The case of the young horse that is inclined to rush at his fences is not quite so easy to deal with, but if his early training has been on the right lines this should seldom occur. The young horse generally rushes from nervousness; possibly from the jump being something that he dreads and which he is anxious to get over. Light hands and considerable patience are necessary to correct this bad habit. Young horses that have been trained to jump wildly must be treated in similar manner to those that have learned to rush from nervousness. In this case the rider must endeavour to regain the horse's confidence: let him understand that he will not be hit, nor will his mouth be interfered with, so that he has nothing to fear.

He must be given plenty of jumping at a walk, backwards and forwards over small obstacles, and in a short time he will cease to show undue excitement. At the trot or canter he must be circled round in front of the fence as though he was going to jump it, and then when he has settled down he can be popped over once and circled round again. He must be taught to stand quietly in front of a fence, then reined back a couple of lengths and, if he still shows considerable excitement, slowly walked up to the fence again. The rider must be careful not to overtax the horse's temperament by reining back too often (once or twice is enough as a rule). Eventually instead of walking up to the fence he can jump it with the two lengths' run, which is quite sufficient for a small fence.

On no account must the horse be jumped over too big an obstacle if he is still inclined to rush at a small one. Very often this class of horse will try and jump without getting his hocks sufficiently under him.