Elanorg
Active Member
Hi, hope someone can help. I have an 8yo cob mare I've bought recently to bring on, all she's ever done is hack so very green in the school. When I'm on the right rein in trot she bananas to the left when going large.
I do flexions at halt which she is fine with, I'm working at getting her more off the inside leg which she's responding to well. When I first starting schooling she did the banana in walk but now I can maintain a straight line, and even a slight inside bend/almost shoulder in at walk. However, as soon as we go into trot bending out to the left. If I put her on a circle she will go soft and begin to bend nicely (been working on spirals) but as soon as we go large it's out the window.
I've found hacking out she tends to have a slight left bend, often being nosey. I think the main issue is that as she has only ever been hacked it's never been noticed and corrected.
Any ideas on exercises that will help fix this would be most appreciated! I'm taking the view at the moment that going large won't help so working on lots of circles/figures of eight/serpentines thinking that bending correctly will help with straightness.
I do flexions at halt which she is fine with, I'm working at getting her more off the inside leg which she's responding to well. When I first starting schooling she did the banana in walk but now I can maintain a straight line, and even a slight inside bend/almost shoulder in at walk. However, as soon as we go into trot bending out to the left. If I put her on a circle she will go soft and begin to bend nicely (been working on spirals) but as soon as we go large it's out the window.
I've found hacking out she tends to have a slight left bend, often being nosey. I think the main issue is that as she has only ever been hacked it's never been noticed and corrected.
Any ideas on exercises that will help fix this would be most appreciated! I'm taking the view at the moment that going large won't help so working on lots of circles/figures of eight/serpentines thinking that bending correctly will help with straightness.