How can i improve my thotoughbred x cobs trot.

[MarkothechesnutChamp]

I have just brought a thuroughbred x cob from a friend but he hasnt been riden in a few months, i have rode him twice now and he is a little green but nothing that going out often cant fix, but he has a very choppy and quick trot? i dont know if its just because he hasnt been riden in a few months or weather its just the way his trot is. is there any way i can slow him down a bit, he is very forward going anyway which is good bit his trot needs to be alot smoother as i want to show him?

PLease help

 

[Ellen Durow]

I have just brought a thuroughbred x cob from a friend but he hasnt been riden in a few months, i have rode him twice now and he is a little green but nothing that going out often cant fix, but he has a very choppy and quick trot? i dont know if its just because he hasnt been riden in a few months or weather its just the way his trot is. is there any way i can slow him down a bit, he is very forward going anyway which is good bit his trot needs to be alot smoother as i want to show him?

PLease help

It's probably how he is. Cobs sometimes have a pony-like way of going and this may have carried over to him despite the TB breeding. However, schooling may help and, of course, if he hasn't been ridden for some time he may need to be brought back into work slowly.

It might help to have some lessons with a good instructor as you will both learn.

Be patient - it will come right

"After 60 years with horses I still learn something new nearly every week"

 

[summerguest]

Could be his natural trot, I had a mare tbxcob like that....watch him in the field ...if his trot is choppy when free in the field then improvement will be small. If its a much more expressive loser trot then when you ride him then schooling / half halts etc will help.