I've had barely any jumping experience and today I had a different riding instructor and she took us over to the jumping arena where we got to trot over these small jumps. We got to do two different courses. It was so much fun. I did so well, while the others had done it before and i've never done such big jumps(they weren't big, but jumping over them felt like they were huge). I was on a pony named Melody who kept over-jumping them. It was fun, I nearly fell off twice, once when she clipped the pole with her back leg and tripped over and the other when she double-over jumped it and I wasn't ready.
Here's a pic of the tiny jumps that felt like huge. They looked quite like this photo I found on google.
I am so happy and god I wish I was still at the riding club right now jumping them.
My parents are trying to get me to shut up still lol.
I really, really want to go again. But I probaly wont get to jump until next holidays as the riding instructor has to leave until then.
It's great!
Thank god I've got good balance. The bareback riding we've been doing the last few weeks is paying off :P
Gosh I love jumping so much better than dressage!
haha, well, jumping is dressage. with speed bumps.
I know, isn't it amazing what bareback can do!? I did a little bareback riding this summer.. my balance is like 100x better
Bareback is amazing for balance
True, but apparently I shouldn't have been able to jump those jumps today, coz apparently I can barely control the horse, let alone get it over the jumps -points to dressage post- I think it's getting a little vicious..
its ok. I learned to jump little stuff when I was just starting to canter. don't let them in the dressage post get ya down. I read it and it's getting out of hand over there. just be proud of yourself!
Don't listen. I've been told the same thing. I have a few horses that I cannot control well at times- most of the time because I am not thinking, I'm panicking, or I'm just not trying hard enough- and we jump anyhow. I have never actually delt with a jumping problem with any of these horses.
Im like you in the sence that Ill take jumping over dressage anyday! Dont let the others get you down, so what you had 1 bad ride, they are lying if they havent had a day like that. People think that it is just absolutly horrible that I learnt to jump small jumps before cantering, but Im not any worse of a rider for it. You just keep doing what you have the most fun with! By the way the hight you were jumping looks like about 18 inches... Im not for sure though.
Thankyou guys. Yeah, it wasn't very high, but it was a high enough bounce. Escpecially when Melody overjumped it ^^
I will defiently do dressage again, but I will always like jumping better. I've been learning to canter for about a month now, so I'm not very good at cantering either lol.Still trying to get the rythm...
Lol I would hate to get lazy and bad posture while riding. But then again, maybe my back would arch just a little more and would look much more natural -points to avatar <<< That's my scary straight posture.
I'm glad you had so much fun!
I definitely do not enjoy dressage as much as jumping. (I haven't done THAT much dressage work.. hehe I am bad!)
I miss jumping. I can't wait until I can pop Rain over some jumps.
I've switched barns/horses/instructors... so I have not jumped in a while and my lease horse has never taken anyone over a jump in her life...
But I have been trotting her over them in hand each day.... and she never refuses.. she seems to enjoy them. And she gets quite excited about trot poles, haha! I think she will do well when I do decide to jump on her.
Just thought I'd point out. Jumping a horse that's hard to control is fun... until you flip over the fence and have the horse land on you. Happened to me last winter and really opened my eyes to what I needed to fix about my riding.
Glad you had fun.
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