Recent content by mjohorse

I am going to be getting his back checked & as the saddler is a cross the road from me I am getting him to take a look but as he does it with a racing pad as well I don't think it is the saddle. I have been told he is always like this & the friends that have given him to me hs had him...

Thanks for that. I always use a mounting block anyway & knew to walk them around before mounting, which is why I lunged him yesterday before getting on but that doesn't seem to make a difference. It isn't even when the weight first goes on his back as he will stand while you mount etc but...

Hi, can anyone help. I have been given a 15yro ex race horse that I was hoping to do some local level dressage & may be jumping. I have been lunging him & have lunged him several times with a saddle. I had been told he was cold backed & always has been so bought sheepskin numnahs for...

As I believe it different people do things different ways & what works with one horse may not work for another & the better rider/instructor will try different methods if one doesn't work on that horse. I ride mainly dressage but have some experience of show jumping but not really at...

It isn't that the show jumping instructor disagrees witht he rein back, he is all for it, it is the method of which he wants it ridden. The horse is actually 9yrs & about to go affiliated. The horse will go back if using the sliding leg method but this is not how the show jumper wants it...

I am currently schooling on the flat a young show jumper. I have taught her to do rein back but the show jumper who the owner has lessons with disagrees with the method. Can a show jumper please tell me how to teach a horse to do rein back? I know show jumpers use this a lot to get the horse to...