Bucking for excitement - tips please!

[estellebradley]

I've had my 5 yr old for about a year now (had him since first broken in) and every week he comes up with a new trick! His latest is bucking when cantering with other horses, it's pure excitement but not sure how to stop it? Any advice would be welcome! He does not do it on his own and all back, teeth, saddle etc checked. It was really embaressing when he did it today in the lap of honour and I nearlly fell off in front of lots of people!

 

[xnaughtybutnicex]

my horse does it when the horses are cantering around in the field (field and arena are next to each other) usually only in the winter n have found calmer helps alot but apart from that havent found anything else to help.

 

[Ezme]

Bucking for excitement is often something they grow out of when the novelty of being in company and/or going fast wears off. If a horse wants to buck theres not alot you can do about it except fitting a daisy rein/buckstop, basically a leather strap from the saddle dees to the crown of the bridle so the can't get thier head down. Or if you find a driving bearing rein works the same but off the mouth

 

[CracklinRosie]

Mine still does it at 19!!!

I've found that if I don't shift my bum out of the saddle she's better. Failing that sit up and kick!!!!!

 

[Ezme]

Hence the word often not always! lol i've ridden a few who carry on, issac used to do it but it used to make me giggle becasue although he was 17.2hh his bucks were rubbish so i used to just dig my heels in and he'd keep goin. much to the amazement of my instructor, said everyone else got scared and backed off! Not me! hehehe

 

[birdof1977]

My old mare used to do it at the age of 26. She was semi-retired by then, apart from some light hacking 3-4 times a week, I think that she was just so excited to be going somewhere other than the field or the yard and she just couldn't contain herself.
It used to make me smile and wonder if she was ever gonna act her age.