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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | classicpotatochip - 2017-03-11 3:27 PM 1DSoon - 2017-03-10 4:44 PM I just watched the video and he's running around the barrels. He's not breaking down, collecting and making a turn.
It is not really possible to leave hard when they are stretched out like that.
Everyone, please pause and write this on your calendar! 1D said something nice and helpful! 1D, I agree.
Every time I post it's helpful.
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  Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | I don't think your horse needs a tie down. You were on his head which caused his head to come up. I rode a lot of big horses and loved them. When you get on a big horses head before a barrel you take their momentun in a turn and they can't fire out. And I know it is hard to ride them to the backside of a barrel before you pick up on the rein. But it will help them keep their momentun going. |
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | I have a 16 hander who is really starting to come on now that I've had time to actually focus on him for a few months. The most helpful things I've done with him are (1) rollbacks - HUSTLE out of them, (2) a figure eight exercise with TINY figure 8s, and (3) counter arcing. He's naturally slow footed and so getting his shoulders moving with the counter arc exercises has really helped improve his footwork, which helps him leave a barrel with much more snap.
During a run, I concentrate on riding him all the way into the turn and getting my leg past the barrel before I sit down and ask him to come around. As we get to the back side, I really try to run my rein hand up his neck while pulling myself forward with the horn and hustling him with my body. I find that when I get my hips and my hand (SUPER IMPORTANT PART) forward on the way out of the turn, he can get his feet moving that direction faster.
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Location: In a happy place | rodeowithjoker - 2017-03-13 7:27 PM
I have a 16 hander who is really starting to come on now that I've had time to actually focus on him for a few months. The most helpful things I've done with him are (1) rollbacks - HUSTLE out of them, (2) a figure eight exercise with TINY figure 8s, and (3) counter arcing. He's naturally slow footed and so getting his shoulders moving with the counter arc exercises has really helped improve his footwork, which helps him leave a barrel with much more snap.
During a run, I concentrate on riding him all the way into the turn and getting my leg past the barrel before I sit down and ask him to come around. As we get to the back side, I really try to run my rein hand up his neck while pulling myself forward with the horn and hustling him with my body. I find that when I get my hips and my hand (SUPER IMPORTANT PART) forward on the way out of the turn, he can get his feet moving that direction faster.
Great answer rwj! |
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Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | sorrel horse ranch - 2017-03-13 8:26 PM rodeowithjoker - 2017-03-13 7:27 PM I have a 16 hander who is really starting to come on now that I've had time to actually focus on him for a few months. The most helpful things I've done with him are (1) rollbacks - HUSTLE out of them, (2) a figure eight exercise with TINY figure 8s, and (3) counter arcing. He's naturally slow footed and so getting his shoulders moving with the counter arc exercises has really helped improve his footwork, which helps him leave a barrel with much more snap.
During a run, I concentrate on riding him all the way into the turn and getting my leg past the barrel before I sit down and ask him to come around. As we get to the back side, I really try to run my rein hand up his neck while pulling myself forward with the horn and hustling him with my body. I find that when I get my hips and my hand (SUPER IMPORTANT PART) forward on the way out of the turn, he can get his feet moving that direction faster.
Great answer rwj!
Thank you. I do want to add that typically with bigger horses, you need more momentum going into a turn in order for them to fire out of it. My gray isn't huge, but he's not small, and the harder I send him at first, the harder he turns and leaves.
Streak (16 harder) is proving to be similar. |
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