Balancing Video added

Goonhorse · 09-23-2008, 03:35 PM

My mare seems to have trouble balancing when I circle her at a trot. Anybody have any exercises or suggestions that I can do with her to help her learn to balance?

Chester · 09-23-2008, 03:54 PM

1. Sit still

2. Make the circle bigger to start with.

3. More info would help.

Goonhorse · 09-23-2008, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chester

1. Sit still

2. Make the circle bigger to start with.

3. More info would help.

What do you want to know?

Chester · 09-23-2008, 05:28 PM

Things like horses training level, circle size, are you trying collected?

Goonhorse · 09-23-2008, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Chester

Things like horses training level, circle size, are you trying collected?

Very green
Circle size? Um, it depends on how much she veers off course.

I try to make it pretty big. Not sure how big to tell you, though.

I'm trying it collected, but she isn't terribly consistent yet.

ETA: She is 12, though.

JBandRio · 09-23-2008, 05:45 PM

Bigger isn't necessarily better when it comes to circles. A smaller circle (depending on how big it was originally) can teach a horse to balance themselves, whereas a bigger one might just allow the horse to continue going around off balance.

The rider plays a bigger part - if you lean into your circles, your horse will have a harder time balancing.

What does the horse know about moving her shoulders around? How long has she been under saddle?

Goonhorse · 09-23-2008, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBandRio

Bigger isn't necessarily better when it comes to circles. A smaller circle (depending on how big it was originally) can teach a horse to balance themselves, whereas a bigger one might just allow the horse to continue going around off balance.

The rider plays a bigger part - if you lean into your circles, your horse will have a harder time balancing.

What does the horse know about moving her shoulders around? How long has she been under saddle?

She pretty much doesn't know anything. She's been "under saddle" since she was...........Four? Five? I don't really remember. But she hasn't been trained. She was just ridden. And before that she was driven.

Auzzie Honey · 09-24-2008, 01:55 AM

How is her walk? Is she balanced in the walk, able to walk straight, and on a bend, including circling?

Do you lunge her much? What do you do lunging?

madvoice · 09-24-2008, 02:13 AM

Is this the pregnant one? Being pregnant can make you very unbalanced..

JBandRio · 09-24-2008, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Goonhorse

She pretty much doesn't know anything. She's been "under saddle" since she was...........Four? Five? I don't really remember. But she hasn't been trained. She was just ridden. And before that she was driven.

So, you not only have good training to instill, you have "bad" training to undo

Can you get a short video of what she's doing (and what you are doing?)

09-23-2008, 03:35 PM	#1
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09-23-2008, 05:28 PM	#4
Chester Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: inland of the coral sea Posts: 10,200 Images: 777	Things like horses training level, circle size, are you trying collected? __________________ Aussie Aussie Aussie OI OI OI "We're all members of the outback club, we don't back down and we don't give up" Lee Kernaghan "Good friends are worth more than money any day" Adam Brand Is it full moon time again? Did the cereal truck overturn and fruitloops got spilt?

09-23-2008, 05:45 PM	#6
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 23,722 Images: 145 Blog Entries: 12	Bigger isn't necessarily better when it comes to circles. A smaller circle (depending on how big it was originally) can teach a horse to balance themselves, whereas a bigger one might just allow the horse to continue going around off balance. The rider plays a bigger part - if you lean into your circles, your horse will have a harder time balancing. What does the horse know about moving her shoulders around? How long has she been under saddle? __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - You can't hit me with all those snowballs!

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09-24-2008, 02:13 AM	#9
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