A few of us got together this morning to practice jumping with our horses. The horses are starting to get into it. Even Cody, who never met a jump he liked, was clearing 30 inch jumps. Apache and Regent, who tend to rush the jumps, were doing pretty well when we were letting them do their thing. The only way you can get safely over a jump of 2 feet or more is to trust your mount. That is you have suppress the fear that your horse will refuse the jump and send you flying over the obstacle by yourself. This requires a level of mutual trust that you won't see matched between any other combination of man and beast. If you trust your mount enough to commit to the jump and let your horse do his thing, you will sail effortlessly over the obstacle and leave you still in balance for the next jump. If you freeze up and get behind the saddle, you will strangle your horse, making him apprehensive of the next obstacle. Then you both lose the trust you need to succeed.
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