Is it acceptable for horses to buck and rear?

My mare does little bucks in the spring time if I ask her to go forward whilst schooling she sometimes gets sour in the school if we're schooling every day (during season time mainly) but I put it down to hormones so sometimes I will just hack her round the big fields so giving her a break. She will do mini rears if e.g. we're on a ride and she gets frustrated and wants to get going but it's not unseating they're quite comfy lol but she is only small pony (14.2) but I imagine if it was something bigger could be alittle un-nerving
 
Most horses have a pre-disposed reaction whether that be rearing, bucking, spooking, running off etc. In certain situations they will have a tendency to come out.
Some horses are wired to be more volatile than others and if you have one like that then you either accept that will always be there or you sell it.
I don't think it is a case of curing the horse so it never does it again, with or without professional help. My horse does have a tendency to rear, have had professional help but it is agreed he will always have that as a default reaction you just manage him so that he doesn't gain anything from doing it.
We could go six months without incident then he could do it out of the blue (inhand or ridden) therefore I could never say he is cured.
 
There are two sort of horses that rear the nappy don't want to go ones and the very forward who react to restriction of their desire to move forward by rearing.
The former can be the best competion horses if you understand them I adore working with horses like that.
Horses that bronc I hate..
 
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