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Topic: Zoey, the rodeo mare...
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Lucky Duck
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posted May 10, 2004 04:49 AM
I finally started working the mare that I bought that falls or leans to the inside. I started her on the lunge and she'll hunch up and then leap with all 4 feet off the ground and then take off. It is all I can do to hold her!
Here she is in one of her 'bronco' moments:
She is super heavy on her forehand...
Any ideas on how I can get this mare to 'lighten-up'?? I'm working her in-hand to activate her hind a little more and I was thinking of trying free-lunging... I'm not currently riding her because I don't want to be pulling the bit through her face to keep her from putting her head down. I'd really appreciate some advice on some things to try with this girl...
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Posts: 338 | From: Virginia | Registered: Jan 2004
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Blistering Winds
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posted May 10, 2004 06:41 AM
I would definitly, if you have the area, to free lunge her and run her for a minute to let her get her kicks out. Then control lunge her for a few minutes, then ride and see how she does.
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Posts: 4337 | From: Texas | Registered: Oct 2003
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QHGirl
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posted May 10, 2004 07:35 AM
WOW... good thing you lunged her first ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
I would try free lunging, maybe she is the type to have a a chain under or over her nose to control her. My mare has to have "something" even if it is just the Lunge line under her chin, she won't lean on the lunge line as much...
Some horses hate to lunge and are a doll on their backs.
Have you ever rode her? BTW... she looks very nice!
Posts: 1350 | From: Indianapolis | Registered: Jul 2003
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Lucky Duck
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posted May 10, 2004 09:01 AM
I've ridden her a couple times and she leans or falls to the inside... so much that I can not keep her 'on the rail'.
Her previous owner says she displays the same behaviour under saddle and has even thrown a professional trainer!
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A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities.- Nuno Oliveira
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QHGirl
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posted May 10, 2004 09:09 AM
HUM.. have you thought about a equine chrio???
Just a thought!
Is it always the same direction? Is it that way on the lunge line also? HUM...
Posts: 1350 | From: Indianapolis | Registered: Jul 2003
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belle4
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posted May 10, 2004 11:28 AM
What about working her in a new place with new things to look at. New arena, different horses, surroundings, etc. What about a spur? When she falls in, bump her off you leg. Start with one step in a straight line. If she falls in bump her back and start again. Make sure you are sitting in the middle, reins even, and looking straight ahead. Keep up the lunging though. Do try the chain. Most horses won't pull so much on the chain.
[ May 10, 2004, 11:30 AM: Message edited by: belle4 ]
Posts: 1075 | From: michigan | Registered: Oct 2003
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Lucky Duck
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posted May 10, 2004 04:02 PM
She leans more to the right then to the left... she even wears down her right hoof more than the left. However, the 'bronco' behaviour is when she is going left.
I've thought about an equine chiroprator... also, it almost kind of looks like she has an old scar on her left shoulder... ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities.- Nuno Oliveira
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John
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posted May 10, 2004 06:18 PM
She may be a bit sore on one side ie:pulled muscle and bothers more at the lope.What is her history?Watch for the head bobing at the walk and trot in time with one leg to narrow it down a bit more.There are many things that can cause this problem and you are going to have to be very observent to nail it down.
Posts: 109 | From: B.C. Canada | Registered: Mar 2004
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MissBandit
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posted May 10, 2004 11:02 PM
I would first lunge her w/o tack. Have you done this yet? If she wants to get any bucks out first, she should only be allowed to do that while she is not under saddle.
I agree with the others on getting her allignment looked at. Deffinitely couldn't hurt!
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CANDYGIRL
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posted May 10, 2004 11:14 PM
Just to share Pic - excellent being ridden both reins.
But to lunge(I don't use a lunge whip, just voice, he freeks at the lunge whip) he is very stiff on his off side, absolutely fine on his near side.
Horses/ponies are a bit like people, you know right and left handed. Most horses are stiffer on the off side.
If I do lunge he also has a bucking turn and also is hard work on the off side. I might start in the middle and end up at the top of the field(no manage, sand arena for the poor ![[Smile]](smile.gif) ) I don't know why, he doesn't do it ridden, 20 metre circles on both reins, so maybe just one of those horses, like Pony Pic. I even got his back checked by a chiropractor, no problems.
Lunging is hard work on a horse, maybe she and him just find it too much like hard work ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Lovley horse by the way ![[Bow]](graemlins/bow.gif)
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Posts: 2620 | From: England | Registered: Sep 2003
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Lucky Duck
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posted May 11, 2004 04:24 AM
I'm going to try free lunging to see if it has something to do with her being on a circle... That way I can watch her movement a little better for any signs of being off.
The time I lunged her w/o tack, she wasn't as bad... falls in, does a little head shaking and hops, but nothing like what she was doing in the pics above.
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A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities.- Nuno Oliveira
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