I believe your horse might have a rearing problem...

[idegafaa]

I saw this recently and thought it was a very good example of someone being a 'passenger' on a horse. I'd imagine this is one hell of a dominant mare and she's certainly been and is being allowed to rear to get where and what she wants, I tend to think theres certainly a lot of; "Oh no, I don't want to go over there, i'll just rear, get a release

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[wastedrock]

Horse needs a trainer that can defuse the rear, or stop it from happening. She also needs a rider than doesn't ask her to go forward, and then get left behind and yank on her mouth. She needs to respect boundaries, but this rider is NOT the one to install them.
she's not riding that badly, but that horse is too much of an athletic, hot mare. Probably needs a professional, or at least a professional to training ride it 3 times a week.

[maroonostrich]

Aaargh I was just screaming FORWARD FORWARD!! Horse has to stop to rear. Get it WORKING!! Trot or something! Stop pootling about!
Maybe there's a reason for it and the mare can't abide them or something but personally I'd want a whip in my hand riding that horse, as if she didn't MOVE off my leg I'd want to have the back up to hand!

[jaydrain]

I think she has spurs on. But then again trying to ride a rearer forward is like riding a cement block.

[jaydrain]

Only those with a shallow understanding of how a rearer works would think that sending it off to a trainer to ride it for X times a week for X duration would solve the problem. Most smart trainers know that simply getting on and riding the horse themselves isn't a viable solution for cutting out the rearing. If the girl wishes to continue with this particular horse and get anywhere with her, her best option would be to find a professional willing to coach and strategize with her in the given sitaution where the horse is known to rear so she can faster manage it and not let things persist for as long as they did in the video.

[wastedrock]

Just so you know, my horse was a chronic rearer when I got him. He doesn't do so much as a try now. Also, I've totally rehabbed all of the habitual and dangerous rearing cases that have ever been sent me, over 10 ish now. So I think I have some vague idea of what I'm talking about in regards to rearing. Yes, getting on the horses and fixing the rearing by yourself is the FIRST STEP of many. If the rider is causing the rearing, which she is by not riding her forward then the horse needs a reset, and then the rider can get back on.

[wastedrock]

oh and BTW the training rides 3 times a week in addition to the kid taking lessons on the horse a couple of times a week too. But it HAS to be rehabbed by a pro first, to teach it the correct response to the aids. and the correct response is ALWAYS FORWARD never up, never sideways (unless asking for lateral movement) never back, nothing ever but forward. You wanna know how I fixed all those rearers, I rode them forward and didn't let them rear. If they did, they got put to WORK. One of the worst cases nearly flipped on me, and aid at all would send her up. she is now a husband horse, does trails, jumps with kids, and is gaited. So please, don't try and tell me I have a "shallow understanding" of rearing. You have one chronic case, which, by the sounds of it, you have yet to rehab. All the horses I've rehabbed NONE of them have relapsed, because guess what, I taught them the correct responses to aids.

[jaydrain]

I own a chronic case but have worked with and learned the behavioral patterns of several. No case ever being the same as the other. Some can resolved by more straightforward means and others being way too complex to really considered "rehabbed." Foward is your best solution for stopping a rearer from continuing its cycle but its not the panacea. Ya, I've been able to power my guy forward but it didn't stop him suddenly slamming the brakes and flippling back on top of me