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I took a little visit to jumper land...

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#1 ·
The result!



This was my second jumping lesson in almost 4 years and probably Rowan's 10th time over fences.
Pretty good for a dressage rider?? :P
 
#2 ·
TEHEHEHEHE he is too adorable- that canter looks divine..... and when he landed on the wrong lead and changed like "sorry mum, my bad" i love him!!!!


anyway


you guys look great considering the amount of work, try a bit more impulsion tho, he looked like he just loped in and over it... to me he looks like the kind of horse that has to be pushed into and over a fence, not that thats a bad thing, christ, i'd prefer it over a horse that drags you over....

what level dressage is he working atm?


sorry for all the q's i just really love him! hahaha your one lucky girl
 
#3 ·
That was our impulsive canter lol! He can get really strong to the fences (last week he was bouncing two one strides in a row) so we tried to back him off last week. He was really taking me to the base of the fence here. Don't let the tempo fool you - that arena is almost 250ft long. He did about 200ft of it in 16 strides, that's just over a 12 foot stride.
I will also admit that I don't have a lot of leg! I'm used to having more surface area of my leg on the horse so with just my calf there I don't have a lot of power.
He's doing third level dressage and that fence is 2'0 or 60cm.

Thanks!
 
#4 ·
Anabel - I have to say

THAT IS HOW A JUMPER IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK!!!

Oh my gosh, I want to pull my hair out when I watch people ride today, riders who have 0 - little amount of Dressage under their belts, and they think they look good and are doing good.

It is very refreshing to see a horse jump, how they are supposed to do the job. Light, rounded, soft, on their hind ends, soft and smooth.

Why, WHY can't people see how important dressage is, to be successful at jumping? For the horses sake!

I go to my barn that is a Hunter/Jumper barn, very large and very involved with the LMHJA, and not 1 horse looks like that - because - they don't do dressage.
All they do, is get on, do some "flatwork" incorrectly *horses never lift backs, round, soften, track up and riders have no clue how to use their bodies because all they do is ride on their crotches with upper bodies forward* and then jump, jump, jump and ..oh yeah, that's right - jump some more.

They ride with gadgets on, German Martingales, Standing Martingales and blah blah blah.

I would LOVE the Eventers and Jumpers on this forum - to watch this video and learn!

You both look fabulous, and you are living proof of how important dressage is for jumping. Afterall - jumping is dressage with speed bumps.

If GP Jumpers spend 5-6 days a week doing dressage because of this very reason - then so should we!
 
#19 ·
Totally agree with MIE here. Your posistion is excellent, I can't believe you haven't jumped in four years but then again because you put so much hard work into your dressage you still have an excellent jumping posistion. I love your horses canter and he is stunning! If all of us rode the way you did we wouldn't need the forum, apart from to boast about how wonderful we all are. So overall excellent job and you two are going to be wonderful jumpers together, perfect team.
 
#6 ·
I'm jealous. Your horse looks very forward, very smooth and like a very nice ride. And you have better position than me over jumps and I'm a trained hunter/jumper rider! So yeah, I'm jealous.

I might have to follow MIE and take more dressage lessons now... :D
 
#9 ·
For A dressage rider thats good if the flat work is good with the horse then jumping comes easy to them!
Jessica Kurtèn took a whole year out to practice flateork and never even touched an xpole! in a year and then went out and won the world cup!
you cant have a good jumper without having a good dressage horse first!
 
#23 ·
That was wonderful! I also watched your Jan 11 video on youtube as this video wasn't playing on the forum for me.. Your position is superb! I see a lot of good dressage riders who ride effectively and can sit the trot effectively but their upper body is never quite that tidy. A tidy upper body is always a pleasure to see and the icing on the cake for such a lovely pair. I'm kinda hoping Rowen just has a very easy to sit trot so I don't feel as sloppy. :eek:)
 
#24 ·
Sorry to burst your bubble, lol. His trot is like riding a jackhammer and whilst sitting it I have sweat in places and amounts I was unaware were humanly possible.
I can literally sit on any horse now though!

Thanks!
 
#27 ·
Love his canter! I am hoping to start jumping soon (I wanted to a long time ago) but my mare (and OTTB) forced me into riding dressage for 3 years. I dont regret it at all! In my opinion, every jumping horse/rider should have lots of dressage experience!
 
#28 ·
WOW! You two are AMAZING together!

One thing I never get, is when people are always complaining about how "boring" dressage is, but in actual fact, dressage is the base of show jumping. Without it, you can't expect much.

I must admit, when I first started riding, I used to think how boring it was to watch people doing dressage, but it is actually quite nice once you get into it, and you can get alot of pleasure from it.

Well done again! If you ever do decide to take the path down jumping avenue, you would never go wrong. :wink:
 
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