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Location: Pa | I just got a new horse, she's been previously barrel raced buy a young girl. I think she just started her wrong, the girl just wanted to constantly run the barrels quickly and never started her slow. She has only ever been ridden with a hackamore. I have never used a hackamore, I am wondering what would be a good one to try. She needs something that will help her body bend. I am also wondering how to go about re-teaching the barrel pattern without her getting annoyed and burnt out. She seemed a little annoyed when the girl yanked her around the barrels. I'm planning on working with leg cues to start, just as we are ring ridding. I'm going to try and get her use to my style before re introducing her to the barrels. Any help will be appreciated, thanks |
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Location: North Dakota | I suggest you ride her for an extended period of time doing anything BUT speed events! Do Pasture riding, Trail riding, take your horse to shows and enter halter, walk trot, walk trot canter! Parades! Go to Your local amature rodeo to just do grand entry! Your local team penning or roping to just watch and walk around! Lots of walking, lots of troting,loping around the pasture. Walk down the road. Buy a rope and throw it off of the horse, get a plastic bag and tie it to a tree and practice getting it off and on the horse until your horse could care less!!!!!! After you do all of this you will know the horse inside and out and the horse will trust you by then. Then introduce the barrels from the beginning slow and easy. Unless your horse has been blown up and hates barrels with a passion you will build a great partner by doing this!!!!!!!! |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | I would use the same style that was used on her. If she will take a bit begin with the snaffle. I would take her out on the trails and work on moving body parts circling around trees rocks and bushes.The little S hackamore is not a bad one to work with if the horse has a decent stop already. It won't pinch the cheeks like the mechanical hack. |
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| I would put a sweet six or Jr cowhorse on her and start on basics. Then start over on barrels from scratch. I have never seen slow work make one hot or anxious. |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | I would put her in snaffle and start her over just like she was a colt that needed breaking out - she needs a foundation on her before she does anything. Work on getting her light through the face where all you do is pick up to get the head around or stop instead of having to pull. Work on being able to move just the shoulders or just the hips, and work on lateral stuff like side passes, half passes, etc. Work on being able to do a perfect circle at all sizes and gaits, and work on leads and speed control. |
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| My experience has been that horses will brace against the hackamore so very little bend... I know some think the new style hacks allow more bend but I have not seen it on any of mine. I agree with one of the others I'd start her over and act like she knows nothing and get her into a snaffle. |
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Location: Heart of Texas | I agree. If you have no intentions on running barrels very soon. Start over from scratch. Put a snaffle on her. And work the basics. Once she's graduated from that, then start the barrels. Walking, trotting, loping, etc. I would pretend she's barely saddle broke and go from there. Good luck! |
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Location: Pa | Thank you everyone for the help! I was hoping to show her this year.. I don't know if a few months will be enough time to get her where I want her. |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Izzy+coy - 2015-03-19 11:33 AM Thank you everyone for the help! I was hoping to show her this year.. I don't know if a few months will be enough time to get her where I want her.
If you're more interested in competing than making sure the horse is solid then I would get a horse that doesn't need any work that you can run now. Filling in gaps in a horse's training takes patience and you really can't be worrying about whether or not you get to show but focused on finishing them out first and foremost.. |
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| Fairweather - 2015-03-19 1:53 PM
Izzy+coy - 2015-03-19 11:33 AM Thank you everyone for the help! I was hoping to show her this year.. I don't know if a few months will be enough time to get her where I want her.
If you're more interested in competing than making sure the horse is solid then I would get a horse that doesn't need any work that you can run now. Filling in gaps in a horse's training takes patience and you really can't be worrying about whether or not you get to show but focused on finishing them out first and foremost..
It really depends on the horse, how much you ride her, and how she responds to being retrained. Just be very consistent in your training. |
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