Island Life Magazine Ltd April/May 2012 | Page 126
EQUESTRIAN
Equine trainer
Robert Booth BHSI
Rodgebrook Horses
Tel: 01983 521870
rodgebrookhorses.co.uk
Keep it simple
When a horse rushes a fence someone
too close to the jump and very soon the horse
between two jumps at a distance to regulate
will usually advise a stronger bit, tighter
gets scared or fed up of getting it wrong and
the canter and bring the horse to the correct
martingale or some other form of mechanical
that will eventually lead to refusing.
take off point. This will also help the rider feel
restraint. But if we stop to consider why the
depending on the degree of the problem
the answer.
and the skill of the rider. But the easier and
If you imagine running up to a small jump
the correct rhythm required to make a good
jump.
These are just a couple of exercises to help,
smoother the jumping experience is for the
but as with everything with horses it’s not
on foot in a slow run, you would look at it,
horse, the happier and more rela