controlling the speed

Jumping a course of cavalettis with a definite number of strides

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A fun exercise that will challenge your ability to control the track as well as the speed during a course. It is about getting the correct number of strides on a track with successive loops. The exercise is not as easy as it seems as the rider has to be aware of the horse’s speed while directing his shoulders as if he would be on a train track. The set-up of the exercise doesn’t challenge the integrity of the horse’s body, therefore the rider can repeat the exercise multiple times, looking to perfect it as she goes. At the end, it would be ideal to practise the exercise successfully with light aids, meaning with very little hand and leg actions.
This is a really educational exercise for both the horse and the rider who has to anticipate and plan for each part of the course. So, it provides a real mental and physical preparation to competitions free of risk for the horse and the rider.

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Marine practices the exercise with Vivaldi, a 10 year old Stallion owned by the Haras de Hus.The first few trials have revealed that it is crucial to stay in the “position of the middle”, meaning being perfectly centred in the saddle to stay on the track and jump in the centre of the fences. The benefits of the position of the middle is to be ready for everything: to go jump or to stop or to slow down or to speed up….Too often riders are riding only in one position which is the “Position to Jump”. It leads most often to some problems in controlling the horse during the entire course. The first few fences are usually well executed but little by little the horse takes over as he becomes stronger and increases the length of jumps as he goes. This exercise Michel is showing here, is an excellent way to learn how fix this kind of issues staying calm and in good spirit.

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Connection with your horse

controlling the length of stride

length of stride at a canter

controlling the speed

controlling the number of strides

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What should one do when the horse rushes the fences?

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Set loose, a horse rarely rushes a fence of its own free will. On the contrary, it would rather go around it or stop. If it does jump it, will maintain the same cadence, or prudently slow down.

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approaching fences

jumping exercises

in control over fences

controlling the speed

calmness

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Set loose, a horse rarely rushes a fence of its own free will. On the contrary, it would rather go around it or stop. If it does jump it, will maintain the same cadence, or prudently slow down.

It is riders who teach horses to rush at fences –either through bad use of the long whip when the horse is unmounted or lunged, or because the rider has taught it to do this by cantering faster when approaching a fence.

Basically, each jump has its own canter. It is in your best interest to use this canter well before the approach and maintain it up to the take-off spot and after landing.

When a horse tends to charge its fences, I ask the rider to do the opposite of whatever he fears. « If you are afraid the horse will take off with you in front of the fence, come towards the jump at a fast canter from quite far off and slow down for the last few strides, as if you were going to jump at a standstill. « One very soon observes that the rider does not exaggerate and maintains an average speed throughout his approach.

The same happens if one places a small fence on the track followed by an enormous upright seven strides away; everyone will be calm and fully in control over the first fence.

It is the rider’s imagination that will allow for a calm and concentrated attitude and therefore he will also control the horse.

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Training tips for horses who rush the fences

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Michel offers an effective solution to control horses who rush the fences. This gradual approach will solve the problem in a calmly manner and will enable the horse to enjoy jumping again by making him break down his movements.

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Intermédiaire

Goal:

Michel offers in this video an effective solution to control horses who rush the fences. Above all, we must de-program the bad habits of these horses who are trying to get over fences too quickly and end up botching the jump.

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As it is often the case, the rider’s position and mind-set are the root of the problem: fear of jumping, incorrect or disorganised use of aids, lack of strictness in keeping the horse at the same definite speed…..All these influences will increase the problem when it will come to jump a course during a show.

Charlotte rides a nervous horse who has a tendency to rush while approaching fences and get over them quickly. When a horse rushes the fences, his jumping trajectory is modified which is a factor of faults or even stops for some horses.

Michel offers, here, a very gradual approach to solving this kind of issue in a calmly manner which will enable the horse to enjoy jumping again by breaking down his movements.

The exercise begins with some work over ground poles at a walk, then a trot, and at a canter. Next, the rider will go over few cavalettis and some fences at the 3 gaits. In the end, Titus succeeds in jumping a good size vertical breaking down his movements without rushing the fence when approaching it or upon landing. This is the result of focusing on the fence with calm and serenity.

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in control over fences

controlling the speed

calmness

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