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and she's having a little trouble getting her not to be scared she's been doing barrel racing for about 1.5 years

2007-01-12 06:36:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets Other - Pets

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i would suggest gridwork...start with small crossrails, simple lines. the WORST thing u can do is overface ur horse in the beginning. start small and make sure u have ground rails as reference for her. as another person said, u need to get her on her backend.

barrel racing is such a 'forward' style and in the hunter OR jumper ring, you need to collect ur horse and move their balance from their shoulders to their haunches.

also, i would suggest starting with colored poles. white is often the most difficult and overfacing color. use red and white or something along those lines.

one more thing, i would ALWAYS use poles in between standards. NEVER simply jump the boxes or flowers or hay bales that you have between the standards because any horse could easily spook or for some reason not jump correctly and hit this object...they dont move, poles do and will injure your horse a lot less. good luck with everything!! Hope this helps.

P.S. as far as gettin your horse on her hindend, YOU need to sit in your seat as well. barrel racing and jumping put a rider in two entirely different positions...find your center of balance with the horse and SIT when approaching a jump. NEVER catch a horse in her mouth over a jump! this will completely destroy a horse's perception of what jumping is.

2007-01-12 06:53:00 · answer #1 · answered by Love my Family <3 4 · 1 0

u should really start her out slow.try 2 foot jumps or even poles on the ground.u have to teech her jumping isn't bad.Give her praise and treats after u jump. she'll learn then get maybe 6 inches heigher every 2 weeks till u get to your wanted height.

2007-01-13 11:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by powerraceygirl 2 · 0 0

Shee needs to start on low jumps and slowly increase to higher jumping.

2007-01-12 17:10:38 · answer #3 · answered by Veneta T 5 · 0 0

She's used to speed. You need to get her collected down, soft on the bit, and using her hindquarters. Start with lower jumps, you need to get her confidence up. Good luck : )

2007-01-12 14:42:43 · answer #4 · answered by Horsetrainer89 4 · 1 0

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