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Ok so I have a OTTB mare I’m breaking she’s been off the track for about 8 months and I started breaking her a month ago. She’s riding around well she’s on the lazy side but I am struggling teaching her loping circles especially to the right. She will bow out and just run straight. This is a month of solid work and she’s still not catching on. She has been fully vetted teeth have been done. She does ok in a round pen loping circles but will still run to fence and in a arena she fights pretty bad even just trotting circles she will bow away from me. I haven’t ever really had this issue when breaking one so any advice ?
The best advice I can give you is to look where you want the horse to go. Simple but it works. Make sure the horse is on the correct lead.
Maybe someone with more experience will answer. My only experience was that it took awhile to teach seat and leg cues. Then all was good. Ride the butt, not the head.
I think you just need to back up a bit as you said she's bad at a jog too.
Is she soft and understanding how to give in her face and ribs? I ride alot of OTT horses and it can sometimes take a bit for them to understand a new way of riding, I don't worry about lopeing circles until I get them really soft and broke go my hands and leg. I just ride them out on the farm and work on picking them up and moving their body around.
I've only ever ridden one off the track and it took me a little bit of work to get her to mover off my leg without it just meaning forward. Just keep working on sidepassing, arcs, counterarcs and serpentines until she understands when you want her to move off your leg. It will make it easier to keep her between your hands and legs.
You are making progress but it will come inch by inch. Keep working on pressure release and the progress will come.
Just stay consistant. The longer they were on the track the more ingrained in their mind it is. It's taken my latest one almost a year and he still isn't 100% consistant. But when I got him he didn't even know a right lead existed. I had to get him used to it on the lounge line first before i even attempted in the saddle. Don't give up. OTT are the best IMO lol
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