Getting pony working correctly

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Hey so my pony is 7 years old and is green. She has hardly done any schooling and she does know how too get into an outline but it takes a while for her to actually drop her nose and when she does it basically comes straight back up again and this is defo too do with her inexperience! Was wondering if anyone had any tips or methods i can do whilst riding for making her better too at coming in an outline? When i saw outline i mean all aspects like her hind,etc which i didnt make clear in my last post! Thankyou!
 
She is unlikely to have the muscle development to sustain 'an outline'. I would take her hacking over varied terrain, make sure that you are riding from your seat and legs, without using your hands to force her head into position. Do plenty of hillwork to help muscle development, introduce a small amount of lateral work round obstacles, such as puddles and trees, introduce lenthened and shortened strides, make sure that your horse does not go along on the forehand and be prepared to take months for the muscles to develop.

And above all, enjoy the process!
 
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Isn't this exactly the same question as you asked yesterday under "getting pony in an outline"? You got some good advice there - and very similar to pearlsinger's response above. Why re-post the question less than 24 hours later?
 
I did not read the post yesterday, I tend to avoid outline posts , as usually I've found that people really have wrong views about what it is, what it looks like and how to achieve it. I spend many hours watching people ride low level dressage , pulling in their horses head , blocking the shoulder and forward movement and frankly having no idea of what an outline is , beyond the head being " in" ( I'm not saying you but what I have seen and read before)

Most of the advice that I have seen on here is usually spot on . However do you as a rider understand what they are saying , do you understand what you should be feeling when you are riding? I've been riding for forty years and still use qualified instructors when riding to make sure that I am doing it right. I feel it's important that you have eyes on the ground, good incremental training and goals and good feed back on how's things are going.

The best riders in the world have lessons and help training , get an instructor, it will really help.

Get a good instructor, tell them what you want to achieve and work with them to get there.
 
As others, get an instructor. My mare is exactly the same and in the past 3 months she's really come on due to my riding being tweaked.

Otherwise, rein back and turn on the forehand are good as they'll really push him onto his hindquarters if he does it correctly, things that I found easy to teach my pony (after being taught the aids myself of course) as well as pushing him forward with your legs in time with his back legs in walk. Also make little movements (tiny, so you can barely see them, I see so many hauling on their ponies mouths!) with your ring finger and use more pressure on the outside for straightness and inside for flexion. Keeping him straight and balanced helps too.

You might need someone on the ground to push him back while you apply the aids for rein-back until he gets it! And remember to walk him on before praising him afterwards as thats part of the exercise, for him to push off again using his back legs.

I'm still learning myself but this is what really helps with my girl :)


Good luck!
 
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