It’s like he picks his legs up and levitates over the jumps. Very cute.

Initially, he was just adjusting his trotting stride to go over the jump the same as over the bars on the ground! He thought that was the game until you raise the jump! He's a very thoughtful jumper trying to figure out ' the game' you presented.

@truthofthematter9409

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, he's very willing and trying. That's the biggest part for jumping or anything new.

@manalohan

3 жыл бұрын

the distance are all bad

@ongoingawakening4257

2 жыл бұрын

Really good observation. He is eager to please. I think he’ll understand the game more as soon as he sees something high enough to make an effort to get over.

Can we see a video just of Chase, I feel like we haven’t seen him in a while.

@bellasteppedonmahtoez932

3 жыл бұрын

Yesss

@elenahorowitz8765

3 жыл бұрын

Yes we miss chase!!

@michaela_

3 жыл бұрын

Yessss Please 🥺

@FluxyMiniscus

3 жыл бұрын

I’d vote for that too! Especially if it was a chill trail ride or snuggle session. We love that big red pony

@Ellie_Nightstorm

3 жыл бұрын

He did a video a while ago on why Chase isn't featured as much

This kind of confirms my thoughts about Emporio's back end. He's still seems weak and tight in the back. The polls do help elongate his back stride which helps match his front.

@oldbroad7672

3 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@TheRoxle

3 жыл бұрын

agree

@ansonstewart8215

3 жыл бұрын

I think they needed to put more space in between the polls to help emporio to elongate his back and push with his hind legs more. You can kind of tell that he doesn’t push as much with his hind legs as he does with his front when he was just trotting but it was made more obvious when they went to the poles. They should definitely do more trot poles to help emporio push more. I use trot poles as a way to check if my horse is actually pushing or just faking the connection and it makes such a difference.

@tundranight2937

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree

Can we just appreciate how much trust has been built in this relationship? That horse is like “if you say so” and trusts that Matt will keep him safe. I love this relationship, I love that rider too. He’s a fancy KZreadr and he still has skill, heart, and care.

It doesn't look too bad! He's a stunning dressage horse with a funky jump but he does his best! Also I think pole work is great for any horse, it's a nice exercise that trains the horse's mind and attention too, they have to figure out their legs.

I’ve taught many horses to jump and most were off the track tb. Most did the strangest things at first. A few got it quickly. You “ cannot” say he’s not a jumper based on his first session. I thought he was very willing and just did not really know what to do with his legs at times. Free jumping in a jumping lane helps a lot to let them figure it out on their own. If you had to keep him going and put up gymnastics etc he will soon start to work it out. Would be interesting to see. While he might not be a top show jumpers most horses can get over 3 foot 6”.

@nicitanic

3 жыл бұрын

@@justacinnamonsquare2480 Not true for all of them. I know some who jump really well. A lot depends on the training. I would never start a horse like that plus the poles were too close to each other.

@RPostVideos

3 жыл бұрын

I have also taught lots of ott thoroughbreds to jump and they are awesome. I prefer a thoroughbred. I also work for an online suicide chat. Guy was very doom and gloom. Then suddenly after an hour he says he is like an injured racehorse and had no future. I jumped all over that! Told him injured racehorses make great show horses. Suddenly he wanted to be a show horse and felt hopeful! ❤️

@Kholoured

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed I think this jumping and free jumping could be very helpful for building and strengthening his hind end and I'd love to see how he learns and see him figure it out. Track his progress of sorts. No horse should be a 1 trick pony :) I bet hed make a great jumping horse if given the time to figure himself out and strengthen his hind :)

@allisonhulley5970

3 жыл бұрын

@@RPostVideos that’s so good to hear. Horses are so healing❤️

@lynette50

2 жыл бұрын

You don't teach horses to jump. They know how to jump if they have to escape danger or pressure

He’s so used to working uphill on the bit that he didn’t get it at first. It was fun to see his ah-ha moment. There’s always a freedom on the other side of the jump and he seemed to discover that too. And yet he was a good boy and didn’t get wild and break on the other side. I had a horse who would always do a little woopdi-doo buck on the first jump because his feet where up in the air, his head a little down, and isn’t that fun wee?!

