How to raise jump stat?

[Kejiiraa]

Anytime I buy new horses, doesn't seem like I can raise their jump stats at all. I take them to the arena and have them go over those jumps (I have the wood and flower unlocked) and they will gain stats in everything EXCEPT for jump! Please tell me what I'm doing wrong :(

[Tila]

It should be going up... but it's a slow progress and you'll have to jump A LOT... I think it is getting better with the bigger jumps, but I'm not entirely sure since I have to jump them a lot too.

[midnightayachan]

Find a set of 2 or 3 jumps in a straight line. Take your horse on them at a TROT, no faster. Once you have done the jumps, stop immediately, turn the horse when its stopped, and repeat the process. If you only turn while stopped, and only do the jumps at a trot, you will only gain Jump stat. It takes considerably longer but its how I train jump and only jump when I'm trying to gain specific amounts of certain stats.

Supplementing corn also helps.

[NerdyGem]

When training jumping, I ride a horse in the arena with the highest set of jumps they can currently do. So a horse with a jump ability currently at 0-24 = beginner jumps, 25-49 = intermediate, etc. As others have said, keep them at a trot so they don't lose energy and potential to speed. It does take a few in-game hours, like a whole afternoon, to do the max training from this, and it might take you multiple in-game days to reach the level you want. Their flexibility will go up a little as well, but personally I find that helpful since flexibility can be a pain to train too.

To speed up jump training, you have two options: give your horse some wheat, the grain which supplements jumping (you can grow it in spring or buy it from Aisha in Lupine Meadow); or take your horse to Crystal Lake once you unlock it and do jump training in the arena on that map, as that area gives a boost to jump training. If you do both at once your horse will gain jump ability even faster!

With jumping, a horse only 'unlocks' the ability to jump higher jumps at each interval of 25 points in jump. Personally, when my horse reaches the desired level I stop training jumping altogether so I can put those points into the other stats. You could train it higher so that their foals have a higher starting jump ability, but in my opinion its a pretty limited effect and foals have so much potential you can train them up easily. A horse with 25 jump will have the same ability as a horse with 49 jump. Just something to bear in mind :)

[midnightayachan]

"A horse with 25 jump will have the same ability as a horse with 49 jump. Just something to bear in mind."

This isn't entirely correct, as every point in between 25 and 49 improved the horse's ability to make the jump better, at less optimal angles. It improves the yellow to green jump indicator. 49 is the cutoff for Advanced, yes, but a horse with 25 and a horse with 49 definitely don't have the same ability, just for clarification.

[Kejiiraa]

Thank you everyone!