Posted by admin | Posted in tack | Posted on 15-03-2009
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What's the best way for me to keep my horse relaxed in a show? He's hyper as hell! ( western pleasure shows!)
Also, how can i improve him bolting and on the rail during a show? He can't keep still. He's the only misbehaving horse in the class. . . i can't keep up with my points! we do well in trail, however, it's just rail classes. level intermediate (advanced rider, silly horse holding me back!) he's in training, though he's 14! how can i stay relaxed during all this, too?
I'm not sure why you think at 14 he should be fully trained - every time you step on you're training. If he's bolting in the ring he's telling you he's NOT HAPPY. It's real easy to blame the horse but there's two parts to that team and you're not relaxed either. One feeds the other. You're tense, he feels it, he tenses, you react he bolts. Increasing work alone won't do it...if anything it'll have the opposite affect. He'll get fitter and gets the message you want him going faster. He needs control not work. Relax yourself - it's not life or death out there. Working at home when he speeds up circle him. When he's working at the speed and in the frame you want leave him alone. If he doesn't like working with other horses and gets goofy with that work him at home with other horses around. Work on walk and trot and putting him in a circle where you want him when you want him there - do some patterns. Work on flexibility and control. If he's not working for you and you don't have the patience to teach him then sell him and trade up for something you can sit on and win. But he'll teach you a lot more if you let him.
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