[budgirl]

Whenever I try to jump shilo which is not very often because I ride western most of the time, She has amazing power and comfidence she never refuses or anything but she goes sooo fast. Some days she is like she is trying to run a round of steeplechase so I do half halts and take her away from the jumps to get her settled but thats just her she has a fast canter and then when I go back to the jumps she is the same old fast as ever shilo and jumps great and very rarely nocks a rail down and somedays I will work really hard to get her slower and more collected she nocks down just about every rail and doesnt do rearly as good as when shes flying around the coarse. Does anyone have any idea why she is like this and how could i get her to slow down a bit but keep the rails up? I dont ever think about entering any hunter classes with her like this so I just have to jump at home.
thanks meagan

[shojumpinchick]

im not a trainer or anything but heres what i do with my arab khardiff !
i started by "jumping" trot poles and low low fences. when i approach, i lightly seesaw then if he doesnt listen i get harder and harder then i let him have his head oever the fence then once we land i STOP HIM and back him up a few steps hope this helps good luck email me shojumpinchick@yahoo.com

[bay_blnd jmpr07]

actually, seesawing the mouth isnt good for the horse.

put ground poles infront of the jump. put like 3 or 4 at a trotting distance apart. trot up, go over the jump and then stop as soon as possible and stand there for awhile.

also set up a gymnastic. 2 or 3 jumps in a row. have the trot poles before the 1st fence, then have the other fences spread out so its land, stride, jump, land, stride, jump, and then halt

BBJ

[shojumpinchick]

how is seesawing not good for the horse? not like begginers do i do it differently. my trainer TOLD ME TO! am i hurting my horse? i do like bump bump bump bump stuff that waht kriss calls said to do!

[bay_blnd jmpr07]

sponging is better. but by seesawing u are basically making the horse swing his head. so it goes left right left right and that blocks off the shoulder so they cant move freely and makes for a choppier stride. and ur horse can get a sore mouth.

if u sponge the reins(squeeze left then squeeze right and so on) u get about the same result. but its a lot nicer on the mouth. u can to sponging lightly or on a tighter rein. but seesawing makes the horses head move side to side. but seeing as its the horse world 2 things can mean the same thing

BBJ

[Quiggles]

Try doing a small circle before the jump.

[shojumpinchick]

i am "sponging" i ddint know wat it was called kriss calls it see sawing srry for the confusion!

[bay_blnd jmpr07]

its ok. seesawing (in my area any way) is when u take the left rein pull back and then the right rein and pull back and u keep doing that. and then sponging is when u just squeeze the reins one at a time.

BBJ

[budgirl]

yeah i have tried "sponging" it works on dakota and patty but not shilo.

[equineluver14]

My trainer called "sponging" seesawing too! Actually until today I had never even heard the word sponging.