Training Jumps
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Jumping horses requires jumps. The varieties are as many as our imagination. Most people use two plain “standards,” the vertical parts of the jumps, and then lay a rail between them using cups. The cups support the rails but allow them to fall off when hit by a horse limb. Of course, some horses crash into the jump, but these are also sensitive so that a toe touch can derail a jump.
Other jumps have immovable objects such as logs, rock walls and embankments. These are unforgiving when a bad jump occurs. People have died or become seriously injured with all kinds of jumps, but this occurs more commonly with these types.
I have seen plain and artistic jumps with images meant to distract horses as an added challenge. A long time ago, I even saw live chickens inside a coop as a jump, but I don’t think this is allowed anymore.
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