Although I have not ridden Byron yet, I have seen in ridden in the past, and watched him jump. I;ve seen him clear about 1.30 withn ease, and could probably jump much higher. When he was jumping though, he went steady up and over the fence, adjusting his stride himself, but after the fence, got really excited, and became hard to slow down - not bolting as such, but just difficult to settle after the fence. But boy, can this horse jump! He makes the perfect bascule over the fence. He has also been beautifully schooled on the flat, a simple leg aid, and tweak of your inside rein, and he drops onto a beautiful outline, and stays there, even when you ride off the buckle. I've been told he responds well to all your aids, and knows all the basic lateral work - leg yield, shoulder-in, travers etc. (bought off a friend, and seen him ridden many times, so definately true, and I know this horse pretty well. Quite a few people at the yard have ridden him, and all say how beautiful he is to ride) . He is snaffle mouthed, and has a very soft mouth, and doesn;t have any vices as such. He hasn't been ridden since june though.
I was going to spend the next few weeks lunging long reining and loose schooling, to help him fitten up and build up muscle, and then i was going to start riding him, and doing lots of road work to fitten him up. SO it probably won;t be for about 10 weeks til we start any form of jumping.
ANyway what can i do to teach him to settle after fences. I was planning on doing lots of lunging over small jumps, loose schooling over a few bigger ones, lots of pole work, and grids, but really quite unsure as to what kind of grids would be appropriate. Help much appreciated, as this horse has the potential to do so well in eventing, show jumping, and probably would make an ace working hunter too.
I was going to spend the next few weeks lunging long reining and loose schooling, to help him fitten up and build up muscle, and then i was going to start riding him, and doing lots of road work to fitten him up. SO it probably won;t be for about 10 weeks til we start any form of jumping.
ANyway what can i do to teach him to settle after fences. I was planning on doing lots of lunging over small jumps, loose schooling over a few bigger ones, lots of pole work, and grids, but really quite unsure as to what kind of grids would be appropriate. Help much appreciated, as this horse has the potential to do so well in eventing, show jumping, and probably would make an ace working hunter too.