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