I love how he trusts you and wants to please you. You asked him to do something new and because he trusts you, he was willing to give it a try. If he was uncomfortable, he kept it to himself and didn’t complain. He’s a champion!

Actually, you should always train your horse with ground poles, also as a dressage horse, and rider. So, its pretty weird to see, that he never tried that before...

@belindastergaard5012

3 жыл бұрын

​@• Equestrian Edits • It has nothing to do with it - it is good for ALL horses to do pole work. they think a lot more, and use some completely different muscles. Otherwise, many horses get tired of walking in a dressage square all their lives. Just as forest walks should be done often Jumpers should also have like 3-4 days a week dressage only, as well as a dressage horse need some fun sometimes, and some pole work.

@belindastergaard5012

3 жыл бұрын

@• Equestrian Edits • Nope, a jumper would you ruin completely if you jumping more than 4 times a week, i would say less. believe it or don't, a jumper NEED dressage, to control and relaxation in the jumping arena..

@isa7352

2 жыл бұрын

True

@avatheresa.

2 жыл бұрын

agreed, its a great exercise for all horses, no matter what discipline.

@dr.peppereq1815

2 жыл бұрын

Wow I agree I would have never thought about that. I'm getting a horse soon thanks so much for the tip.

No Matt definitely not a jumper, BUT a beautiful dressage horse.

@Akari.Cant.

3 жыл бұрын

What about Matt riding jesses jumpers

@slidenapps

3 жыл бұрын

Give the horse his head to use his neck

@truthofthematter9409

3 жыл бұрын

You cannot tell whether he's a "jumper" from one session that he's new to! Geez people, are you all expecting a magic pony?

@truthofthematter9409

3 жыл бұрын

@@slidenapps Yes!!!!

@msgpoloeventing

3 жыл бұрын

Oxstalls ODE Cotswold Cup - WORST Dressage Test of my Life, Confusing CrossCountry! | Equestrian kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpuou7tqkcLVqqQ.html

Emporio is like: "thats boring, i need it higher. i am actually a jumpinghorse" LOL

I love how he actually keeps his stallion out in a pasture, unlike a lot of people. It is so important for any horse's mental and physical health to have adequate turn out time.

He’s a natural! Having taught horses how to jump, the bigger the horse, the more you need to make something visually imposing for them to want to make the effort. When he trotted over it, I was like ‘perfect!’ Because he’s not afraid and he’s getting his confidence. But every time you said he wasn’t using his back, I had a giggle because I was like ‘at his size, he won’t use his back until 3ft’ :D What a clever horse!! I’ve had my big horses go over small logs-since they are more solid looking they give a better jump, but not until they have mastered jumps that fall down. Was fun to watch! Thank you :)

He always tries so hard for you Matt proof of a strong bond

My friesian is abit like that, the jump has to be ‘a proper jump’ or he smashes through them from the back!

@fonjadidi

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Anything too low my horse doesn't put any effort in haha

@JR-js9bk

3 жыл бұрын

Is that your Friesian in your profile pic? He’s stunning

@darkhorsejosh

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is, thank you!

@kittycatdays8719

2 жыл бұрын

@@darkhorsejosh he looks absolutely gorgeous)

@darkhorsejosh

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I love these "At Home" videos, I especially love to see what's been done to the house and garden etc. We never know when the videos are coming so it's a real treat when they are uploaded. Thanks guys!

@SW-qz4qx

3 жыл бұрын

Matt is also active on instagram

@Cali0863

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! So happy I found out about you & your horses! Love to watch! Miss being around horses… love the Aussie accent!

He's just trotting and galloping over it with a bigger step in the beginning 😂 so funny to watch! But he's very brave and tries to figure it out ☺ so sweet!

I was happy to see that he did well and finished on a good positive note, he may never be a show jumper but will be able to jump anytime you want in the training arena for fun if nothing else. All in all you have a smart, talented and good looking horse!

i couldn't help but laugh out loud when he was going over the lower jumps, the way he sort of tried with the front but kept on trotting with the back sort of made him look like he was running over the jump on 2 legs and it was so funny 😂 but he did really well on the higher jumps!! seems like he finally got what you wanted him to do :)

Wow. That was really interesting to see. At the lower size, he's just going over it without jumping. I was a little bit impressed how he does it. That he walks over it without any problems. And later, where it was higher, he jumps better over it. Thank you for sharing it with us. That was fun and makes me smiling...

