Groton House2 2008 Intermediate Cross Country HORSE JUMPING

Emily Daigneault and Misty Vale Baca over the intermediate course at Groton House, Ipswich Massachusetts, June 2008. Coverage provided by RNSVideomedia.com

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[horsesrmylife78]

I'm not used to seeing Morgans doing cross country, but this horse looks JUST like the Morgans at my riding barn. Can anyone tell me if Morgans are common in these riding sports? I'm new to this and have a ton of questions! :)

[RNSvideo]

@horsesrmylife78 Morgans are wonderful horses but just like anything else the individual horse has to have the personality for what you might be planning for them - there's no reason not to find out! But do remember you might find out that he/she is better suited to something else - :)

[Mgmt49]

@horsesrmylife78 I love morgans! And my cross country horse is a twh x and she does great! So go and do it with morgans :) All the ones I've ridden have been super athletic and fun.

[SkyCabin6]

@poniesforever2

Any kind of sporthorse is great... I ride a TBxTrakehner right now, but my best friend (who is pretty short) has a sport pony, I have a friend who uses her Appendix, another friend with a Paint. It depends on how high you're going to go, what temperment you want, and really just the individual horse. :) But if you can find the right one, Arabs (and Half-Arabs) are great for XC. My old one loved it, and he was amazing.

[Speckledwing]

This horse and person have great posture... I love everything she did with the horse... I also love how she kept her heels down...the horse is beautiful and is really really good!!! :)

[milbiano]

thhat horse looks fine how it is so why the short reins, spurs and whips animal abuse is the unnesasary suffering of an animal all of that is unnasasary

[hannahmottt]

@AbbieLovesCandy98 your knowledge on martingales must be poor then, only a standing martingale would prevent a horse stretching his neck, the rider is using a running martingale, and is called that as the reins run through the martingale. i dont think i have ever seen anyone go xc this level without a running martingale :)

[AbbieLovesCandy98]

really shouldn't use maringales in cross country should let the horse stretch over the jump :) x

[issyroxfox]

i love crosscountry but not as much as i used to beacause in town at coonabarabran a horse was struggling and he slipped and rolled down the hill and the rider told them not to shoot him and then the horse got back up b and he was perfectly fine but he fell down again and had a heart attack and died it was really sad

[EmmaLovesNikki]

Well he IS wearing a martingale so he probably holds his head high anyway, as long as she lets him strech going over the jumps he should be okay. He's an awesome looking horse :)

[poniesforever2]

thinking about getting a cross country horse... any breed suggestions????

[HorseIceskatingBlog]

The rider is way to high on the horses neck which if he/she was not in the correct jumping position the horse and rider would be hurt over a unsuccessful jump.