ellie......:

[holly_and_ria]

my mums horse - ellie is flying into any fence that you put her to...so much that you cannot hold onto her, you just have to let her go! She is now going so flat out into the fence that she is jumping flat and knocking down the poles! My mums old horse Rufus (who sadly had to be put down and is much missed R.I.P) had a mexican noseband. W have bought ellie one of these. Will this help to drop her head and steady up or not? She is only a young horse still so she is probably at her strongest but no-one can seem to hold her! Will this new noseband help or not?
*looks puzzled*
HELP XX

 

[PapaFrita]

As she's young, I expect she's rushing because she's unbalanced. My horse did exactly this (I'm talking warp speed!) and I had to take her right back to basics and do ALOT of flatwork until she could carry herself properly. Rushing has since stopped and I can hold her in a happy mouth straight bar snaffle.