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Hes a 15.2 clydesdale xtb but cant see tb any where in him lol, When you ride him on the rd and the horse in front trots off faster than us he will burst in to canter then because im asking him to stop or slow to trot he sort of jigs side ways then bucks high then will walk fast to other horse. Also if i canter him in company like one other horse he will buck and plunge. Any ideas how to stop this? HELP!! Iv had a bad accident nt on him but if i fall again i will be in trouble and i cant part with him as have had him since he was 6 mnths old. Also he is on bottom hole of dutch gag and still just bout have breaks he hasnt got hard mouth so what sort of bit would help ?
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my advice would be, to ask the person in front of you, not to do any faster work, without letting you know in advance. also, this is a schooling issue and it would benefit you to maybe have some lessons with an instructor to help you with his issues. but until you can sort this i would suggest you either ride in front, or ask the person not to take off in front of you...x
 
Maybe the wrong type of bit? If its really strong, on the bottom ring of a gag, he may well back up, jig, plunge and buck etc in an attempt to escape the pressure.

My horse does exactly the same. I found have a really light hand helps, dont pull back otherwise you are just reinforcing the bad behaviour. Ask the people in front of you to stop trotting off before you. I cant canter unless I am at the front of a group on a hack otherwise I end up on the floor! A very good trick here though for trotting behind: Pick up trot before the person in front of you, keep a slow trot while they are still walking. Once you have got the trot, they can take up trot to, and your horse wont feel as if he is being left behind because he is already trotting, hopefully meaning he will not buck to get to the front.

Just hack him out with a REALLY sensible, rock solid horse and rider day after day (as often as possible) until he becomes bored. Another good trick: take him for a super long hack with said rock solid horse until he is knackered, then stick him behind and have a canter. Thus teaching him to behave since he wont have the energy to muck about! (in theory!)

I can really see where your coming from, I cannot hack out much because of this and I came flying off about 5 months ago because mine took off after a trot behind (possibly because something scared him but even so). If I could hack out more I would - to desensitise him. But I would suggest rethinking the bit.
 
Hmmm, sounds like mine when he went hunting!! I'd be inclined to re-think the Dutch gag coz a friend suggested it for mine but another friend said to be careful with gags as they can cause more problems than they cause.

If I canter with company on mine, he just takes a hold and goes, and that's it, there's not much I can do to stop him till everyone else does.

I do hack solo quite a lot, and have cantered him on his own without any problems, so this is obviously him hotting up with other horses.

What did work, and is a bit unconventional; and you do need a certain amount of pluck to try it: is to go out with horses who are faster than yours, ideally some WB's or TB's or hunters who're used to going fast across country for a long time, and then if you have somewhere you can just GO, just set off at the gallop (hold on tight!). Then, the faster horses will disappear into the distance and your nag will be puffing and blowing to keep up with them and hopefully end up totally knackered, and thus get the message that its pointless trying to outrun other horses. Like I say, its drastic, but it might help?
 
Typical, just change the bit. No. He needs some schooling. Pure and simple.

Good luck in this OP.
 
Donklet, I dont think you can just say he needs schooling. Clearly he does, but trust me, I have done plently of schooling with my lad and he still mucks about on hacks.
 
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