I’m not a showjumper so I don’t necessarily know a crap ton about riding one but with all of my horses, I took 30 minutes at the beginning of each ride to walk, trot, canter each direction and get a feel for the surroundings. At the trot I did a lot of loosening of the reins and allowing the horse to stretch out and down and bend before picking them back up and trying to put them together. With all the horses that I’ve ridden, if you take them straight out and try to frame them, they get tense, nervous and excited.

Home bred by Billy Congo, out of a mare that never jumped (but Michael jumped it's grandmother to grand prix) 😊

thats how you school a young horse with basic flatwork in place