Jingleballs
Well-Known Member
This is a summer specific question - in winter he's like the wall of death on the lunge.
Fat coblet is generally lazy to lunge. I have to stand pretty close to him and he needs frequent reminders to go forward in walk and canter - trot is fine - he'll trot all day, literally with his eyes shut.
I like to lunge him once every couple of weeks to stretch out his back and we do some pole work etc. I don't lunge in continuous circles but instead move around the school replicating as much as possible what we do when I'm on board.
His canter on the lunge is awful - you have to chase him into it - and I don't just mean swish the whip I mean literally run at him and tap him on the bum with the lunge whip.
To keep the canter you just need to constantly get on at him and if I move away from him i.e. far enough that he knows I can't tap him he drop back to trot.
Any suggestions on how to improve this? He's fine under saddle - actually very easy to canter and generally forward and willing but on the lunge it's a different story.
I would like to start long lining him more (not very good at it just now - just end up tangling us both in the lines) - would it be easier to work on this with the long lines?
Any suggestions welcome - I have home made mars bar cake on offer
Fat coblet is generally lazy to lunge. I have to stand pretty close to him and he needs frequent reminders to go forward in walk and canter - trot is fine - he'll trot all day, literally with his eyes shut.
I like to lunge him once every couple of weeks to stretch out his back and we do some pole work etc. I don't lunge in continuous circles but instead move around the school replicating as much as possible what we do when I'm on board.
His canter on the lunge is awful - you have to chase him into it - and I don't just mean swish the whip I mean literally run at him and tap him on the bum with the lunge whip.
To keep the canter you just need to constantly get on at him and if I move away from him i.e. far enough that he knows I can't tap him he drop back to trot.
Any suggestions on how to improve this? He's fine under saddle - actually very easy to canter and generally forward and willing but on the lunge it's a different story.
I would like to start long lining him more (not very good at it just now - just end up tangling us both in the lines) - would it be easier to work on this with the long lines?
Any suggestions welcome - I have home made mars bar cake on offer