What Makes A Good Hunter

What makes a successful show hunter? Judges and horse professionals are in constant search of the perfect hunter that can win, or be sold for large amounts of money. Certain qualities exist that separate the good hunter from the bad. The first and most important quality a good hunter must have is solid form over his jumps. The second is their movement across the ground, how they walk, trot and canter. The third criteria is their mind, how they think, and their personality.

Good form over fences is the most important quality a hunter can have, in its most basic definition, good form for a show hunter is having tightly folded knees over his fences. If a horse jumps without tight form and dangles, or hangs his forelegs, it is considered poor form. Jumpers can get away with less