AShetlandBitMeOnce
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Does anyone have a horse that has to set of on a gallop first when with other horses? if so, were you able to help/fix the problem?
Jacob is very mannerly when trotting/cantering/galloping out on a hack in terms of speed and stopping from the seat, however he has to set off first otherwise he plants and will bronc/rear/drop shoulders all sorts until you hit the deck. He has succeeded in getting me off, and got his previous owner off several times doing it. The bizarre thing is that he doesn't mind being overtaken once in that pace, no reaction at all, it's just the setting off. He also has no adrenaline reaction beforehand, and as soon as you are on the floor he is calm as a cucumber, he doesn't even pull away and gallop off or prance around..
I would love to go on some fun rides this year and he is otherwise great in a group, not silly or hot, but I am worried that I'll be decked if someone canters past from another group, or sets off in front of us.
I have a jockey friend who sticks like glue, I can replicate the situation and see whether having someone sit to his shenanigan's a few times helps - or I am not against sending him off somewhere for a couple of weeks.. I just don't know how to fix it, and it's the one thing that holds us back!
Jacob is very mannerly when trotting/cantering/galloping out on a hack in terms of speed and stopping from the seat, however he has to set off first otherwise he plants and will bronc/rear/drop shoulders all sorts until you hit the deck. He has succeeded in getting me off, and got his previous owner off several times doing it. The bizarre thing is that he doesn't mind being overtaken once in that pace, no reaction at all, it's just the setting off. He also has no adrenaline reaction beforehand, and as soon as you are on the floor he is calm as a cucumber, he doesn't even pull away and gallop off or prance around..
I would love to go on some fun rides this year and he is otherwise great in a group, not silly or hot, but I am worried that I'll be decked if someone canters past from another group, or sets off in front of us.
I have a jockey friend who sticks like glue, I can replicate the situation and see whether having someone sit to his shenanigan's a few times helps - or I am not against sending him off somewhere for a couple of weeks.. I just don't know how to fix it, and it's the one thing that holds us back!