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| My 6 yo is incredibly setty. I've ridden push style horses that need to be driven up to the barrel, but none that set or anticipate as hard as him.
Does anyone have good drills to free up a horse? He also stops moving his feet around barrels, which IMO slows us down. He wants to turn TOO tight! Never thought this would be a bad problem to have :)
I've done counter arcs and drills going straight to the fence. Looking for more ideas. |
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Location: Arkansas | Here is an article kassie Mowry recently did, maybe it will help http://www.rodeo21.com/kassie-mowrys-attention-getters/?fb_action_i... |
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Location: North Texas | Turning corners (90*) in a square pen corner.
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| I know he is six and you may have already done this but it might be worth getting his hocks looked at. If he is sore this could be part of the reason why he wants to rate so soon.
Another thing is i believe this problem can be fixed while you are just exercising. i have a horse that is also super ratey. when I ride her i usually ride in squared or rectangle pen and i make her take an extra step into farther into the corners of the arena whether im walk trot or loping. if he you like he is trying to anticipate the turn and cut off some of the arena in the turn, when you approach the next corner of the arena take him to the fence and reverse arc him out of the corner.
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| taburunthemgood - 2015-01-30 8:49 AM
I know he is six and you may have already done this but it might be worth getting his hocks looked at. If he is sore this could be part of the reason why he wants to rate so soon.
Another thing is i believe this problem can be fixed while you are just exercising. i have a horse that is also super ratey. when I ride her i usually ride in squared or rectangle pen and i make her take an extra step into farther into the corners of the arena whether im walk trot or loping. if he you like he is trying to anticipate the turn and cut off some of the arena in the turn, when you approach the next corner of the arena take him to the fence and reverse arc him out of the corner.
I had his hocks x-rayed and injected in September - so hopefully he is good to go there! He was giving me issues on the 1st, but so far, so good after his injections. I do want to x-ray his front left knee. He bumped it a few years ago and although he was never lame on it, it was pretty swollen and there is now some fluid in it that has never gone away. Hoping to get into the vet next week just to make sure there is nothing going on there.
Also, he wasn't terribly setty last summer, but I am bringing him back from a 3 month break, and he is more turny than usual on 2 and 3. |
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| one other thing you can try is not exaggerating rate as much when you slow work. Definitely don't stop him at the barrels but like at the first if you are trotting to the barrel stay trotting and maybe give him a little bigger pocket |
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Location: MD | For one that really stalls out in the turn like this and stops moving it's feet, I have an exercise that I have found to be super beneficial. Walking through the pattern, I will walk around the barrel as I normally would and then as I'm finishing the turn, I'll move up to the lope and lope to medium size circles around the barrel. As I'm 3/4 of the way through the second circle, I'll move them in enough so that I am essentially finishing the turn around the barrel and sprint them a couple of strides away from it. I have found that it really helps to re-instill some gas pedal in them. |
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| WrapN3MN - 2015-01-30 9:00 AM
taburunthemgood - 2015-01-30 8:49 AM
I know he is six and you may have already done this but it might be worth getting his hocks looked at. If he is sore this could be part of the reason why he wants to rate so soon.
Another thing is i believe this problem can be fixed while you are just exercising. i have a horse that is also super ratey. when I ride her i usually ride in squared or rectangle pen and i make her take an extra step into farther into the corners of the arena whether im walk trot or loping. if he you like he is trying to anticipate the turn and cut off some of the arena in the turn, when you approach the next corner of the arena take him to the fence and reverse arc him out of the corner.
I had his hocks x-rayed and injected in September - so hopefully he is good to go there! He was giving me issues on the 1st, but so far, so good after his injections. I do want to x-ray his front left knee. He bumped it a few years ago and although he was never lame on it, it was pretty swollen and there is now some fluid in it that has never gone away. Hoping to get into the vet next week just to make sure there is nothing going on there.
Also, he wasn't terribly setty last summer, but I am bringing him back from a 3 month break, and he is more turny than usual on 2 and 3.
Generally injections are not a one time thing and need to be done time and time again.
You may already know this, but incase you didn't it is always something to keep in the back of your mind |
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Location: WA | Sprints down long side of arena. Sprinting large circles around the barrel (like a 40' circle with barrel in center). Only working the pattern if there is an issue that needs addressed. Driving all the way up into the barrel (I have the HARDEST time with this). I only stop kicking for about a stride right where I want her to rate. I have ran her for years and this is still hard for me to do, lol. |
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