The pony that doesn't jump...

We bought this pony as "the pony that is not a natural and confident jumper, and therefore not really a jumping pony." Basically we bought him as "the pony that doesn't jump" as when we first got him, jumping him was a nightmare.
I wanted to get rid of him on several occassions, get a more experienced jumping pony to teach me more, and take me further, but I always knew there was something special about him.

He's gone from the pony that would not jump a 6inch double, to the pony that is flying 3ft! I can not explain how proud of him I am - words just aren't enough. And what's better - whilst he has been improving, so have I! He has taught me far more by being akward at times, he's taught me how to sit better to refusals, how to sit better to cat leaps, and most importantly how to perservere.

I was told the other day that this pony could go far because of the shape he makes, and the scope he has, but he needs a lot more work still - hopefully though, with a whole summer ahead of us, we can achieve so much more.

A massive thank you to all my amazing subscribers, all your lovely comments have kept me going with him, and who knows where we would be otherwise.

And an even bigger thank you to my mum - she has had to put up with the tears, frustration and anger, and without her, me and fly would definately not be where we are, in fact we would not still be together as a partnership. So thank you veryy much mum! =)

Anyway, the idea of this video was to show how far Fly has come, but also to give other youtubers with similar problems some hope. If you have a pony that doesn't jump, don't give up, you'll make it in the end - honestly =)
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[2020Horsemanship]

Good for you both! You should be as proud of yourself as you are of your pony. You did the right thing. You took time, and started with basics. That's really all it takes. Sadly, most people do not want to take the time it takes.

[emzieandherpony]

@2020Horsemanship Thank you so much! :) xx

[hannahhorsego]

Please please please please... I know you made this a while ago but I hope you can answer this.. How did you train him not to just run through jumps or ditch them? My pony does that.. My trainer will help me train him.. but I only get lessons every 2 weeks and its killing me that he wont jump. How exactly did you do it??:)

[emzieandherpony]

@hannahhorsego Basically, I started off with poles on the floor, and very very gradually raised them (as shown at the start of the jumping part). So basically, he learnt that actually, poles WEREN'T going to eat him, and then by only raising them ever so slightly, he also learnt that if he was to stop..he had to walk over them! Also, I did quite a bit with him on the ground, where I would run over a jump, and he would follow me over - you could maybe try that? :) Good luck and keep us posted:) x

[EmmaWilding]

It's great to see that you didn't beat him up over it and just took him back to the basics. He'd probably just lost his confidence in the first place, poor boy. I'd say you've done a fabulous job with him, well done!

[whitkit]

Congrats!! There is no better feeling than accomplishing something that you never thought possible... Especially when that something involves another living being that has his OWN ideas on what he wants (and doesn't want) to do.

Massive, amazing kudos to you! Your patience has paid off :)

[horsecrazy101able]

wow. me and my bff r 11, we've been riding since we were 2, we own behaved beautiful horses, and we jump

[xHorseCrazyGurlx]

You got him going good in the end, well done (;

[OMbrodie7]

why are some of you being so negative towards her? yes it showed her stop at two jumps, but so what? she wouldn't have made the video for nothing. That happens to me, my horse stopped at a 3rd hole cross pole and went clear, they all have there days,

[IssieAndLife]

two stops doesnt show much... if you filmed me and my old pony jumping on somedays, ill get 4 stops in the practise ring and go on to do a clear and get placed.

[liakes123]

well done

[Shakira21511]

Nice work! Ur really good!

[Natalie49715]

i dnt tink u no but tat pony is jumpin

[horseygal12345]

awwwww love this vid great riding by the way