First time free jumping

Finally, something new to write about!

Today Crispin took another step towards becoming a riding horse by freejumping for the first time!

OK, not much "real" jumping going on today and the whole thing was over after 5 minutes but I think he did pretty good anyways!

My goal today was to just getting him familiar with the concept of free jumping (and since we aren't allowed to free lunge in the indoor he had to get that concept as well).

At first I just hand walked him through the line a few times, then he went through by himself (over a ground pole) a couple of times and finally I made him pop over a tiny cross rail twice. No big deal.

A friend filmed the whole thing. Here's a link to the video. Plus, I'm afraid I have to warn you, I praise a lot and very loud, just can't help myself. It's a little embarrassing at times...

Untitled from AmityBee on Vimeo.