“Ten Tips For Retraining The Horse Who Stops and/or Runs Out Of Jumps”
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“Ten Tips For Retraining The Horse Who Stops and/or Runs Out Of Jumps”
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“Ten Tips For Retraining The Horse Who Stops and/or Runs Out Of Jumps”
1/. The more often these horses are able to practice refusing, or running out (escaping), the more likely it will occur.
2/. What we do about these situations at the time of the event, will largely determine whether the horse is more likely or less likely to do it. (It is reversible).
3/. The profit for the horse is the removal of pressure and all escape from the intended direction of the rider, at the time of the event.
4/. Punishing the horse in front of the jump, increases the flight response dramatically and as a consequence the horse may negotiate the obstacle but it is now jumping with so much fear in flight it becomes much harder to control.
We need to re-train the horse as punishment (i.e. standing the horse in front of a jump and Whipping it)
Is not ethical, nor does it produce a training outcome, as mentioned before produces only a higher flight response.
5/. For running out, (left or right) as soon as safely as possible the horse should be turned in the opposite direction to the run out. Therefore if you are past the jump and a horse runs out left, you will be turning right and re-approaching the jump of the right rein NOT The left rein. The profit for the horse here, is the removal of the jump from its vision.
So the quicker you can re- present the horse to the fence, The less profitable it will be.
It has to be stipulated at this point, that what we do in training to address these issues, is not the same as what we do in competition.
In short, the less time and distance your horse is given before representing, the less profitable it will be for him/her.
6/. Ideally in this situation, if the horse is unable to get past the fence, and the pressure is kept constant through the application of single aids, then should be thoroughly rewarded with the lack of pressure once it jumps over the fence. These techniques require a high level of skill and athletic mobility from the rider.
7/. Refusals are generally much easier to cope with, and a best retrained in the showjumping situation, as you can change the height and dimensions of the fence to suit the task.
Put simply, if the horse refuses you should have already have trained a very good reverse button (using your reins only) and rewarding every reverse step with a softening of the reins . Once for Horse links of reverse in a straight line from the centre of the fence has been achieved, application of the leg aid quite vigourously, in conjunction with somebody maybe lowering the fence a little, should commit your horse to jump. If this is not achieved repeat the process and by at least the third time the horse will jump the fence. The key component here is not releasing the pressure until the horse has jumped.
8/. This is a reminder to try and replicate cross country refusals using show jumps as a beginning, as fixed obstacles in retraining is a dangerous place to begin.Mimic location, materials and circumstances, but using show jump equipment , dazzle boards etc.
9/. The key component here is when the horse is in self carriage of line and tempo, and only a lot calf aid is required at the base of the jump, you are ready to start to transfer this new habit in a cross country context.
10/. Most of the undesirable jumping habits of the horse, are usually caused by disjointed, haphazard and not progressive jumping training.
Providing your horse with very rideable flat skills and Showjumping skills means that really did these traits get to surface
Points to remember…
-The aids that you train on the flat, should be just as available in jumping mode
⁃ Be very careful cross country training, as the context has a high degree of variation, therefore much more likely to scare your horse, or he or you make a mistake.
⁃ In jumping try to start small and wide rather than go higher
⁃ train your horse at the beginning to become an all-terrain vehicle at walk and trot, insuring traction and circumstances don’t scare him
⁃ Train lots of trotting in and over obstacles
⁃ If he does have a refusal or a run out, act carefully and precisely about what you should do, (getting emotional is unhelpful).
⁃ Once they have become more reliable, then we can apply “under riding techniques”
⁃ be prepared, so that if a situation does occur, it doesn’t require thought, it’s just cool calm calculated reactions
– The calmest and most predictable horses, are the best trained ones!
Time Stamp
02:37 – 1/. The more often these horses are able to practice refusing, or running out (escaping), the more likely it will occur.
03:58 – 2/. What we do about these situations at the time of the event, will largely determine whether the horse is more likely or less likely to do it. (It is reversible).
04:38 – 3/. The profit for the horse is the removal of pressure and all escape from the intended direction of the rider, at the time of the event.
05:55 – 4/. Punishing the horse in front of the jump, increases the flight response dramatically
10:04 – 5/. For running out, (left or right) as soon as safely as possible the horse should be turned in the opposite direction to the run out.
15:57 – 6/. Ideally in this situation, if the horse is unable to get past the fence, and the pressure ..
19:44 – 7/. Refusals are generally much easier to cope with, and a best retrained in the showjumping situation, as you can change the height and dimensions of the fence to suit the task.
20:16 – 8/. This is a reminder to try and replicate cross country refusals using show jumps as a beginning, as fixed obstacles in retraining is a dangerous place to begin.
23:38 – 9/. The key component here is when the horse is in self-carriage of line and tempo, and only a lot calf aid is required at the base of the jump, you are ready to start to transfer this new habit in a cross country context.
25:20 – 10/. Most of the undesirable jumping habits of the horse, are usually caused by disjointed, haphazard and not progressive jumping training.
27:48 – Points to remember…
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