One of those days!

[pistolpete]

Riding my friends lovely mare. In the buckle mooching around the woods calm as you like then….
Boom she saw or smelled something and started to tense up started passage-ing and generally losing it. Unfortunately I don’t have much experience dealing with her and am only riding her while the other horse is in box rest. My friend and I swap half way round and usually this works well. Anyway as the spookiness started we arrived at the point at which we swap over. So I jumped off. The mare then got much worse and her behaviour escalated. Took quite a while to get things under control. I hope if I have to deal with it again I’ll cope better. Horses eh?

 

[Barton Bounty]

I find with this kind of behaviour, I kick it up a gear and trot, keep it going till she settles. Then she should come back down. Its what usually works for me it takes her mind off it and back into you.

 

[pistolpete]

I find with this kind of behaviour, I kick it up a gear and trot, keep it going till she settles. Then she should come back down. Its what usually works for me it takes her mind off it and back into you.

Yes I think that would have helped. Holding on to her was accelerating her anxiety. Problem was once I’d jumped off I couldn’t get back on.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Yes I think that would have helped. Holding on to her was accelerating her anxiety. Problem was once I’d jumped off I couldn’t get back on.

Thats a shame, you can try that next time

 

[pistolpete]

Thats a shame, you can try that next time

Yes! The opposite of success is learning!