Comments on: Question of the Week: From western pleasure to jumping

By: Madison

Madison — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:51:03 +0000

Thanks! This held a lot. My horse, Merlin, was a western pleasure horse and we are training him to jump and he’s almost got it except for his long, slow lope that makes jimping look really awkward.

By: Horsegirl

Horsegirl — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:20:07 +0000

Seems like a nearly impossible task the way WP horses move.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:40:25 +0000

A professionally trained western pleasure horse goes a lot slower than your average horse. The western pleasure is extremely well balanced for their discipline but it’s different than your average jumper. So it seems their problem is just trying to get more giddy up, and letting the horse know that it is okay to go faster.

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:32:41 +0000

Now that I’ve read this properly, how is the lope different from the canter? I thought that the lope was a canter and that the jog is a trot.
It seems that we’re not teaching the horse to go from one gait to another but just changing its centre of balance and impulsion.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:15:45 +0000

Great advice. It really helps because I am considering playing polo with my western pleasure horse and getting him out of his slow lope was my problem too!

By: Alaina

Alaina — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:06:45 +0000

This is exactly what I am doing with the QH I ride! We are now jumping 2 foot!!!

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:54:21 +0000

Great advice!