Jumping exercises for you to do with your horse?

Answer 1

you can play lots of games with horses

you can play follow the leader

you can play food crow (this game i made up i will tell you the rules at the end)

you can play chase the carrot (this game i made upi will explain the rules at the end)

food crow

you will need the following:

stick

treats/apples/carrots etc.....

RULES

take your stick and treats/apples/carrots and stick them on so they won't fall off then once you did that than run around to get you horses attenction then run around your bale and your horses should start following you then once they start chasing you then start puting the stick on the bale and then get up on the bale see what you horses do

chase the carrot

throw a carrot and challange your horses

Some more games:

Ride-a-buck:

You sit on a dollar bill, and try your hardest to not let it fly away. There are other people involved, and you ride at a walk, jog, and lope, eventually doing rollbacks and circles, and backing up. This game is fun!

Follow the leader:

Let your horse out in an enclosed area. Make sure there are no obstacles the first time. Have treats ready, and walk around the arena. A lot of times, horses will follow you if there isn't already munchies on the ground. When your horse follows you a few steps, reward him/her with a treat! Eventually you'll be able to walk around for ages with him following. Also, you can add some poles or jumps for your horse.

Fill the bucket:

Get a couple friends, and at least one barrel. Mount your horse, and have someone hand you a cup of water. Have the bucket set up on the barrel, and the barrel at the end of your arena/pasture. Ride out starting at a walk, then jog, then lope, trying to fill up the bucket as you go around it.

Find a Boot:

Have your friends and you all take off one boot. Pile the boots in a pile at the end of the arena. Have someone waiting next to the pile to grab your reins. Ride out to the pile (one-booted), hop off, hand your reins to person, find your boot, and ride back!

Answer 2

For a horse that hasn't jumped very high, do some cavaletti (jumps about 10cm (4 inches) tall) at a trot. then work on canter. leave enough space ebtween the jumps so if your horse jumps rather than steps over them, he won't crash into the next one. For a horse that has jumped 50cm - 1 metre, work him at about 50cm, then put the poles RIGHT down or put them on the ground and work on triple bounces (three jumps with one stride in between each one) and jumps that need a long jump like oxers or water jumps. For horses that jump over 1 metre, work on your style and speed. Make sure you horse's canter is a consistant 1-2-3-1-2-3 that you can set a clock to.

Answer 3

gymkana jumping hacking fun/sponsored ride

Answer 4

gymkana hunting jumping cross country fun/sponsored rides

Answer 5

Eat, sleep, walk, canter, trot, gallop etc. etc.