Any tips on going to a jumping show with your horse?
21.February, 2009
Next weekend I’m going to my first show with my new horse. And i don’t know what bring! Is there any easy ways to remember the course? Help please.And no silly answers please Thanks!
Take all the stuff you need for your horse. Saddle, bridle, girth, brushes, your helmet, hoof pick, fly spray, tail brush, conditioner to spray in tail. If you’re leaving your horse in the stall, you should take your own pitchfork to clean the stall. Your own buckets and stuff. Feed. Your show clothes, a cloth to wipe off your boots. Anything that you use for your horse needs to go with you.
Remembering the course isn’t that hard actually. When you’re out there riding, you sort of instinctually know where to go because of the way the jumps are arranged… the way they’re facing. Just look at the chart when they post it, then stand at the ring until you’ve memorized where to go. Then you can watch other people riding the course to get an idea of what you want to do when you ride… think about if you would have turned there or gone straight longer and whether you’ll try to get the line in 5 or keep it a 6. Sometimes you can ride in the arena in the morning before the show starts. You probably won’t know the course yet, but if you ride there, think about the possible combinations that they could make for the course.
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21.February, 2009 um 3:04 pm
Take all the stuff you need for your horse. Saddle, bridle, girth, brushes, your helmet, hoof pick, fly spray, tail brush, conditioner to spray in tail. If you’re leaving your horse in the stall, you should take your own pitchfork to clean the stall. Your own buckets and stuff. Feed. Your show clothes, a cloth to wipe off your boots. Anything that you use for your horse needs to go with you.
Remembering the course isn’t that hard actually. When you’re out there riding, you sort of instinctually know where to go because of the way the jumps are arranged… the way they’re facing. Just look at the chart when they post it, then stand at the ring until you’ve memorized where to go. Then you can watch other people riding the course to get an idea of what you want to do when you ride… think about if you would have turned there or gone straight longer and whether you’ll try to get the line in 5 or keep it a 6. Sometimes you can ride in the arena in the morning before the show starts. You probably won’t know the course yet, but if you ride there, think about the possible combinations that they could make for the course.
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21.February, 2009 um 3:28 pm
ya man……………..i totally agree with you….just know that im here for you…always……..
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