Never Hunt for a Lost Jump Pin Again
You're mid-school, your horse is perfectly focused, and then a pin disappears into the arena sand. The Easy-Up® Pinless Track ends that ritual permanently — height adjustments in one hand, in seconds, without stopping your ride.
The Problem
The Tiny Pin That Derails Every Jump School
It's a Tuesday evening and the arena light is fading fast. You've spent twenty minutes warming up, your horse is finally moving off your leg the way you've been training for weeks, and you're ready to raise the fence. You reach for the cup, pull the pin — and it slips from your fingers. You watch it tumble and vanish into the sand or the grass just beyond the standard. Five minutes of searching later, the moment is gone.
Every serious rider knows this scenario. Whether you're schooling at home, setting a grid before a lesson, or adjusting courses between riders at a barn show, jump pins are the single smallest piece of equipment that causes the most disruption. They're easy to drop, nearly impossible to find in deep arena footing, and maddeningly inconsistent in sizing — a pin that fits one brand of standard may wobble loosely in another's holes.
Trainers feel this pain acutely. When you're coaching multiple students through a gymnastics line or running a small schooling show, every minute spent on your hands and knees looking for a pin is a minute the horse is standing still cooling down, a minute another student is waiting, a minute you're not teaching. The pin tax — accumulated across an entire season — represents hours of lost productive training time.
The issue isn't carelessness. It isn't that riders and trainers are disorganized. The problem is that the traditional pin-and-hole system was designed decades ago for a different era of horse sport, and it hasn't fundamentally changed. The pin that worked fine for a leisure hack over low crossrails becomes a genuine liability in a serious training program where course heights change five times in a single session.
Every serious rider knows this scenario. Whether you're schooling at home, setting a grid before a lesson, or adjusting courses between riders at a barn show, jump pins are the single smallest piece of equipment that causes the most disruption. They're easy to drop, nearly impossible to find in deep arena footing, and maddeningly inconsistent in sizing — a pin that fits one brand of standard may wobble loosely in another's holes.
Trainers feel this pain acutely. When you're coaching multiple students through a gymnastics line or running a small schooling show, every minute spent on your hands and knees looking for a pin is a minute the horse is standing still cooling down, a minute another student is waiting, a minute you're not teaching. The pin tax — accumulated across an entire season — represents hours of lost productive training time.
The issue isn't carelessness. It isn't that riders and trainers are disorganized. The problem is that the traditional pin-and-hole system was designed decades ago for a different era of horse sport, and it hasn't fundamentally changed. The pin that worked fine for a leisure hack over low crossrails becomes a genuine liability in a serious training program where course heights change five times in a single session.
Why It Keeps Happening
Why Traditional Jump Standards Keep Failing Serious Trainers
The traditional jump standard hasn't changed much in decades. A vertical post, a series of drilled holes at regular intervals, and a metal cup held in place by a small pin — it's a simple system, and that simplicity is exactly the problem. The holes wear with use. The pins come in slightly different diameters depending on the manufacturer. And the whole assembly depends on a component small enough to lose in a jacket pocket, let alone arena footing.
Many trainers have developed elaborate workarounds. Some keep a dedicated pin bucket hanging from each standard. Others thread a piece of baling twine through several spare pins so they can't fall individually. Some mark their pins with brightly colored tape to make them easier to spot. But these are accommodations to a flawed system, not fixes. The bucket gets knocked over by an enthusiastic horse. The string gets tangled. The tape wears off.
There's also the problem of precision. Traditional drilled-hole standards can only offer height increments equal to the spacing between holes — typically two to four inches. That's fine for basic beginner fences, but for a serious jumping program where you might want to work at a specific height between the pre-drilled options, it's a real limitation. Trainers end up compromising on the exact fence height they want rather than fighting the system.
Perhaps most frustratingly, riders have come to accept all of this as simply part of jumping. The pin hunt, the wobbling cup, the awkward two-handed adjustment requiring you to hold the rail, manage the cup, and fish for the pin simultaneously — it's treated as an inherent feature of the discipline rather than a design problem waiting for a better solution. It doesn't have to be this way.