@obsessedme5484

3 жыл бұрын

yeah he really mastered the skills of going over the small jump without going up at all, it was impressive indeed!

He was very alert, ears forward, actually think he was enjoying it

Don't write him off too soon , he was really getting into it the last couple of jumps.

In my (limited) experience horses are trained to jump, not just set over a fence the first time. So I think it's not fair to judge his jumping on his first time. He's so tall he went over the first jumps more like a cavaletti. Once it was higher he had to put some effort in. I think he did well. 🙂

@denisedeboer5637

3 жыл бұрын

Some are naturals tho! We have a 3 yr old that just escapes the arena sometime by jumping over the side. Which is 1m60 ish. We haven’t taught him anything about jumping proper yet.

@LE123LE123

3 жыл бұрын

That’s what Matt is doing here. Introducing his horse to jumps. Most dressage horses of this caliber don’t work too much over fences, but it is nice for them if they like it. This is the proper way to start--poles and low jumps. It’s just that Emporio is very big, and little jumps are likely just too small for him to bother trying. But bigger fences are risky if he doesn’t know where to put his feet since it’s new to him, so it’s a process. Some horses over jump the little things, some under jump. Trained both and there’s no set way to respond. It’s just up to each horse.

He's trying so hard and seems to really enjoy himself jumping! What a sweet boy.

I have an Irish Cob and she's not a born jumper, but she has a lot of fun doing it now and gets better every time. And our stable owner always used to tell me "every cow jumps a meter" to encourage me 😆

I think he honestly looked like a normal horse would for the first time jumping.

Honestly this has to be so good for strengthening his hind end and getting him to stretch out his back!

The last horse I rode regularly, the only saddle fitted to him was a jump saddle, so I did everything in a jump, all my flat work, trail rides and of course a little jumping here and there. Now anything that isn’t a jump feels so weird

As an ex-three day event rider that now rides PREs and Andalusian crosses in dressage, this was entertaining af for me.

Thank you and Jesse for the work that you do to put these videos together for our enjoyment. And also thank your friends, the four-legged ones. Stay well, be safe, love from Texas.

Those last jumps though! He’s so cute! He was trying so hard! He’s a wonderful! A real credit to your training!!

He needs to have his head as he approaches the jump.right now his movements are all dressage-a sport horse doesn’t have its head held in.

You are so fun to watch Matt... You're so authentic and down to earth about everything... as well.... you are so thoughtful of your horses and others who work with you.

He was so sweet! The lower jumps were so funny, bit the higher he really impressed me. He was so calm and learned fast what he was supose to do

OMW! WOWOWOW he’s beautiful and darn he did so very well for the first time with you jumping him. I sure do love his coloring. He is absolutely gorgeous. I love him. Xxx

Has anyone noticed how nice Matt looks with his hair like what

@helentariau5352

3 жыл бұрын

It looks tragic. He looked so well groomed and suave before. He looks like a hillbilly now.

@SparkleJiggs

3 жыл бұрын

@@helentariau5352 how dare he look like a regular person!!! :o

@aspannas

3 жыл бұрын

@@helentariau5352 What a rude and unnecessary comment to make, do you think he'll appreciate comments like this?

@mphorsemanship4737

3 жыл бұрын

Helen Tariau yes a hillbilly that lives on a gorgeous horse farm with amazing stallions and sponsored trucks🤨 😍 not sure how curly hair equals hillbilly but ok🙄

@LE123LE123

3 жыл бұрын

Are you all for real?? It’s his HAIR! He can style it anyway he wants, and if he is still modeling, he may not have a choice as to what to do with it. That’s chosen by his modeling agency. So suck it up guys.

