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| I have a 5yr old gelding that I'm just starting to pick up speed on and we're blowing out the first and second. It seems like no matter how much I over correct and move over in slow work, we can't seem to finish the turn. The third barrel he finishes nicely. He's been vetted so we're good there... What are some other exercises I can do to get us to move over? Just really get after him with my outside foot when we're running? Any excercise or good videos I could watch? He's a big guy so maybe more pocket (16hh)? Not a free runner, definitely ratey. I'm doing my best to sit deep and look at the next one. Could me not getting up cause that? TIA! |
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Miracle in the Making
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| You are starting your turn too soon. A bigger pocket will make it worse. Straighter long if that helps. Give the horse room to turn on the backside. Do not lean into the turn or lean forward.
I need to add----slow down until you get it correct.
Edited by streakysox 2015-11-16 3:09 PM
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Location: west of East Texas | My older horse started doing this a couple of years ago with my daughter. Just like the previous poster said, she was starting the turns too soon. With them, a bigger pocket just made it worse, made them start hitting going in. Running straighter in and going further in allowed the trn to happen with the barrel in the middle and the blowing out stopped. This cut several tenths off. |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | I was having the same issue for a bit with my mare. (Still working on it since I'm the driver and got in a bad habit) I tried fixing her turns by widening her pocket which made us turn straight into the barrel. As soon as I quit widening and started straightening, we started clocking better. Finally clocked back in the 17's for the first time in a year. |
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Location: Mississippi | Does anyone have a diagram of a straighter approach to the first barrel? I am having the same issue with my gelding bowing out on the first which makes it tough to set up correctly for our second. I believe my issue is a combination of not giving him enough room (he is 16.1H) and my possibly pulling on his head coming out of the turn. Bad habits I am trying to break! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | RustyLove - 2015-11-16 2:34 PM I have a 5yr old gelding that I'm just starting to pick up speed on and we're blowing out the first and second. It seems like no matter how much I over correct and move over in slow work, we can't seem to finish the turn. The third barrel he finishes nicely. He's been vetted so we're good there... What are some other exercises I can do to get us to move over? Just really get after him with my outside foot when we're running? Any excercise or good videos I could watch? He's a big guy so maybe more pocket (16hh)? Not a free runner, definitely ratey. I'm doing my best to sit deep and look at the next one. Could me not getting up cause that? TIA!
How long have you had this horse on barrels befor you started to add speed to him? |
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Location: Alberta | Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-18 12:16 PM RustyLove - 2015-11-16 2:34 PM I have a 5yr old gelding that I'm just starting to pick up speed on and we're blowing out the first and second. It seems like no matter how much I over correct and move over in slow work, we can't seem to finish the turn. The third barrel he finishes nicely. He's been vetted so we're good there... What are some other exercises I can do to get us to move over? Just really get after him with my outside foot when we're running? Any excercise or good videos I could watch? He's a big guy so maybe more pocket (16hh)? Not a free runner, definitely ratey. I'm doing my best to sit deep and look at the next one. Could me not getting up cause that? TIA! How long have you had this horse on barrels befor you started to add speed to him?
there is a great tire exercise that both Sue Smith and Danyelle Campbell do that gets your horses correct in their circles. The barrel pattern is easy for a horse it's getting them confident in circles that makes for a snappier turn. Their ability to know what (comfortable at all gaits and being relaxed) and when (slow their feet down) to do it in a turn takes time, also takes getting their body in condition to do it.....although SOME horses it comes way natural too.
Edited by dream_chaser 2015-11-19 1:42 PM
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | I am a proponent of a smaller pocket and running straighter to the barrel. This forces the horse to pick up the shoulder and shape the body, thus keeping them from falling out of the backside of the turn. |
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