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| So I have a 18 yr old made that I started getting back in shape. I ran barrels on her growing up but haven't in almost 6 yrs now. She's very broke, quick, and athletic. My problem is, I feel like if I open her up shes trying to take the bit and won't stop. Now I haven't let her open up due to this fear. She will lope beautifully away from the barn and collect up nicely, but if I lope her towards the house, she will get choppy, Tuck her head to her chest and get faster and faster. If I pull back to slow her up, she just tucks her head more and tries to go faster. Anyone know what to do? I'd like to start running barrels again but kind of afraid I won't be able to slow her up or stop her when needed. I have also never had this problem with her. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | pepsi97 - 2015-11-06 5:01 PM So I have a 18 yr old made that I started getting back in shape. I ran barrels on her growing up but haven't in almost 6 yrs now. She's very broke, quick, and athletic. My problem is, I feel like if I open her up shes trying to take the bit and won't stop. Now I haven't let her open up due to this fear. She will lope beautifully away from the barn and collect up nicely, but if I lope her towards the house, she will get choppy, Tuck her head to her chest and get faster and faster. If I pull back to slow her up, she just tucks her head more and tries to go faster. Anyone know what to do? I'd like to start running barrels again but kind of afraid I won't be able to slow her up or stop her when needed. I have also never had this problem with her. She's barn sour. Nothing to be afraid of. Work her in an arena on the pattern and she should be fine.
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Location: My own little world :) | I would try for a while work her around the barn and then take her to the arena or main place where you ride to let her stop and rest. Its the same old idea of make the wrong thing hard and the right thing easy. I have one that is super lazy and would rather just nap at the barn. I just have a tilled up dirt spot to work mine in so sometimes she will act like she wants to go to the barn so I let her and then work her butt off there...then walk her back to the dirt spot to rest and be done. Maybe walk her through the barrels at the end of all of that and really praise her to reiterate that barrels are fun and easy. It took mine a few times to figure it out but now she is happy to do her job ;) |
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| I've worked her at the barn and let her rest in the pasture. I've done all that. Even if I sprint her away from the barn she starts to do it. Loping away not so much, but if I ask for more she'll do it. I should have been clear on that. |
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| I don't think its a barn sour thing. I can ride her all over the place down the road ect. Its more of when I ask you for more speed, you keep getting faster and faster and doesn't want to shut down or stop. I've never dealt with this problem with her before. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Sounds like she's trying to get away from pain by running threw the bit. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | I would do one-rein stops. It shows your horse you can control by taking the rear and send it. I suggest you locate someone in your area that knows this and can show you what needs to be done and happen. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-06 7:57 PM Sounds like she's trying to get away from pain by running threw the bit.
Didn't think of that.Good point.
Maybe get her Chiro'd and check the saddle fit. When was the lst her teeth were done?
Saddle may be pinching when you get to higher speeds. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | IRunOnFaith - 2015-11-07 9:30 AM Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-06 7:57 PM Sounds like she's trying to get away from pain by running threw the bit. Didn't think of that.Good point.
Maybe get her Chiro'd and check the saddle fit. When was the lst her teeth were done?
Saddle may be pinching when you get to higher speeds.
Yep check to make sure every thing fits right, maybe have her checked out. But its been six years since you rode her, kinda sounds like you are rushing her along and she just needs slow work for awhile befor you start asking her to do things, I would be riding her like shes young and green for the first few months, so she can get back into the groove of things. But remember shes 18 now and you stoped riding her when she was 12. |
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IRunOnFaith - 2015-11-07 9:30 AM Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-06 7:57 PM Sounds like she's trying to get away from pain by running threw the bit. Didn't think of that.Good point.
Maybe get her Chiro'd and check the saddle fit. When was the lst her teeth were done?
Saddle may be pinching when you get to higher speeds.
Why are you bringing this old gal back to the arena ?? How many babies has she had?? ... Why don't you leave her alone and let her continue to raise babies?? |
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| I stopped competing on her around 6 yrs ago. Life got busy and didn't have time. She has had 2 foals. One when she was 6 who had to be put down and another when she was 8. I have been riding consistently on her since spring. I don't consider her old, she's got the energy levels of a younger horse and just cause she's 18 doesn't mean I can't ride her. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | pepsi97 - 2015-11-07 1:22 PM I stopped competing on her around 6 yrs ago. Life got busy and didn't have time. She has had 2 foals. One when she was 6 who had to be put down and another when she was 8. I have been riding consistently on her since spring. I don't consider her old, she's got the energy levels of a younger horse and just cause she's 18 doesn't mean I can't ride her.
I wouldn't worry too much about her age.
Check her ovaries as well. A lot of mares on here have had problems with them.
I would suggest Vet Check for soundness issues, Chiro Her, and get a professional to look at your saddle fitting and tack set up.
My boy used to have bursts of bucking fits.... My saddle would pinch him when I loped him. Switched saddles and all is well.  |
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| Thank you. I'm not at all concerned about her age. I will get everything checked out and go from there. Thank you for your advice. |
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Location: Opelousas, LA | Has she ever run on the track? |
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| Barnmom - 2015-11-07 5:56 PM
Has she ever run on the track?
No she's hasn't. |
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Location: Opelousas, LA | pepsi97 - 2015-11-07 6:01 PM Barnmom - 2015-11-07 5:56 PM Has she ever run on the track? No she's hasn't.
Just wondering, ex-racehorses will sometimes do that because they are trained to lean on the bit and run. Once you rule out pain, you may just try sitting really deep and give and take with your hands. On horses that want to hide thier face and run off it usually doesn't help to pull harder, just makes it worse. Easier said than done, but try to just relax, sit deep, and give and take, see if that helps. |
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| Thank you. She's very rough at a lope so I try to keep her collected up. Since I started keeping her collected, I've started having this problem. Thank for for your advice |
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| I have a mare that did this. She just started out of the blue. I worked on my stop. Walked to a fence, sat for a stop, said whoa and picked up on the reins. Did this a bunch then moved up to a trot. Worked at a trot for awhile then went to a lope. My mare is smart and it did not take long but she needed a refresher. I figured out what caused my mare to start this. The person that I got her from made her back up by pulling her chin to her chest. Just in working her on basics, I had made her back up.we don't back like thàt at my house so after some retraining, I got that fixed.
As for her being rough at a lope, have her hocks checked. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Sounds like to me if shes rough at a lope shes cross firing, not being in the same lead as her front end, off in the back. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | If she is cross firing I would have a chiro go over her she could be out in the pelvis area are hips. |
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