Tennessee walking Gaited horse jumping

My gaited horse praticing, any pointers? This is her first time jumping english
please no rude comments I only been jumping a year or so and never had lessons:)

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Pets & Animals

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• jumping
• horse
• gaited

[TheBrainLick]

actually she could be pretty good at show jumping, sdont bother with hunters though. dont keep any kind of walking horse shoes on her if shes jumping though, you'll blow her knees. dont listen to everyone else. enter show jumping, if you go fast and knock nothing you win.

[cookie20081]

@TheBrainLick I shoe my gaited horses like quarter horses more heel less toe..I use slicks or barefoot..I prefer the faster paced jumping too..thanks

[rlm3355]

Hey, I have gaited horses too, so I thought I'd jump in.

I've done jumpers for 12 years, and I have to say, this is dangerous. Having gaited horses, I know that they can jump just fine, WITH training.

She's going way, way, way too fast, the jumps are way too big- it's just dangerous. You can see that she took a weird spot on one of the jumps, then she knocked a pole down on the last. While she looks like she could be a nice jumper, she needs to start small, and she needs to learn how to

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[cookie20081]

@rlm3355 thanks for the advice..I have never had any proper training..this mare is very new to this..I will work on slowing down and lowering the jumps..when do I know to raise them? Thanks did you look at my other video of my other mare? she is a lot better

[Lordsangels03]

how is she going to fast :/ i doubt this is the first time shes ever jumped

[remedyfarm]

Also try some ground poles after the jump. One before too helps keep their focus on what's on the ground in front of them and the timing. Get away from the single jointed regular snaffle. Many gaited horses have low pallets and the bit hurts them in the roof of their mouth. Myler comfort snaffles are very good. Ottawa Canada.

[targetmylove]

@rockymntgirl215 if he is gaited he can not trot u could try teaching him to stay in gait when racking and teach him to step over his self when asking for canter hope this helps.i have been jumping qh and spotted saddle horse horses for 4 years.

[targetmylove]

very good try to tuck her head in thats were my spotted saddle horse was show jump trained for two years the trainers there are great!!!!

[rockymntgirl215]

do you have any pointers on how to get a gaited horse (that racks, hes part walker) to trot and canter. Every time i ride him he breaks in and out of his gait and its just messy. Do you have any ideas to get him into a canter and trot

[ilovesmidgee]

Okay, so it looks like your release isnt great. You seem to snap your arms back as soon as your horses front hooves hit the ground. Just wait til he/she's completly on the ground before pulling back your reins.

[rodeoeventer]

You guys are great! You are not going too fast whatsoever. make sure she stays barefoot because that keeps the gait smooth and still helps her to jump. If she has special shoes to help her gait she will get hurt jumping and she wont gait smoothly with jumping shoes on. make sure you dont liik down at the jumps, look where you want to go. And when you start her go with a little bit smaller jumps. Nothing too high but a slight challenge. keep up the good work!

[Panasonic890]

@cookie20081 I'm deciding to jump in too, because I have two TWH. I trained one to jump that doesnt dothe running walk, but he does rack. I took it VERY slow with him. Ground poles for two weeks. Putting two ground poles together to make his stride longer over them after that. THEN SMALLLL crossrails for about two or three months. Once they build up the jumping muscle, only THEN can you even think about making the jumps higher. You don't want to just ruin their gate, it can ruin their legs too.

[Optomystyc]

Start her over lower fences, and then progress to the higher ones. If you build a good foundation she could be an amazing jumper :) Also, I notice that you're using a bit that's a little too harsh for jumping, so maybe try a snaffle when you're jumping? Teaching her to yield to the bit instead of resisting it will increase your hand aids and make her lower her head, therefore letting you use more leg aid and she'll end up giving you a really nice jump.