Love watching your videos. I love the way you let us know what you're doing whilst riding and watching your relationships with your horses bloom. Keep enjoying

We all need a horse who tries as hard as Emporio! He's very brave

Emporio is SO handsome 💙. Well done to him tho, think he done well out of his comfort zone of dressage! Was lovely to see Emporio and Serrano after so long 🥰

❣Really enjoyed the video ~ Thank you Matt (and Jesse!)! What a great way to casually introduce beautiful Emporio to a new riding element, proud boy! So nice to see each of the home and garden updates 🌸 Love and prayers always ❤🙏

Ive been waiting for this video since i saw it on your story very excited to see😃

Imporio is only a novice at jumping. He just needs more practice and experience. Like anything it's time and effort. PREs can jump. Here in AU There are a couple that are good jumpers.

Thank you, thank you. So much fun to watch! 👏🏻💕

The poles were a bit close together for his stride.

How cool and positive for both to enjoy something completely new and forward.

I love how Matt referred to him as his beautiful emporio. Love you guys relationship you can tell emporio really does try for Matt

PLEASE IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS VIDEO

Ye guys r the best, so entertaining . I love that ye just discuss your ideas as you go.

Emporio is such a beautiful creature! It was also great to get another glimpse of you guy's place. It is also really beautiful!

That was fun! Looks like he enjoyed the challenge as it got higher. Yay ! He is such a sweet disposition ! 😊

Definitely happy for a new video, thank you it’s a good one

I love how you guy keep coming up with things to stimulate your horses brains and keep them thinking.

This is great! I think horses, like people, enjoy getting to do different things. He looked like he was understanding what to do and was getting into it at the end

I think it's amazing that you're introducing him to jumping!! When I got my 10 year old FEI guy he had never seen a trotting rail, other than to snort and spook at it, let alone a jump!!! That is so counter-intuitive. They need to try new things, they need to step away from the dressage ring and let their mane down...so to speak. And it's super cardio exercise!! I was blown away by his eagerness, he is game for anything. He doesn't need to be a GP champion, as long as he's having fun and super cool about new things. I would love to see you try him over a nice little gymnastics when he has some experience, they are such a great teaching tool and with the distances a bit tight, he'll learn to sit back and snap up his knees up! But honestly, you should be sooooo proud of your gorgeous super star!! He's all neck which we LOVE!!! Congrats!!

Loved your video! I have found also that too small of a jump for a truly athletic horse can confuse them and LEG ON -- always easier said than done and it was a really nice educational presentation, thank u and seems like he really did enjoy the change of pace. Hard work it is, right? Going from dressage to jumping and back again but I think it really helps open the horse up and give them something fun and new to focus upon. Good for you!.

Was so nice seeing you two. Hope you can do more videos guys

Hi Matt, nice to meet you. I've just recently started following you and I enjoy your content very much. I have owned several horses in my life and ride Western. However the reason I started following you is because I love how connected you are emotionally with your horses, I am the same. I love your family dynamic. And I absolutely love how you describe everything down to the tee. Keep up the good work you look fantastic on all your babies. Much love from Ozark, Missouri. US. By the way I cried my ass off when you had the horse communicator out, that was so beautiful. I don't know how you weren't sobbing. LOL

This house and landscaping looks so good! I know it’s about emporio but like so good

Thanks for the fun video, it was great having you and Jesse filming again! Emporio did his best and got there in the end! Your property is beautiful, you and Jesse must be proud of all you both have accomplished.

So exited for this!

So good to see you! Emporio looks so good and once he understands what you want, he does quite well. Miss you, Jessy and the horses.

You could say that because this breed lift their legs up higher than most other breeds, that they are already taking kinda mini jumps during trot and canter ✨😛

This video was a while ago but this just proves Matt is a great equestrian and a great horse man. His horse clearly trusts him and he clearly trusts his horse. The bond between these 2 is amazing.

Sooo GOOD Matt and Emporio!🙌🏻💪🏻

Reminds me of how pony's just trot through jumps rather than actually jumping over them 😅

This was so fun to watch! He looked like he had fun!

It kinda looked a bit like once he was at the rail he thought he had to hurriedly walk over, when it was low, I was wondering if maybe putting the trot poles before the jump would help him rush less and think about what the question is you're asking of him, instead of just scooting his butt over the poles last second and feeling hollow

"There is a first time for everything" (Matt to Jesse - April 2021). It's so true! Emporio is a big cute boy who always does his best to please you. In the beginning he doesn't jump at all but at the end, when the fence is higher, he does well. Good job Emporio! Love you 😍💙💙

Well done Emporio. You did so well. I just love him, he's gorgeous Matt. Please can we see some more videos of Sereno too.

