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Post by K on Jan 10, 2006 15:24:07 GMT 2
What is the right age for a horse to start jumping competetively???
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Post by Cin on Jan 10, 2006 15:31:58 GMT 2
Interesting question, I would also like to know....
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Post by K on Jan 11, 2006 15:43:33 GMT 2
HALLLLLOOOOOO!!!
Any one out there?!?!
This is very interessting!!...When another girl posted that her 3 y/o was jumping so wonderfully...she got flogged!!
Now I ask what is the right age to start jumping and in two days haven't had one
response!!
What's up??
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Post by d on Jan 11, 2006 15:50:29 GMT 2
*slinks up behind K*
BOOOOOOO
Hallo china bean
um, well, Musc was 4 1/2 when we started jumping him leetle baby jumps and did his first graded about a year later.
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Post by Buffy on Jan 11, 2006 16:02:42 GMT 2
Only saw this post now. If it is my choice I dont back the horse until 4, the earliest. But my horses do loose jump, lunge, loose lunge and go for walks in hand from 3 up. I dont jump big or complicated, just something to get the blood pumping. Under saddle I would start at just under 5 and then take it from there. All my horses jump as part of their flat work schooling so it is a progressive thing. This isnt very accurate, I know but about the best I can do without knowing the horse.
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Post by d on Jan 11, 2006 16:08:16 GMT 2
I agree with loose jumping a young horse - there is no interference from your rider that way.
K... get your flat work under her belt before you do anything hectic on her.
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Post by Pixie on Jan 11, 2006 16:12:49 GMT 2
I started jumping Aniken over baby jumps when he was 4 1/2, he went to his first training show when he was 5.
I agree with D, get the flatwork down pat first, and then you can start jumping.
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Post by ><PiBbLe$>< on Jan 11, 2006 18:02:29 GMT 2
i think they should be about 4 1/2 -5 years old to start jumping competitevly in teeny weeny training shows!
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Post by Salinero on Jan 11, 2006 20:14:44 GMT 2
After the flatwork basics foundation has been layed properly (after backing, it should take a year, so if you back early - 3 - don't start jumping before 4) and I would include TBs off the track here ... then you can start jumping. I would start with lunging and loose jumping first and doing some cavalletti training ridden before starting any jumping with a rider on board.
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Post by K on Jan 12, 2006 12:13:44 GMT 2
WOW...ok thanks guys that is great news!!
The horse in question will be 4 in March.....so it's all good.
I'm in no real hurry with her because I don't want to stuff her up.
You'll have to watch your backs when we start competing....WE're GONNA KICK A$$!!!
Hiehiehiehie
Thanks 4 the help!!
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Post by Gremlin on Jan 13, 2006 8:36:06 GMT 2
I think it all depends on the horse and the breed as well.
I used to get horses off the track at the age of around 4 / 5 and then you obviously have to work on your schooling for quite a while before they are balanced enough to start jumping etc and then as Salinero said, I did cavaletti work and then found the best was lots of logs etc. on outrides.
I had one horse that I didnt start jumping until he was 6 because he was so unbalanced & was all legs. I tried to start jumping but then stopped because he would have hurt himself quite badly. Suppose its a maturity thing as well as bone structure.
Ive started jumping my friends little Boerperd and she her Fresian cross and we do every log on our outrides. We recently started jumping them in the arena but just little crosses & one or two uprights but never on a downhill and then a combination but with three strides in between.....anything closer, I feel, is too much for them to handle now
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Post by Becks on Jul 21, 2006 16:15:38 GMT 2
The strange thing is that when you watch jumping ont the european circuit some horses are about 7, and it isn't that uncommon! So I wonder when they start them...? But still, I'll stick to letting a baby grow up before they jump competitively - my young horse didn't start competing properly before he was 6 and it's helped him mature so much.
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