Tori3610
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I’ve had my 5 year old chestnut mare for a month now. I like to have a weekly routine with her and Sundays are our hacking days. The first time I hacked her was with another horse and she sometimes spooked or spun round but when she saw the other horse walking forward she followed. I didn’t think much of it but I’ve tried a few times now to hack her alone and have ended up getting off her multiple times and leading her up the road. She just stops and spins round, sometimes I can get her to stand still and turn her head and eventually she’ll walk forward but only for a few yards before spinning round again. If I put my leg on her she starts to jump around and I don’t want her to rear up. I tried a using a whip today but all it did was amplify the spinning and jumping. A yard friend advised me to long rein her down the road so I tried that but the same thing happens. I am really at a loss right now. Maybe she is just a horse who won’t ever hack on her own, but at the same time I want her to be able to so that hacks can be chill time for us. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! (She’s an ex racehorse too, just off the track in December if that means anything). Thanks