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horseback ridding...jumpers or hunters??
ok i am curious.....what is the difference between hunters and jumpers?? i want to do jumpers but i dont know what hunter are. what are the differences between the two? are you judged differently?? please only people who know answer......i rate really high!!!!
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hey hey hey there!
well ur lucky i ride hunters (ponys)
1. Saddles are not different just an english saddle.
2. jumpers you are timed a certain time to get around the course and hunters you are not
3. Jumpers what you see on the olympics just high and hunters jump 2/3 that hight.
4. Hunters you try to look very nice and have a good form and jumpers you don't have to.
5. normally in jumpers you must make sharp turns and hunters you want to stay in you corners to be all pretty
6. hunter horses are fancy and jumpers could be but they just need to jump high
i could go on forever about stupid things
hope i helped
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Of COURSE there is a difference between Hunters and Jumpers! They are judged differently and compete in different classes. Here is a list of the classes Hunters would compete in, a brief description of the class, and how the class is judged:
Hunter Under Saddle: The horse will not be competing over jumps in this class; riders are judged, not the horses. The rider must look good upon the horse, so it is important to have a smooth riding horse. The rider will be judged at all gaits: Walk, extended walk, trot, extended trot, canter, extended canter, and hand gallop. Lead changes, circles, and reverses are included in this package class.
Hunt-Trail: The horse and rider must navigate through a sort of obstacle course. This class is almost like a Trail class in an English saddle. The horse and rider are judged for teamwork, savvy, and calmness. The horse is judged for reliability and obedience. Some obstacles on the course might include: fallen log, opening/closing a gate, going over a bridge, and jumping over a small jump. This is not a timed event, going fast will only cause you to lose points.
Hunter Over Fences: As the name suggests, this is a Hunter class over fences. The horse and rider will be judged for fluidity, togetherness, grace, and form. The horse will be judged for its form over fences, the rider for his/her form on the horse. This is timed, but if you rush, you will only lose points.
Now, Jumpers don't do ANYTHING on the flat, whereas Hunters are free to compete in classes such as English Equitation, Working Hunter, Hunter on the Flat, just to name a few. Jumpers compete in the following classes:
Show/Stadium Jumping: A timed course of jumps in a show ring. Rider is not judged at all. Horse is judged for form over jumps, fluidity, and obedience. For each pole you knock off of each jump, there is a penalty. If you jump clear, you are entered in a jump off with all the other riders who jump clear. Each jump off consists of less - but larger - jumps and less time to jump them.
Cross Country Jumping: This is jumping over brick walls, fallen logs, windmills and anything else you might could think of. The rider must keep their head at all times, must not get lost, stay on course, and navigate tricky jumps. This is an outside - and timed - event. Most Novice courses are a mile long; but the advanced courses can be twenty miles long.
Three Day Eventing: This class can be entered by Hunters, but it is rare. Eventers are expected to do well in a Show Jumping course, a Dressage class, as well as a Cross Country class. Judged overall for fluidity, grace, obedience, horse and riders forms, willingness, and savvy.
I prefer Hunters to Jumpers, but that's me. I love to compete in the Hunter Over Fences classes; but the horse I have now doesn't really like to jump. I love her too much to let her go, and I've taken a serious break from showing now. Perhaps down the road I will show with my younger mare, but showing isn't an option right now for me. Have fun with your jumping!!
-FunnyCide
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