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I just got this new horse about a month and a half ago. She's a really sweet Quarter Horse mare named Misty, and I love her to death. Her old owners told me that she has a really good stop on her. Whenever I tried her out at their house, she did have a pretty good stop. But now that she's at my house, she hardly stops at all. I'm kind of panicking because I have two very important horse shows that I have to take her to this weekend. Whenever she doesn't stop, I correct her and have her back up. This works for a while, but the next time we go riding, she seems to have forgotten how to stop again. HELP!!!!! I need advice!
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How is she on the bit? Does she take it and bolt, or just throw her head up and avoid it?
What do you do to get her to stop?
Is she running away with you, or just not slowing down?
What kind of bit does she have?
Is she nervous?
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.:Hoofprints:. (6/19/2009)
How is she on the bit? Does she take it and bolt, or just throw her head up and avoid it?
What do you do to get her to stop?
Is she running away with you, or just not slowing down?
What kind of bit does she have?
Is she nervous?
She's a pretty nice show horse, so she's always on the bit really nicely with her head down. When I ask her to stop, sometimes she sticks her nose out, but usually she just keeps right on going, even when I pull. To get her to stop, I sit my butt back, and use my legs to push her into my reins, because that's how she's trained. If she doesn't stop, I usually pull. And then I either circle her or back her up to punish her. When I ride english, I used to use an o'ring, but a few days ago I switched her to an egg-butt which seems to be working better for her. She doesn't really have a problem stopping in western. But she usually pays more attention to me. She's better as an english horse than western though because she's bred to be a hunter. I like english better anyways. She's not really a nervous horse. But she likes to look at what's going on around her instead of paying attention to me. I know that this is part of the problem.
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[quote]rockinponygirl (6/19/2009)
[quote].:Hoofprints:. (6/19/2009)
How is she on the bit? Does she take it and bolt, or just throw her head up and avoid it?
What do you do to get her to stop?
Is she running away with you, or just not slowing down?
What kind of bit does she have?
Is she nervous?
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She's a pretty nice show horse, so she's always on the bit really nicely with her head down. When I ask her to stop, sometimes she sticks her nose out, but usually she just keeps right on going, even when I pull.
To get her to stop, I sit my butt back, and use my legs to push her into my reins, because that's how she's trained. If she doesn't stop, I usually pull. And then I either circle her or back her up to punish her.
When I ride english, I used to use an o'ring, buta fewdays ago I switched her to an egg-butt which seems to be working better for her. She doesn't really have a problem stopping in western. But she usually pays more attention to me. She's better as an english horse than western though because she's bred to be a hunter. I like english better anyways.
She's not really a nervous horse. But she likes to look at what's going on around her instead of paying attention to me. I know that this is part of the problem.[/quote]
Okay, you could try riding her in draw reins, but ONLY tighten them when you ask her to stop.
Another way to get her to stop quickly is to turn in a circle, and right before you get back to the rail, when the horse straightens his bend, you sit up very tall, and PULL.
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Thanks a bunch!
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If she just leans and you're pulling like crazy and she doesn't stop, you can crank her head around to the rail to make her stop. Make sure you don't let your inside rein flop, because she'll probably just bulge her shoulder and spin around. Don't do this a lot, though, only do it if she really won't stop at all. Also, make sure you don't hang on her mouth all the time, let her go around on a loose rein and stretch down (not all the time, but for some amount of time every ride). Then, when you do pick your reins back up, she'll be more responsive and less likely to just lean and ignore you.
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I don't pull on her hardley at all. I talked to her old owner today, and she said that the saddle might not fit Misty, and that's why she's not paying attention to me. I'm also going to try and find her a sweet iron bit, because her western bit is sweet iron, and she really likes that bit.
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