I have a thoroughbred showjumper....?

hey,
i have a thoroughbred showjumper and i bought him on may 6th. he was last jumped on may 8th! and the present date is 7th august!! so yeah its bina long time, cuz he had shoeing lameness for two months. yes two months. he got hyped up.. duh after i rode after two months and bucked, expected of him though hehe. and he doesnt allow anyone but me to ride him, and i am on a holiday for another month, so i have asked my groom to lounge him on a daily basis. and wen i get back after one month, it will be jumping season. so getting back to riding him is trouble enough cuz he will be hyped up, but how do i get him reintroduced to jumping?? thanks a lot!
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Answers:
Start by introducing small poles on the ground like trotting poles. Then after 1 week of this, (it can be done on the lunge too), raise alternate ends of the poles, like a zig zag; again, after 1 week of this, start lunging over very small jumps at a trot. When he is comfortable with this, ask it from a canter, and do some grid work over small jumps. Build up a course over small jumps. Then, gradually increase the height of the jumps until he is jumping slightly higher than you want to compete him at. As he is Thoroughbred, he may become excited, like you say, so combat this by feeding a low-energy diet, and turning him out at grass for as long as is possible, so he can burn off excess energy. When you first ride him, ride on the lunge and don't tuck his head in too much to try and slow him down, you want to have a good contact that will collect up the impulsion he is naturally creating from his hindquarters. Remember to give him one day off a week (at least) and during this day he should be out at grass. To look after his feet, ride on a soft surface, and get a good blacksmith! If he becomes nervous or uncontrollable, lower the jumps and commence again. Always end on a good note, e.g if he does a particularly good jump, walk him twice round the arena on a loose rein to warm down, then dismount and finish the session (n.b, obviously don't end it too soon! Give him a substansial amount of work). Also, the first couple of competitions you take him to, don't enter, or maybe just do clear round, where there is no pressure. Good Luck!

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Start by introducing ground poles one or two in a row. At first just set them to a trot stride and work with them for a few days. Then increase the number until you and the horse feel comforotable over them. Then go back to just two and set them for a canter stride which I believe is six feet. Do the same thing you did with the trot but this time cantering the poles. Once you and the horse feel comforotable you can move on to small cross rails. Start with something smal troting the jump and few times then cantering the jump slowly moving the height of the bars up every so often. Just make sure you are giving the horse a little bit of time off in between because you don't want to over whelm the animal and whenever he/she is doing something positive make sure you let your horse know that. After you have mastered the cross rail then move onto the straight bars. Set it at a low height at first and slowly increase it like you did with the cross rail. I hope this method helps. This is how I taught my ittle four year old mustang how to jump and she is now in the ring at six years of age cleaning up in the over fences classes.

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first don't leave him with a groom after he has been lame. and getting him back to jumping will not be hard work on the ground with poles. about 6, 1 stride apart at a walk and trot the n after about 2 or 3 work outs at the end jump a small cross then a little bigger as you go. keep an eye on the lameness