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| When riding your young ones around, how collected do you keep them? For example, I got on someone's 3 year old a couple weeks ago that she had put a couple of months in on and it literally felt like I was on a run away train. I tried to get her nose and go into a nice collected canter, but she just pushed against it and did what she wanted. She said she looked really like she rode nicely, and I told her I thought it needed more collection and control. I know you want to give them some freedom so they know to keep moving forward, but how much is to much? |
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Location: ND | I want softness from my youngsters, not necessarily collection until they're fairly broke. On the babies I'm happy with them quietly breaking at the poll when asked and being soft through their entire body. Collection will build in time from there. |
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| By three years old mine are very collected. I used to ride my own babies but the LST several I have sent to get them broke. The guy I use puts a nice handle on them but my trainer doesn't like too much so she doesn't have to retrain. I just let her take them straight from the first guy. |
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Location: North Dakota | I don't do much with young horses or very green horses but when I do...
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| SaraJean - 2015-05-17 12:46 PM I want softness from my youngsters, not necessarily collection until they're fairly broke. On the babies I'm happy with them quietly breaking at the poll when asked and being soft through their entire body. Collection will build in time from there.
THIS ^^
Remember that true collection takes strength and time to build. |
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Location: Missouri | The trainer I ride with lets them scoot out. He doesn't expect them to be soft or slow at a trot or lope, as long as they maintain the gate. He strongly cautioned me about getting into my horse's face b/c he did not want him burying his nose and running through my hands. At a young age, their feet aren't really connected to their face. I really hate that feeling of them running disjointed and ugly, but apparently, it's part of the process and they do learn that they don't have to cruise at Mach 1.
That's why I was happy to send mine out! :) Now that he's back, I can do the fun stuff like softening, beginning collection, shortening and lengthening stride, etc.
BTW, he's 5. Obviously a slow learner, but they all come together at different times. That's what I'm telling myself, anyway! lol!
eta: Love that pyramid, cavyrunsbarrels! Where did you find it?
Edited by just4fun 2015-05-18 8:51 AM
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