Help with green horse

[RockyDiamond]

I have a 7 yr old 17,2hh sport horse who ive just brought into training but is very green been ridden even though he is very good on the lunge.

the previous owners said they spent a lot breaking him and he's very good to ride but because he's been out of work for so long he needs to be steadily brought back to being ridden.


All I've been doing with him the past few days is halt - walk and vice versa as he throws a fight to do anything else.

Any advice on how to get him used to being ridden again and give him as much experience as I can? as i am not used to horses being acting like this.

Any advice is much appreciated

 

[cellie]

I have a 7 yr old 17,2hh sport horse who ive just brought into training but is very green been ridden even though he is very good on the lunge.

the previous owners said they spent a lot breaking him and he's very good to ride but because he's been out of work for so long he needs to be steadily brought back to being ridden.


All I've been doing with him the past few days is halt - walk and vice versa as he throws a fight to do anything else.

Any advice on how to get him used to being ridden again and give him as much experience as I can? as i am not used to horses being acting like this.

Any advice is much appreciated

Hack him out in company as much as possible with sensible horse . I'm just moving on to schooling with 5 yr old ( although he's just gone little lame ) . Introduce trot with safe horse and get him out seeing things and thinking . I would ask good instructor to give you some lessons he will get bored walking round school .

 

[jessjc]

As is usual with these forums, it's difficult to understand and give advice if we can't see what the horse is like and what it's doing when you ask for more than halt and walk.

However, it's a really fine balance between training them and letting them get away with things. Take it bit by bit, introduce new things, push him a little bit each time you ride, and praise lots when he is willing to do something new. Just do a small bit of riding at a time, and get him used to it, trusting you and enjoying it, and then start to push him a bit more.

Let us know how you get on!

 

[claire_p2001]

If he is good at lunging why do you ride him whilst on the lunge? He might understand what you are asking of him then and be better when you try and ride on your own. As the others have said I would get lessons and only hack out if you think it is safe to do so.

 

[shampain]

If he is good at lunging why do you ride him whilst on the lunge? He might understand what you are asking of him then and be better when you try and ride on your own. As the others have said I would get lessons and only hack out if you think it is safe to do so.

This is what I'd recommend. Get him used to going forward with someone on his back first so that he's moving nice and freely and becomes accustomed to having someone on board once again without the added complication of contact, steering, etcetera. Then progress to introducing some more ridden work off of the lunge and see how he goes. Treat him essentially as a horse still in the backing process, just going over the basics and checking that he remembers/for any holes in his knowledge, as he's a big, green horse that's had a long period of time out of work.