there is no point in even thinking about jumping until your horse is balanced in all three paces on both reins. After that, then pole work, and don't move poles off the ground until they are balanced, listening, and getting it right 99.9% of the time (even the great ones make mistakes). I don't jump my young ones until I can get exactly the number of strides I want in between poles, and they can trot and canter over a simple course of poles, then I start lifting the poles off the ground. They gotta crawl before they can walk!
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