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Treading Lightly: Tiedown/Bonnet Question? Moderators: luluwhit, gotothewhip, cindyt, crossspur, ForumAdmin Jump to page :	Last activity 2014-07-09 4:36 PM 22 replies, 6668 views View previous thread :: View next thread
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RodeoGirlJodi Reg. Jul 2013	Posted 2014-07-09 2:24 PM Subject: RE: Treading Lightly: Tiedown/Bonnet Question?
Veteran Posts: 226 Location: Middle Tennessee	Thanks for all the replies! I do drills at home, but just the generic go around it more than once and leave it goin towards the fence. I was hoping someone could give me some new ideas.
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WYOTurn-n-Burn Reg. Sep 2004	Posted 2014-07-09 3:18 PM Subject: RE: Treading Lightly: Tiedown/Bonnet Question?
The Bling Princess Posts: 3411 Location: North Dakota	RodeoGirlJodi - 2014-07-08 6:42 PM I know this is a touchy subject on here, but I have a tiedown question. I posted earlier that my gelding is getting strung out and front-endy. He is also nosing out and getting his head up on the back side of the third. He anticipates the run home. He also noses out on the first and steps past it a few steps every now and then. He has been thouroughly vetted and is fine. The only thing I have changed lately is his bit. My question is: Could he need a tiedown or bonnet to balance? He doesn't do this at home and always breaks at the poll when riding. I think it's just a bad habit. Any advise? ETA: I switched him to the left a few weeks ago and it fixed everything. However, when I hauled him to a rodeo with an alley and bucking chutes where he couldn't see the first barrel, he was lost. If its an alley he can see the first or no alley he does great. Advice please. If he is getting strung out and front endy and then throwing his head on the back of the turn, I would be looking at the approach to the barrel and how far off the turn you are. In my experience if I get my horse too far off the turn and he has to reach for it, it throws him off balance, he gets strung out, immediately falls on his front end, and then his head comes up because his body isn't in the correct position to turn the barrel. Several people have told me to throw a tie down on my guy, but I know if I position him correctly so he doesn't have to reach for the turn, rather he gathers and stays engaged, he gets low and gritty on the turn and his head and neck stay in the proper position. If you think he is anticipating the run home, he may very well be in a hurry to turn it and is starting your turn too soon. I don't know I haven't seen a video.
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alp341 Reg. Jan 2010	Posted 2014-07-09 4:36 PM Subject: RE: Treading Lightly: Tiedown/Bonnet Question?
Veteran Posts: 212	my horse runs in a hack and pulls off the third. I cant say for sure whether your issues are related but I can say most horses that bow off the third do it because either a) we give them to much pocket approaching third hoping to make them finish once in this habit and the wider you go in the wider they come out b) personally my biggest thing is I get down there and the horse tries to come in on the back so I kind of safety up to slide past the back and then she takes her nose and runs.. Im sure you've seen someone do this. C) they know its the last turn and just take their head/ tune you out... What has worked very well for me is turning the third once in slow or fast work and then turning again like I am going to go around again or do the side exit.. but then when I come around the first part of the third for the second time going straight past it and to the back fence... in a straight line if that makes sense? Because all horses know the ole' over finish and go out to side trick ;) sorry if this doesn't make sense but what I would suggest is going a little deeper on the barrel for a fewer runs.. like straighter longer, but making the horse come straight in and straight out on the first and last leg of it. It fixed my horse.
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