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| not so much talking about the 2-3yos so much as the 5-6yos. The horse I have in mind is front end heavy (as most are) and VERY bendy and noodles when trying to go faster than a walk in a straight line BUT not real heavy in the mouth. That's part of why she is OFF the track lol.
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| I bought a horse this summer heavey on the front end pivoted on the front end when his shoulder was at the barrel, what worked for me was being consistent with stopping and rolling over the hocks. Moving the hip, shoulders , backing every time I stopped and teaching g the turn around, really get the hip and shoulders, be mindful of what your body and hands are doing at all times |
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| I'm not familiar with OTT horses, but I have a real front endy horse that is incredibly soft in the mouth that dumps his shoulders at the barrels and flings his butt around. I started running him in a ring snaffle because he was so "soft". I have started to use a correction bit or Ed Wright pretzel in slow work where I have complete control of my soft hands to help him learn to use his hind end. I did run him in the pretzel at the last race and it really did help get his butt down at the barrels. I'm on a winter break but I'm excited to see what slow work, butt exercises and an little encouragement from a heavier bit will bring next race.
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Location: North Dakota | Snaffle. |
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Location: Heart of Texas | I personally like tender touches, sweet 6s, gags, and my horses seem to move into jim warner hacks. |
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| jewishprincess - 2015-12-21 12:06 PM
I personally like tender touches, sweet 6s, gags, and my horses seem to move into jim warner hacks.
I bet she ends up in a Jim Warner. I put her in a Johnson back and it was alright. |
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| This is more of a training issue than a bit issue. Work with the horse on slow pattern drills other than barrels. Lots of circles where you are controlling the horse rather than just working on a loose rein. Use your outside rein to balance the horse's head. Get control of the shoulders. If you don't do that now, the horse will get worse as you add speed. |
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Location: North Dakota | streakysox - 2015-12-21 12:26 PM
This is more of a training issue than a bit issue. Work with the horse on slow pattern drills other than barrels. Lots of circles where you are controlling the horse rather than just working on a loose rein. Use your outside rein to balance the horse's head. Get control of the shoulders. If you don't do that now, the horse will get worse as you add speed.
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| I don't have the horse on barrels at all. Planned on riding her at least 30 days. She's not as broke as I want her. She does great with a small amount of constant contact but I would like to wean her off and her be able to travel on her own if that makes sense. |
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| You can try a draw gag. I had a bit maker convince me to try it on one horse that was front endy, she was well started, balanced mostly, but a little heavy on the front end, it made a world of difference.
I always thought with her conformation she was always going to be front end heavy, the draw gag showed me she had the ability to stay elevated in the front, and drive with her hind end, in addition gave her a but dragging stop. |
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