hunter over fences

While jumping a course the pony I ride gets really quick and has short, choppy strides. I try half-halts but he just doesn't listen. I also try sitting back and relaxing to try and get him to relax, it works for a few strides usually but then he just starts getting quick again. I'm going to a...

Hi Guys!!! Here is my 6 year old APHA mare, Jazz or Ultimate Showoff. I've had her since she was 2 with 45 days on her. Recently I have started wanting to get into jumping and start showing the Hunter Over Fences at the APHA shows and maybe start going to some local hunter shows. I've been...

I am about to do my first show in the end of June - it's an Up and Over, although I really don't know what that means. I have schooled at one show before but that's the end of my horse show experience. I will be doing the hunter/jumper (2'6") on a (thoroughbred) school horse, and I am not at all...

I'm planning on taking my trainer's pony, Bandit, to a Hunter Derby. I will likely be entering the Hunter Over Fences at 2', and a Hunter Handy. My current plans to help him turn into a Show Hunter is to teach him to get into a better frame. Currently his holds his head high and often enough he...

Hello :) This is my 14.1hh Arabian, Diamond, and my 16.3hh TB, Cowboy! I do Eventing with Diamond, and Hunters with Cowboy. I am asking you to judge them both. The video shows Diamond jumping a small crossrail (18"), then a 2'9" vertical first. I am asking you to critique both of us, but...