jumped a crosspole

[laura jeanne]

Just want to say that I jumped a crosspole in my lesson on Saturday. Jumped about 3-4 times and it was so much fun.

[Tootsie4U]

There aren't any smilies in your post! :eek:

Surely there deserves to be a few!

I gotcha covered! :D:D:D :):):) : :p :p :p

Yeah! Congrats!

[k8schmutz]

Sounds great well done!
You'll be jumping verticals in no time :D

[laura jeanne]

Thanks!!

As for smiles, I can hardly stop!!

Too bad no one here at work would have the slightest interest in knowing about it.

No lesson next week as all will be at a show. May go for a trail ride instead even tho it's expensive for 2 people to go out for 2 hours.

[*MiRi*]

Well done yoiu!! :D
I remeber when i did my first croos pole it was SOOOO small but i loved it!! ;) I did over and over again too!! It is grea isnt it !
Well keep us posted and hope you do a verticle soon!
Bye
xox

[Scarlett 001]

Congratulations to you!!! :)

[Ruffiane]

I'm supposed to start jumping over cross rails in a week or so. I can't wait. And I empathize with not having anyone at work to brag to about it. The women in my area in my office are all afraid of horses. Fortunately, I have a lifelong friend whose daughter rides and I can tell her about it.

[laura jeanne]

Well, I could talk to my husband, but he was there!

He did not jump tho because it was his horse's 2nd lesson in a row and it was very hot and humid. In the mid-90s. I could have gone on another few hours or so

[*MiRi*]

well done again! Was that your first jump? if so well done you ;) :D

[Ruffiane]

I jumped for the first time last night! 18" (half a meter) cross poles. Like the previous poster, I did it about 4 or 5 times (I'm so high I can't remember!) I could have gone on and on.

It was the first night I'd actually cantered for any extended length of time too. Wow. What a night!

It was hard getting to sleep last night and I had to tell EVERYONE I did it. Almost told the people at the McDonald's drive-thru, but stopped myself.

[laura jeanne]

I've only said it about 8 million times myself!!

[*MiRi*]

that is one good night!! Well done you! Must of been really nice :D ;)
well done

[westley_jacobs]

its lovely when u feel like tellin evryone, my mom normally falls asleep when i talk horsy to her (shes not horsy)
hehe, well done and keep beaming

[*MiRi*]

that is exactly like my sisters!! The moment i open my mouth to talk about my lesson or horses there ears just close up!!
Keep going with your jumping and gd luck!!
Bye
xox

[Ruffiane]

Thank you for all the encouragement! It went pretty well in my 2nd attempt last night also! I'm still only jumping from a trot, still not all that secure in my canter, and I imagine cantering and jumping is a different animal altogether!

Can anyone talk about that?

[*MiRi*]

hi
glad to here your jumping is going well.

i find trotting or cantering into jumps is wuite easy but as i have said in a different post i find it hard to get into canter. But say i am doing a course of smll jumps ellie usually picks up canter half way through so i just let her.Its fine when youve got them going!!

Maybe to make yourself a bit more comfortable in canter while jumping why not trying cantering over largley spread out poles. Make sure the canter is steady and slow. I dont know if this will work but you could try this and when you are going over the poles squeeze with your legs. This should engourging your pony to lift her/his legs up.

hope everything goes fine

xox

[amylou_84]

hi, these days i have to be pushed into jumping at all as its kinda scary for me, however i do canter into jumps and compared to trotting to them i find cantering to them very fast. iv been told that cantering to them is supposed to be easier and i guess it is a bit as you are sitting in the saddle rather than doing the up and down of rising trot. yesterday in my lesson i cantered into bigger jumps than i usually do and it all went smoothly until Miller decided to jump a little higher than was necessary. i wasnt expecting it and landed on his neck, just managing to cling on. i was made to do it again after that, i guess so i could end on a high note. i find the horse enjoys it as much as you do, Miller maybe enjoys it to much and wants to jump higher :rolleyes:
so jumping from canter is good fun, but a little faster. you need a reasonably good canter seat as you have to get back to canter from landing the jump!
its good when it all comes together though :D

amy :D

[*MiRi*]

cantering into jumps is gd fun as amylou_84 already said! Just make sure it is a steady canter and you are in control! that helps :p keep us posted
xox