How Do You Build A Horse Jump?
Building a horse jump means constructing a jumpable obstacle from the ready-made components. The main components are wings and poles, and there are numerous different designs, from professional purpose-built designs to makeshift. Other types of components include fillers and water trays. You want to jump, you have a horse that can jump and all you need now is a few simple jumps to stride over. What type of jumps, will depend on your, and your horse’s level of training and the equipment available to you. Sound too confusing?
• Check your equipment. You need to make sure that each article has no nails or sharp pieces protruding outwards, and is sturdy and undamaged. Equipment should include only safe obstacles, such as pre-built jumps, cavaletti, etc. You should use old tires, buckets, bales or anything that can hold up a jump bar. Remember that the jump you construct for training should be safe and come down easily if the horse should hit it. • Lay a pole on the ground in the position that you want the jump to be. • Place the wings on either side of the pole. If they are makeshift, you may have to position them forward of the pole and slightly closer together so the pole overlaps by a couple of inches. • Line up another set of wings directly behind the first wings, if you want a spread. If the wings are not identical, it can be difficult to line them up accurately with the first jumps. In this case, use another pole to measure the correct distance between the wings. • Attach the cups to the wings at the re
