Welcome to Trainer Tuesday! Each week we ask trainers a question and gather their answers for you. These trainers have a range of experience, backgrounds, and focus points of their programs, so the answers have as much variation as you would expect and also probably much more similarity.
This week’s question posed is: How would you describe a horse that jumps hollow?
Here are their answers:
“A horse that jumps hollow tends to lack muscle and hind-end engagement. Also a horse can jump hollow from anxiety, poor training, and poor fitting tack. I always like to go back to the basics when I have a horse that tends to get hollow. Building trust, and lots of walk and pole work.” -Devon LeMoine
“A horse that jumps hollow is flat and without impulsion from behind. A horse that jumps hollow isn’t using its muscles, body, or balance accurately over the jumps. Most horses that jump hollow need more flat work in the saddle where they train in bending, flexing, and balancing.” -M.K. with Unity Riding Academy
