Okay, I have a seventh month old half andalusian colt. I put another post on here about trailer training him, thanks for the input, but if you read that you know who I'm talking about. Anyway, a little while ago, my mom and I discovered he was on the wrong side of the fence. We were going to catch his mum and try and lead him with encouragement from her. However, as soon as I entered the pasture with her halter and lead, all the horses came running at me, and in his panic to be part of the group, he jumped the fence. He's around 13 hands and 7 months old, and the fence was at least two feet, and that's taking account of the hill. He didn't get a running start, just popped over it. We fixed up the bit where he crawled through (it was a bad section of the fence) and he hasn't done it again, but he fully cleared the fence in the jump. I was wondering first if this means he's going to be a great athlete, and second if this has done any potential damage. I checked him over and he had a little nick but it was from crawling out and it was very small. Do you think this is amazing, or perfectly ordinary for a colt his age? The jump, I mean. pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com
Also, please don't post about how irresponsible I am and how could I let this happen. We did what we can, and will continue to do what we can to protect our horses. Thanks!

Sounds pretty amazing to me. I have a yearling and he hasn't even tried to leave the pasture and he isn't with his mother.

I feel that he should be a Very good athlete. But, you may want to have a vet look at his legs just to be sure this won't cause any problems in the future. this is not normal for a seven-month-old andalusian colt. But, it sounds that he could be an amazing jumper.

Hope this helps.

His fence jump will do no lasting damage.

It's too soon to say if it means he's an amazing athlete or not. Two feet is pretty short, and young colts are pretty light on their feet with their long legs and tiny bodies. I would not be too excited about it, and you should raise the heights to discourage him from doing this again. You don't want to accidentally train him to be a habitual fence jumper.

well, when i first got my saddlebred/paint filly, she cleared 4 ft fence with ease, but that was because she got left alone when i went on a ride with my mare. i would put up a high fence, you don't really want him jumping at such a young age, even if it's only 2 ft. i also think you have a pretty nice athlete on your hands, just keep him out of trouble!

Keep him jumping hay bails etc. because some horses forget after a while

Well, firstly I don't think a two foot fence could keep a goat inside... but you know.

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All horses have the potential to jump. It's a very natural movement for a horse, and very common for them to jump obstacles in the wild. Every horse can be trained to jump with a rider on it's back. Some horses have more scope than others. Some can only jump two foot fences, while others can jump up to two metres. With good care and proper training i'm sure your colt will be an excellent athlete. I have an 8 month warmblood filly who just cleared a six foot fence a couple weeks ago. I have no doubt she will have jumping potential. I would like her to wait until she is older though. It's not good for her to be jumping those fences.

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