Show jumping is one of the most common equestrian sports due to its accessibilty. It holds a bit more excitment than dressage, especially for younger and guttsier riders. But with there being show jumping compeitions of different levels all over the country, it is also really easy to get involved.
Whether you enjoy visiting your local competition venue for a clear round class or if you’re on the international circuit, show jumping is quick and easy to understand. You jump the jumps, trying to leave them all up and often in the quickest time. The scoring systems can change class to class, but the basics stay the same.
In this section you will find everything from new pole and jump exercises to give you and your horse something new to think about as well as industry news and competition results.
We are just weeks away from the Tokyo Olympics and with many horses already on their way, it feels like the perfect time to have a look at everything we… Read More »Just weeks away from Tokyo Olympics 2020(2021)
Yesterday was the final stage of Badminton Horse Trials and with the leaders being close, with just a fence between most, every mistake mattered! Oliver Townend, who had been leading… Read More »Badminton, it’s the year of the Pig(gy)
Yesterday we had the Championships for the evening Show Jumping classes we have been doing at our local equestrian center for the past 4 months. It was fantastic to go… Read More »Scottie’s Show Jumping Championships!
Yesterday we had our final evening showjumping before the championship next month. We had already qualified for our class at our last outing in June. So the pressure was off… Read More »Scottie Smashes Showjumping
Last month we entered our sponsors EquiMind’s new Jumping with style class. And I am pleased to say we managed to come joint 2nd out of about 7, which isn’t… Read More »Jumping into 2nd with style
Yesterday we had our first jumping show in over 2 years. It was at our local equestrian center who were holding their first of their summer show jumping series. The… Read More »Fantastic Jumping Show!
After our fantastic cross country lesson at the weekend, I am already looking forward and making plans for the rest of the year. One of our local equestrian centers has… Read More »Kicking on with jumping
A little while I wrote a guest post for Bridle and Bone about how I was getting ready to face some potential demons around jumping after my fall and our… Read More »“When you stop being nervous it’s time to stop.” ~Jumping Nerves
Our sponsors EquiMind have recently announced that they will now be hosting a jumping class to run alongside their other online competitions. With me currently really focusing on getting our… Read More »New EquiMind Jumping Class
After a very close competition at Badminton with it almost seemed guaranteed to see Oliver Townend taking home first place on one of his top 5 placed horses, Jonelle Price… Read More »Jonelle Price takes Badminton!
