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My_chestnut_mare

My_chestnut_mare

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Hi there I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions on my mare.

She is a 16hh polish warmblood and the best ever horse i have had and is fantastic in every way. But when out hacking when we turn to come home she wants to take off for home but if i hold her she will canter on the spot and and shake her head but nothing bad.I really havent had her long just a few weeks she also did this when i went to try her it didn't put me off as she is very perfect in every and not one ounce of badness in her.

So if anybody has any tips or advice it would be very much appreciated
 
I suggest that when you get home, you don't make it too welcoming. Don't just get off and turn her out or feed her. Try doing 15 mins of schooling before you do anything "nice" with her, that way she won't be in such a rush to get home.
 
my old mare was terrible for this, not in a nasty way though. i found (if you are safe to do so!) just chucking the reins at her and she eventually would begin to walk/jog. the more i held on to her the worse she was. didn't really bother me and she did it going out as well!
 
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If i was to do this she would just bolt. i tryed this when i was hacking her out to buy.

It doesn't bother me to much just tyring on hands and she also seems very agitated just wanting home really.
 
Sounds like you need to vary your routes if possible, and as previously suggested take her into the school and do some fairly challenging work with her when you get back, so she stops associating going home with stopping work.
 
Is it possible that when she starts acting like this that you turn back around and start heading away from home again then bring herback around to head for home, turn back around if she canters. If it tires her out enough to make her slow down at all then she may improve quicker each time you hack out if she realises that heading quickly towards homme will only cause her to be turned away from it.
 
We had a horse like this at a stable I was at. What absolutely sorted it (but difficult to arrange) was to hack out to a friends and leave the horse there over night, then hack it back a day or two later. The owner did that several times alongside some of the other suggestions (e.g. doing a bit of schooling after each hack) and it really seemed to be the thing that 'fixed' it.
 
If it's possible keep riding back past the turning for home so that she learns that heading for home doesn't necessarily mean she's going home. If she starts again once you turn around and start heading back, keep going past the turning again and only let her go home once she's walking quietly.
 
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