cobsforever12
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Hi, I'm just looking for some advice.
I have an ex racer on loan. For the first few months he was perfect we went hacking for miles, his schooling and jumping came on everything was fine.
Then out of the blue a few months ago he started napping. He would just slam the anchors on and spin home. I immediately tried to spin him back in the direction i wanted to go in but this resulted in him rearing vertically with me.
I was already aware of this as I had ridden him for his owner the previous summer which is when he had started rearing, but she had his teeth, saddle and back checked and sorted which for the time being had sorted it.
I kept trying to get through this problem and i would now always try to keep him moving and trot him along the parts where he would normally nap. This helped for a while. Then he would start to slam to a halt from the trot and spin around completely ignoring all my aids from my legs seat and hands. He would literally run home. If I used me reins or legs he would rear vertically. I figured that this was starting to get dangerous as I have to hack mainly on roads.
So my friend then let me ride in a spare field a little walk down the road where I would school him and lunge him each day to start to get hjim listening to me and respecting me again. This worked a treat and we started to go out for walks around the block and he was going really well. I carried on with this but once again the napping and rearing has returned.
I have tried everything I can think of including keeping him moving, asking him to bend his head round to his hindquarters, using a whip (i haven't used spurs and I haven't hit him on his poll as I don't agree with this) but because he ignores all my aids it is difficult to use these methods.
We have again had all the normal checks such as back teeth and saddle and everything is fine.
I'm really looking for some advice does anyone have an solutions to my problem.
Thanks
I have an ex racer on loan. For the first few months he was perfect we went hacking for miles, his schooling and jumping came on everything was fine.
Then out of the blue a few months ago he started napping. He would just slam the anchors on and spin home. I immediately tried to spin him back in the direction i wanted to go in but this resulted in him rearing vertically with me.
I was already aware of this as I had ridden him for his owner the previous summer which is when he had started rearing, but she had his teeth, saddle and back checked and sorted which for the time being had sorted it.
I kept trying to get through this problem and i would now always try to keep him moving and trot him along the parts where he would normally nap. This helped for a while. Then he would start to slam to a halt from the trot and spin around completely ignoring all my aids from my legs seat and hands. He would literally run home. If I used me reins or legs he would rear vertically. I figured that this was starting to get dangerous as I have to hack mainly on roads.
So my friend then let me ride in a spare field a little walk down the road where I would school him and lunge him each day to start to get hjim listening to me and respecting me again. This worked a treat and we started to go out for walks around the block and he was going really well. I carried on with this but once again the napping and rearing has returned.
I have tried everything I can think of including keeping him moving, asking him to bend his head round to his hindquarters, using a whip (i haven't used spurs and I haven't hit him on his poll as I don't agree with this) but because he ignores all my aids it is difficult to use these methods.
We have again had all the normal checks such as back teeth and saddle and everything is fine.
I'm really looking for some advice does anyone have an solutions to my problem.
Thanks