how do you/can you........

[maisie]

.......cure bolting.
Not blind panic bolting, just rudely carting you after spooking at something. Any time, any place, any where - and quite randomly. Had saddle/teeth/back checked and am positive is just being a s*d! started this spring and has got worse as the year has progressed and he knows full well I haven't got hope in h*lls chance of stopping him. Currently riding in a pelham but TBH might a well have a bit of wood in his mouth for all the use it is. Have tried gags/waterfords/ ......am running out of options now!!!!

Bl**dy annoying cos he goes quite well when he's not carting me - just when I think I'm getting a grip, he does it again.

 

[TinselRider]

have had exactly the same problem..... i find turning a circle to stop helps ,then making the horse walk straight....if they go to bolt of turn another circle or ask for a leg yeild to distract them.
to this day i still HATE going out after one particular incident ..i mainly stick to quiet country lanes now

 

[JessPickle]

Sounds exactly like when I first got pickle, he wasnt used to open fields only tight paths so the freedom caused bolting to solve it, I took him out with something i knew would stay controlled then took him to the same place for about a month some days we would trot the field other days he would walk it, then have a small canter other days because he didnt know what was coming he became a lot better, and because he was ridden out with a sane horse he didnt want to leave his friend behind. Have you tried a waterford dutch gag? or just a waterford gag? Also if he did begin to get excited I would just turn round walk back a bit do a few cirlces then try again

 

[BenjaminBunny]

If you feed - try reducing it down - might have too much energy hence the over reaction to a spook

 

[eohippus]

does he do this from walk, trot or canter, do you find if you canter him he gets faster thenbraces his neck to alow him to go faster?beyond the point of control?
regard
dawn

 

[meganograph]

Do you ride out in company? Perhaps going with a bombproof horse might help. How about nosebands - what do you use? What does he do to evade the bit and stop you from stopping him? I wouldn't recommend just sticking things on if a horse suddenly started bolting but if you're certain he's just being a little monkey rather than being in pain then maybe a standing martingale, a grakle, a drop. Just make sure you fit them properly

And also.. schooling! I don't know how much you do already, but this will really help you gain control and obedience off pony.

Good luck