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Alright guys,
Sorry to bother you with pretty much the opposite question about another horse, but you all were so helpful with the first one…..
I wrote about him a little bit in the comments of my previous post.
This particular 7yo OTTB is a runner. He will not rock back at all, and even when I try to let him stretch out and slow my post he will just trot faster and faster until he breaks into a canter. My word for him is ‘stressed out’.
His owner started him in a snaffle, then slowly went up to harsher and harsher bits because of his running, and now he is in a big, big port. She ‘slows’ him down by almost rollkuring him. He can basically canter in a circle in place with his head cranked, but he can not trot slowly and relaxed around the ring to save his life, even when I give him his head.
I think he needs a different bit, and needs to learn to move into the bit, because right now he goes behind the bit and I feel like I lose all control. He won’t rock back at all the only way I can get him to stop is to haul on his mouth. I tried a French link happy mouth on him but he ran through it and kept trying to run away with me. I’m a good rider, but I look out of control on this horse.
So I spent some time in a mullen rubber mouth Pelham, which gave me control without causing him to go under the bit so much. I just spent like an hour trotting, and trying to teach him to whoa with voice and seat vs hauling on his mouth. I really have not seen much improvement and I get so frustrated when even after an hour he is still running. I’d rather not run his ass down in a round pen before each ride.
Help!? I’ve never worked with this problem before.
Sorry to bother you with pretty much the opposite question about another horse, but you all were so helpful with the first one…..
I wrote about him a little bit in the comments of my previous post.
This particular 7yo OTTB is a runner. He will not rock back at all, and even when I try to let him stretch out and slow my post he will just trot faster and faster until he breaks into a canter. My word for him is ‘stressed out’.
His owner started him in a snaffle, then slowly went up to harsher and harsher bits because of his running, and now he is in a big, big port. She ‘slows’ him down by almost rollkuring him. He can basically canter in a circle in place with his head cranked, but he can not trot slowly and relaxed around the ring to save his life, even when I give him his head.
I think he needs a different bit, and needs to learn to move into the bit, because right now he goes behind the bit and I feel like I lose all control. He won’t rock back at all the only way I can get him to stop is to haul on his mouth. I tried a French link happy mouth on him but he ran through it and kept trying to run away with me. I’m a good rider, but I look out of control on this horse.
So I spent some time in a mullen rubber mouth Pelham, which gave me control without causing him to go under the bit so much. I just spent like an hour trotting, and trying to teach him to whoa with voice and seat vs hauling on his mouth. I really have not seen much improvement and I get so frustrated when even after an hour he is still running. I’d rather not run his ass down in a round pen before each ride.
Help!? I’ve never worked with this problem before.