumpers bump and tells you that the horse has probably got a good jump that is well rounded.

i can't find anything about what you are talking about!!

[intouch]

I have never seen a foal or a young unbroken horse with a jumper's bump, but I am willing to be corrected.

[mikka]

Lovely mare, Saz! Help me out, please. Looking at your photo,
is the jumpers bump in the upward incline from the cantle? Not sure where to look. Thanks. Mikka

[chev]

If jumper's bump can also be caused by a fall (according to Dr Alistair Fraser) then it would be perfectly feasible to find it in foals or youngsters. My vet agreed true jumper's bump is the result of an injury rather than conformation but also reckons the term has become confused over the years, resulting in it's use to describe conformation instead. So! not all jumper's bumps are true jumper's bump!

[lamprellsarah]

thanx for the compliment although this is properly not one of my good pics she has a really scruffy winter coat and she was being a pain, camera shy as well as trying to eat!!!

her jumpers bump is actually not as obvious here but it's on he point of her croup and is properly inline with the cantle well it's the highest point after it anyway!!

yeah it certainly may have got confused as i can't find much reference about horse getting it from a fall!!!
but anyway what does it matter either way, they con't have any problems with it!!