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This Jumping Horse Weather Vane was one of our earliest horse designs and, since our first commission in 1994, we have created a number of variations on this original design. Any of our Jumping Horse weathervanes can be constructed with an optional equestrian added to the sculpture piece; man, woman or child. In fact, the weathervane can actually be a portrait of a specific rider and their horse. You can even select the type of clothing you wish the rider to wear — dressage, fox hunter, eventer, showjumper, etc. If you have questions about a variation on this design, please contact us to discuss the details.
There is also the choice of having an all copper weathervane, a copper and brass weathervane, or a copper weathervane with optional gold leaf and/or palladium leaf accents. We usually create our horses with brown glass eyes to give them a more lifelike and animated appearance. If we add a rider, you can choose their eye color. We normally use translucent eyes for humans and you can see the light shining through them when the sun angle is right.
We recently had a variation of this design requested, with the horse jumping a branch. The result has a lovely flow to the eye.
Jumping Horse with Branch
Weathervane
Our Jumping Horse Weather Vane is popular with many competitive equestrians. Hunt seat competitors are generally divided into three horse show categories, hunters, equitation, and jumpers. Show hunters as a group are judged on manners, way of going, and conformation. Turnout, the presentation of horse and rider, is often taken into account as well. Jumpers are judged by how quickly a horse can complete a course of jumps with the fewest errors, called faults. Equitation riders are judged on the confidence and form of the rider, and the smoothness and overall appearance of the horse and rider as a team.