Many trainers have developed elaborate workarounds. Some keep a dedicated pin bucket hanging from each standard. Others thread a piece of baling twine through several spare pins so they can't fall individually. Some mark their pins with brightly colored tape to make them easier to spot. But these are accommodations to a flawed system, not fixes. The bucket gets knocked over by an enthusiastic horse. The string gets tangled. The tape wears off.
There's also the problem of precision. Traditional drilled-hole standards can only offer height increments equal to the spacing between holes — typically two to four inches. That's fine for basic beginner fences, but for a serious jumping program where you might want to work at a specific height between the pre-drilled options, it's a real limitation. Trainers end up compromising on the exact fence height they want rather than fighting the system.
Perhaps most frustratingly, riders have come to accept all of this as simply part of jumping. The pin hunt, the wobbling cup, the awkward two-handed adjustment requiring you to hold the rail, manage the cup, and fish for the pin simultaneously — it's treated as an inherent feature of the discipline rather than a design problem waiting for a better solution. It doesn't have to be this way.
The Solution
One Track. No Pins. Every Height. One Hand.
The Easy-Up® Pinless Track is a deceptively straightforward solution to a problem riders have been tolerating for generations. Measuring 20 inches tall and molded from durable ABS plastic, the track mounts directly to your existing wooden or PVC jump standards — no new standards required, no specialized tools, no complicated hardware. The system works because of what it eliminates: the pin entirely.
Instead of a separate cup held in place by a small pin fishing through a drilled hole, the Easy-Up® system uses a continuous track profile. The matching pinless jump cups (sold separately) simply slide down the track and lock into position at any height along its length. To adjust, you lift the cup slightly and slide it up or down — a one-handed motion that takes about two seconds. To remove completely, just lift straight up. There's no pin to drop, no hole to line up, no juggling of components.
The practical effect on a training session is immediately noticeable. Fence height changes happen mid-conversation without breaking the coaching rhythm. A trainer can call out a height adjustment while watching the next horse come down the line, and the person on the ground can make the change without even interrupting the flow. For gymnastic exercises where rails are raised or lowered multiple times in quick succession, the difference is transformative.
Two 20-inch tracks cover one full standard — a straightforward setup that lets you configure exactly as much of your standard as you need. Because the tracks attach to any standard, the investment protects and extends equipment you already own rather than requiring you to replace it. Schneiders has been sourcing and standing behind barn equipment like this for 78 years — the kind of gear that works as reliably on year five as it does on day one.
Instead of a separate cup held in place by a small pin fishing through a drilled hole, the Easy-Up® system uses a continuous track profile. The matching pinless jump cups (sold separately) simply slide down the track and lock into position at any height along its length. To adjust, you lift the cup slightly and slide it up or down — a one-handed motion that takes about two seconds. To remove completely, just lift straight up. There's no pin to drop, no hole to line up, no juggling of components.
The practical effect on a training session is immediately noticeable. Fence height changes happen mid-conversation without breaking the coaching rhythm. A trainer can call out a height adjustment while watching the next horse come down the line, and the person on the ground can make the change without even interrupting the flow. For gymnastic exercises where rails are raised or lowered multiple times in quick succession, the difference is transformative.
Two 20-inch tracks cover one full standard — a straightforward setup that lets you configure exactly as much of your standard as you need. Because the tracks attach to any standard, the investment protects and extends equipment you already own rather than requiring you to replace it. Schneiders has been sourcing and standing behind barn equipment like this for 78 years — the kind of gear that works as reliably on year five as it does on day one.
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Instant Height Changes
Slide the cup to any position along the track and lock it in place with one hand — no pins, no tools, no fumbling.
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Universal Compatibility
Mounts directly onto existing wooden or PVC jump standards, so you upgrade what you already own rather than replacing it.
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Never Lose a Jump Pin Again — Upgrade Your Standards Today
The Easy-Up® Pinless Track installs on the standards you already own and eliminates the most common time-waster in every jump school. Schneiders has been equipping serious training programs since 1946, and this is exactly the kind of smart, practical solution we put our name behind. Order yours today and experience what it feels like to change fence heights without putting your momentum on hold.
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