😄😂😂 Omg! My beautiful boy!! Almost smacked in the face 😂🙈🐎 ❤️ he has a massive neck! Stunning stallion - sending love from South Africa 🇿🇦 Matt and Jesse ❤️

You are such a kind, quiet and elegant rider. I wish everyone would treat their horses so nicely.

I could watch the handsome dude ride that gorgeous creature all day long. Matt, I love the way you handle and care for your horses. This was fun to watch no matter if he did well or not.

I did some jumping with a PRE and the same happened, it feels really weird. It needed to be "high" to jump but when it got too high it didn't work anymore. Thank you for this lovely video!!

It's like he's trying to use his front to push off from the ground instead of using his hide quarters

We need more videos of the two of you..miss all that joking around.😀🐴

This one of my favorite videos that you've done. I really enjoyed it. I would love to have seen JESSE trying the jobs with him too. Just for fun. Thank you for bringing us along.

When he was all hot at the beginning, I really, really, REALLY loved the way you regulated his rhythm using your body and the rhythm of your rising in trot and didn't hang off of his mouth. Very impressive. Lovely riding. As for jumping, it takes them a minute to figure it out, so I'm with Jesse; we really have no idea how good he is at it and we won't for a while, if ever, because I know that isn't your focus. But it does look like he enjoyed a little off property fun very much and it did seem like a fun confidence boost for him.

Lovely to do something different and see how much that affects a horses' mentality in such a positive way. Emporia has had a glow up!

Such a beautiful horse ❤️ I'm not a rider but I love these videos 🙂

Wonderful to see how he is maturing. Beautiful ❤️

My horse does jumping mostly, and I bought and rode in a dressage saddle for a bit. It was different for sure. He is built downhill so he feels very even in a jump saddle. I felt like I was going to go off the front in a dressage saddle!

wow, you have done such a great job at retraining his head in the contact. He's like a completely different horse now. Well done.

This is a great video for those who believe horses dont like jumping. His attitude was all try, and he seemed pleased with the exercise during the last jumps. Love how you laugh and praise him.

Even if he'll never be a showjumper, I love how you give your horses something different and fun for them to do! 🐴

Pretty nice to see him in snaffle and a jumping saddle and outside his comfort zone. He is very eager to pls its obvious and he learns quickly. A for effort Emporio! 👏

Matt. Your horse did great. Don't over think it. YES! Your horse can jump. 😉

awesome! i have been jumping for 20 years i am looking to buy my first horse i want to continue jumping however I have always wanted a fresian and i know they arent really built for jumping so really cool to see your horse have some fun doing it!

Such a good horse. He was willing to try willingly. Horses will not do something if they don't want to. Great job!

I think you should try this more often! He looked so happy when he got the hang of it and maybe you'll never be able to jump super high but it's a nice distraction from the dressage work and helps build balance

Hi Matt and Jesse, Very well done with Imporio Matt. I do agree with you, jumping might not be in Imporio’s repertoire but he certainly did give it a good try for you. I enjoyed the video a lot and removing those huge trees certainly has helped with what you can now see from your house. Take Care both of you, Jane 👍😎🐎🐴🧑🏻‍🦰

It is pretty cool that he tries what you ask him, looked a little goofy in the beginning but it was his first try!

He looked a lot like my welsh cob stallion when he first jumped and he has the same barrock build... To it too. And believe me after a couple of lessons he flew! And he loved it sooooo much! 😍😍 So i would recommend jumping or doing cavaletti once a week with him it's a nice change of events and he seems to enjoy it lots

He has the same technique has hurdle runners do, they don't jump they just do one big, quick step over and their torso don't elevate. Really interesting to see how different the fist jumping experience can be.

@RoseThistleArtworks

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. This exactly what it looked like! Well said.

That horse van is so nice wow good luck with your horses 💕

dang!!!!! you both looked great!!!

Big jump! Haha. He's just so pretty to look at and seems so chill with everything

This was so much fun. I would like to see Jesse jumping Emporio 🤩

Omg! That first jump was the cutest thing ever! 😄

What a gorgeous horse he is!