Spot Me Some Color - ApHC Yearling Jumping Free

Spotless is the son of an Appy mare by Etch To Impress and a Thoroughbred stallion by Wise Times. He is a yearling this summer (2008) and loves to play in his paddock jumping over his feed tub. I turned him out to play in the arena and he went straight for the jumps! I put the bar on the base of the standards so it was about 4 inches off the ground. We cracked a lunge whip to get him moving and he jumped them both twice before I got the video camera on. Eventually I put one end of each jump pole in the first jump cup and he jumped that too.Spotless (who actually HAS a spot) is intended to be my Dressage horse, but he seems to have other ideas. I'm hoping he will become as passionate about Dressage as he is now about jumping.NOTE: Do NOT put your young horse over frequent or high jumps. Allowing them to play over small jumps once in a while will help strengthen joints and bones, but over doing it will cause damage that will drastically reduce the horse's useful life. I believe a horse should not be ridden over jumps that require an actual jump, and not a trot over, until the horse is 4 yrs old. Please use common sense when training your baby and riding your young horse and you will have a companion that is still sound and rideable at 30 yrs old.

Channel: Pets & Animals
Uploaded: January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am
Author: spotmesomecolor

Length: 31:36
Rating: N/A
Views: 166

Tags: Appaloosa  free  jumping  thoroughbred  yearling  

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