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08/06/2026

The internet is filled with pictures of riders going over a jump in a jumping position when the horse is not jumping but rather striding over the jump. These riders seem to not know or care that there is a huge difference between jumping or striding over an obstacle for the horse.

There are two very important reasons to care about this. The first reason is that as the rider takes their horse over higher jumps while striding, the single leg that a horse uses to push off over a jump gets more and more stressed. Serious lameness issues can result.

Jumping off one leg in a stride is very risky and it is easy to fix this dangerously incorrect method many horses have learned. Here is a link to a post about how to get your horse jumping correctly using both hind legs together. Be sure to read the last paragraph about the rake. With this information you can find out how your horse is using their legs in the takeoff. www.facebook.com/BobWoodHorsesForLife/posts/pfbid0zdRZ4TKpD3GeZ4sgvGcnwWa8MRUCLkxebNiB5P5oZjk3E9KzLQsHd6FmBusmK6Tpl

The second reason to care if your horse is jumping off one leg is rotational falls. When a horse jumps off one leg, a single leg trails over a jump. As the jumps get higher a single trailing leg can hit the top jump rail hard. This can cause a horse's body to rotate away from the trailing leg that struck the top rail.

While a horse is suspended in the air over a jump it has no means to correct their rotational movement. This causes the horse to land in varying degrees of rotation to one side. This is why we want both legs going over a jump together, no rotation. Rotational landings are extremely dangerous for both the horse and the rider.

Teach your horse to always jump with both their hind feet squared up together to the jump even if a jump is very low. It is the safest way to protect your horse from lameness or injury resulting from jumping. It also protects you from what could be a very dangerous fall.

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