Horse jump training

Horse jump training to tune up your related distances.

So in this horse jump training exercise, we’re going to play around with our distances a bit. Course builders don’t always give you the exact measurements you’re used to at home. So it’s always good to try to simulate what you may find in the show arena at home. So we’re just adding and taking away a pace here and there on the related distances. It’s great to train obedience and adjustability through your related distances.

By doing this type of training you shouldn’t ever get caught out by any irregular distances at shows. Not only this, but you are also training your horse to become adjustable when you need him to be. This is extremely important for a showjumper.

How to set this exercise up

Ok so the setup isn’t that complicated but because we’re playing around with the distances today the measurements aren’t 100% standard, so you just need to pay attention to those.
Jump 1, 2 and 3
So let’s start off with the line at the top long side of the arena first. So we have a vertical four long strides to an oxer followed by four short strides to a vertical. So from the first vertical to the oxer walks 21 paces and from the oxer to the second vertical walks 19 paces.
Jump 8, 9 and 10
And then next we can do the line down the bottom long side of the arena. It almost mirrors the line on the other side of the arena, but the measurements are slightly different. So the first part of the line this time, is 19 paces for four strides and the second part of the line is 21 paces for four strides.
Jump 4
Then you set up this oxer 28 paces away on a curve from the vertical at the end of the first line. For a 6 stride related distance on a curve.
Jump 6
And then you mirror this line to the other side. 28 paces away from the first vertical in the line. For a 6 stride related distance on a curve.
And that’s it, you’re all set up and ready to go.

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