working up to a jump

[Welshgirl]

I am preparing myself to do a jump at some point. My riding manual suggest
riding up and down a bank to get used to the idea of jumping. We do this in walk, ok. I want to know if you were riding it in trot, would you rise to the trot or sit? and then am I:confused: supposed to canter over? The bank is about three feet high.( sorry if it sounds a silly question):confused:

[Gina789]

Hello

When I was learning they had me trotting over poles on the ground. You start off with just one and trot over from both reins once going over that nicely (without clipping the pole) add another (distance depends of length of horses pace. Keep going like this adding poles (in the reigon of six) till your trotting over nicely then make the last one into a mini jump. Once confident in trot start again in canter (remembering to change the spacing between the poles for longer stride)

Once mastered make the last two jumps can do bounce jumps stride between jumps. Or you can just change height of last pole.

Hope this helps!

P.S. there was a good video thread on here with people doing exactly this yesterday will try and find it again for you

[Gina789]

Found it its in collecting ring Cafe area page 2 called rate this vid posted by Jenny2502. This will show you exactly what I mean :D

[Welshgirl]

Cheers, Gina ( and Cat)

[Blair Witch]

I wouldn't suggest using a bank to learn to jump. I make my students trot over jump in jumping position. When you decide you and your horse are ready, attempt a cross rail to begin with. Try it at a trot, I find I get more momentum if I post then rise two strides before the jump. Do the exact same thing at the canter.

[dilaika]

I don't know about the bank thing...my trainer always says that a jump is a big canter stride. One of the way to get a feel for jumping before you do it is do a lot of cantering in the two-point position. Also, as other people have said, do poles. A really good thing is to canter a single pole on the ground..most horses will "jump" over it (with many you have to keep your leg on), which will really give you the feel of it.

These are things that you can practice on your own...I don't know how you normally ride, but I wouldn't suggest doing jumping without an instructor.

[Jenny2502]

Found it its in collecting ring Cafe area page 2 called rate this vid posted by Jenny2502. This will show you exactly what I mean :D

glad i could be of service :) let me know if theres anything else you would like to see :):):)

[horses4eva888]

glad i could be of service :) let me know if theres anything else you would like to see :):):)

Ditto, Glad my "torture" helped someone:p (I loved it really)

[Welshgirl]

Thanks again everyone. Just got to summon up the courage now! Will post pics if I do!