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| I have a horse who's pretty heavy on his front end. He just had a full lameness evaluation, and he's not showing any lameness that would contribute to it. Other than making him back up after stopping and doing rollbacks, what are some other drills I could do with him to encourage him to quit stopping on his front end? Pointing me towards some good Youtube videos would be awesome. TIA! |
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Location: North Dakota | I struggled with this alot with my last mare and to be honest your bit choice can play a big role in getting them to use their body correctly, atleast for me. I don't have a ton of tips and tricks so I have to rely on some aids to help me. Trainingbarrelhorses.com might have some videos though. |
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| http://www.barrelracingtips.com/dont-get-strung-out-at-speed-three-...
I would also work on transitions. Only let them go a few strides before you switch. walk to trot, trot to lope, walk to stop, walk to lope, etc... |
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| MidWest1452 - 2018-04-04 10:22 AM
I struggled with this alot with my last mare and to be honest your bit choice can play a big role in getting them to use their body correctly, atleast for me. I don't have a ton of tips and tricks so I have to rely on some aids to help me. Trainingbarrelhorses.com might have some videos though.
Hmm never even thought about it being a bit issue.... I've just been riding him in the same bit his previous owner recommended. I'll have to play around with some others and see if it makes a difference. |
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Thanks!! I will try doing more of this. |
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Location: Texas | Something to remember with a front endy horse, the more you pull on the nose, the more they dump on the front end. Use your body more than the reins.
Something I did in years past, was to long-trot in small circles, not pulling on the nose, but pushing the horse forward with your body. It'll help both you and the horse. |
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| Fun2Run - 2018-04-04 10:55 AM
Something to remember with a front endy horse, the more you pull on the nose, the more they dump on the front end. Use your body more than the reins.
Something I did in years past, was to long-trot in small circles, not pulling on the nose, but pushing the horse forward with your body. It'll help both you and the horse.
I definitely could do better about using my hands less. Thanks for the tip! |
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| I would also Google western dressage or just dressage drills. I think their techniques would be helpful. |
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Location: North Dakota | move the hip. The softer and more responsive the hip is the better they'll be at using their hind end. And don't forget about the other 4 body parts either, soften them up too. It's all inter-related. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | You can do haunches in/out then ask for a stop with immediate application of picking up the rein to one side. Then (I know you didn't want to hear this) but back in a circle. really gets your horse loose and using all the body parts. I get my horses walking a circle backwards as well as forewards. Seriously, it needs to be fluid and not sticking,
Drive the hindend more than hold the frontend during any transition. |
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| I have found a german martingale with either an o ring or gag bit will get them to sit down more also. |
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