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Post by LuckyRed on Nov 25, 2011 9:44:51 GMT 1
I was having a lesson last night and my instructor was talking to me about how wide a jump should be in relation to its height, and how much ground a horse covers when it jumps
I'm going to have to go back and ask him again but I'm sure he said that the longest recorded jump was a steeple chaser that, when measured was proven to have jumped 66ft (over a 4ft brush fence) - the jockey apparantly said it was very smooth and just felt like a really long gallop stride.
66ft is about 20m so imagine jumping the width of the of a normal riding school!
Does anyone know if this is right and which horse it was? I thought you'd be interested anyway and I'm going to ask him again so I can remember the details!
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Post by tikkatonks on Nov 25, 2011 18:47:34 GMT 1
Puts it into perspective when you get that little touch of nerves at how wide a spread is Although I suppose a steeplechaser jumps long and flat, a horse jumping the puissance jumps up and down and covers much less ground. I have often wondered if its quite hard to teach a SJ derby horse to jump 'long and flat' to do the water jumps. I guess it is as lots get faults at them.
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