DRESSAGE STALLION BECOMES HUNTER JUMPER FOR A DAY 

Haha I was cracking up at the same thing. Classic Jesse and Matt! I love it! ❤

Why does matt keep cutring their beautiful manes? Hes still gorgeous biut, not as much as they do with long wavy flowing manes that make them look magical

bless him he is so pretty you have such a nice home and your a really cool Jesse is very quiet 😂❤️

bless him he is so pretty you have such a nice home and your a really cool Jesse is very quiet 😂❤️

I was thinking the same thing, a very quick study, clever clever beautiful boy!!

love the first part where hes like oh whats that? its in the way, i need to keep my foot higher

to be fair, all horses can jump - heck, foals jump - it's just a matter of how they look, how coordinated they are, how high they can jump, things like that :)

Matt is very wayward. 😊 I think they get along just fine because you know…opposites attract!

Probably why Jesse doesn’t say much even tho he has the experience, as even Matt says (yet then doesn’t listen to any suggestions). Btw the rider has to commit to each jump as any horse has to do.

Yeah! Watching this I def wasn’t expecting him to do great Tbh since, hunters have a low headset and minimal knee movement as well as a reaching with their stride. But he was actually pretty good!!

Fs lol. He did pretty good though Tbh! That tack is prob all the had

Omg, hey Jesse!!❤

I was wondering if anybody would notice that.

I don’t know anything about hunting wich parts are not allowed?

The saddle pad, boots, girth, maybe bridle, Breast collar, and the running martingale. I’m a hunter jumper and there are wayyyy to many rules on tack some stuff is aloud in the schooling shows durring flat classes and other stuff isn’t allowed at all! Hope this helps

​@@roseytheequestrian The flash would be illegal too.

I forgot about that but yes!

Yes, Etro seemed to really like to jump 😃

@sciepchol - Agree 100%. 🎯 🎯 🎯 It's so good for their mental health - having varied learning & stimulation. Etro's so gorgeous & a really quick learner. Matt - whatever you're feeding him - keep doing it! His shine is crazy beautiful. Funny to see your 'back' is still riding in Dressage style - rounded spine & leaning backwards! 😁 In Hunter/Jumper style (it used to be called Forward Seat Equitation or riding 'Hunt Seat' ) - your back is hyper flexed, shoulders back, heels waaaay down & lower spine is convex. For Etro's 1st time .... 👍👏👏👏 PS: hi to Jesse too! Love your commentary. 😘

The wrong bit will cause the tongue to come out. He's not a hunter type😂

He will get talented when you add this activity😅

Was fun to watch but not a great hunter. He tries so hard to be a good boy!🎉

Yeah, not the description I have ever used to describe a hunter horse.

@@dcrouch1980 No? I'm laughing because here we always joke about the people who make their hunters super fat, and then call it "a developed topline." 😂 But maybe that's just an American thing?

@@profe3330 I am also in the US and when I showed Hunters a lot of judges didn't like them too fat, maybe that has changed. I;d be scared the couldnt get their fat butts over the fence 🐷 oink oink 😝

@@dcrouch1980 I know, right? It's so unfair to the poor porky horse.

Yes this is great advice

This was my thought, he's obviously a dressage horse going over, but the mental exercise at something different was very noticeable! Wonderful brain stimulation ❤

Good to remember Klimke

I had a try at eventing with my ex racehorse which didn’t work out too well. I’ve currently been doing dressage with him and we are slowly getting back into jumping. I would love to do hunters worth him since he has such nice gaits and does well on the flat in the under saddle classes

With my first of many OTTBs, I put a hackamore on so there was none of the confusion about 'pull harder means go faster' so common in retraining racehorses. I didn't spend any time in an arena, and only a few days in the pasture to ensure we agreed on stop, go, left, right, and she quickly understood that life was going to be different and interesting and always fun. John Lyons said, your horse should be more relaxed after a session than before; I added, they should have fun every session. Over the next dozen years we did about everything: pulled an antique carriage to give guests rides for Grandad's 90th birthday party, herded cattle, laughed ourselves silly having bareback swimming races, hunted deer and elk in Idaho Wilderness areas, carried packsaddles, scouted Brittany field trial training and competitions, and saw millions of square miles of the most beautiful land on earth while endurance riding over 800 sanctioned completion miles. We even rode a dressage test. Misty learned each skill quickly and happily, lived outside with buddies in a 30 acre pasture of hills, forest and pond, and never had an ulcer. She, we, had fun. Every single session.

Etro

sjchung1632, I swear I did type Etro, but my iPad had its own ideas,Lol, (should have checked before I hit reply). Thanks