Hey there, so I am currently leasing a 16.2hh Paint horse/ belgian cross. She is 8 years old, and so she is trained in dressage, I’m trained in H/J, I test rode her yesterday,a nd she was great. So me and the owner were talking, and she would like to see Cabaret jump. We need to have the vet check her over because she had a leg surgery as a yearling, and we wouldn’t jump her all that high, so how high do you think she could go?
No, I don’t want to compete her in hunters, we just want ot teach her to jump.
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At the place where I show someone showed a belgian in an 18″ cross rails class. I doubt your the horse could go very high because for a horse to jump it must lift itself off the ground and be collected while doing it. It is alot easier for a lighter horse to do this b/c there is less to lift off the ground. Since your horse is a draft cross it has alot more bulk to lift up off the ground stylishly. Your horse could probably go two foot well but I doubt she could be a serious competitor in the higher hunt classes like you said.
i rode a draft horse over 4foot fences (my level) but i’ve seen the same horse jump higher, we called him jr, the flying couch. he was so much fun to jump and he really did enjoy it, he was a pure breed belgian.(we’d have to draw numbers to see who’d get to ride him in lessons cause everyone wanted to get to ride him) good luck, they’re so fun to jump!
i think that she could jump at a decent hight, around 3 feet maybe?
Wow, she sounds lovely. I would be looking at jumping somewhere between 2ft 6″-3ft. The ideal show jumping course of around 2ft 9″. Good luck with her.
i have a belgian cross as well, and our other three horses are draft crosses too. we’ve gone over 3′6″, but she jumped a 5′ fence on her own, it really just depends how athletic the horse is. if you take it slow you could probably get up to 4′ , but the higher you go the harder the landing is on the front legs. has she ever jumped before? if not i would just trot her over some poles piled on the ground and see how she does over those. if she does fine you can test her over a low jump, preferably a cross rail, and see how she does. If she is just learning to jump i wouldn’t push her to fast. good luck.
Maybe free jumping while she gets her form down might help you decide how high to go?
I have a draft cross too, and she is repeatedly found on the other side of 4 foot fences.
She, too, had an injury as a yearling - so I think that just because they can, doesn’t necessarily mean they should (jump high, I mean).
If she does like to jump, you might find it hard to make her stop, lol.
How high the paddock/pasture fences are between her and the road is something to think about, too…
Mine are at 5′. No attempts yet (knock on wood…. :). Enjoy!
it really depends on the horses desire to jump, the form, the horses conformation. since she is crossed, she may free jump up to about 4 and clear about 3′6″. she would prob be fine at 3′ tho. since she is trained in dressage, she has good muscles and is well balanced which will help her jump
good luck!
since she has been injurd i suggust you start out with little jumps like 6″ or 1 foot. then work your way up to 3 feet and i think thats fine. no higher
Alright well it looks like you are going to have to teach this horse how to jump first. But a horse like this I immagine could probably jump up to 3 feet and maybe over with the right training and technique.
First I would recommend simply laying poles on the ground to teach the horse what they are and that you are supposed to go over them. This will teach your horse to lift its feet.
Make your horse walk over the poles, move the poles closer together and make your horse trot over them, then move the poles a little bit farther apart and make the horse lope over them. Then take a cross jump ( where two poles cross \ / it loooks kinda like that but they aren’t at that steep of an angle and the cross over each other. I’m assuming if you h/j you knokw what they are. Start on a lower setting and again make the horse just walk over them, if the setting is low enough and the horse is that tall it should be able to just walk over. Then try trotting, this is wear you will ask the horse to jump. Next try your loping. You should be able to raise the setting because if this horse is that tall and it learns how to jump correctly and does it properly it could become a very good jumper. This horse could definetely be able to jump well over 3 feet.
Hope that helps ya and Good Luck!
drafts can make brilliant jumpers. look at famous irish draft horses like cruising. there is no reason it shouldnt be able to clear a meter fence with proper training and a good rider.
hope the vet check goes will.
Well I ride a full Belgian and she jumps 4 1/2 feet at trot and canter!! No doubt u can jump her/him!!
