Hi I'm katie so glade you joined the group. so what kind of english do you do? pleasure jumping cross country dressage

he's 15.3 hands. and he is a sweetheart. thanks! I just got tired of showing because I didn't own my own horse, so I was always given the tough lesson horse, and i looked like a fool in the shows because i only rode once a week, and pretty much was a second class citizen to my barn. so i got put in the easy classes, that i still never ribboned in, and i just didnt like being compared on some old sour lesson horse compared to some kid on a well trained horse. it got really old

I know how you feel i was at that point once to but now you have your own horse and everything will get better.

yea that happend to me. i didn't have my own horse. but i was stuck on the phyco ponies that couldn't walk straight. and also the hunter shows start to bug me. now i swiched to eventing.

I started to do eventing but had to stop when i came to college I 'm hoping to get back into it over the summer when I come home. I love it and my horse does to, I think you will like it, it is alot of fun and your horse will like it if he or she likes water. That is the only problem I have is that my horse likes water to much so when we get to a spot with water he tries to stop and roll its kinda funny but we are getting better.

hey guys this is hrcules, he is a yearling and hopfully my next jumper. i dont know though it all depends on ho big he gets, he is supposed to at least gewt 16.0 cause his daddy was 17.1. What do you guys think

he is soooooo cute. he looks like he would be a good jumper. :P

Thanks I hope so, thats what i bred him for and plus his daddy jumped a good 5ft. So it looks like you jump what kinda horse do you have.

If you are having a problem picking them up practise going in circles on the wrong lead and then the right lead so that you can learn to feel the difference between them and you will eventually learn to feel the right one without looking to see if its wrong or not. Also remember that when on the rail the right lead is always the leg leading on the inside not the outside.

Thank you! I'll try that next time I ride. I feel the correct lead going one way, but for some reason I have a hard time going the opposite direction, and cantering is another story. Practice, practice practice. Eventually I should get it! Sometimes I think too much instead of just feel.

Yea I understand, I had a lot of trouble getting my diagnials when I was first learning t ride english, but you will eventualy get it down just dont give up even when it becomes frustrating.

I'd say start in circles. work on getting your horse on the bit, supple and listening, then when asking for the canter, stay on the circle, to ensure the correct foot goes forward.

Thanks Guys, as soon as the snow melts enough to find the corral, I'll be at it again!