People with horses that won't go behind??

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Troyseph

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Most people I know have nappy horses who dislike going in front of a ride, and I, personally have owned most horses like this too, but my horse whom I've had a year now, is the opposite, he only likes to be in front and gets quite heated if asked to go behind.

If he is behind and god forbid someone in front so much as trots, he gets extremely worked up and starts cantering on the spot and well god forbid again if someone canters in front of him- you've lost him completely!

Just wondering how I can work on this? And why he may be like this...? He's always been strong, but in front I can stop no probs, but no chance if behind a ride.

It doesn't cause too much of a problem as we just go in front, but it does mean I'd never attempt to go out hunting or on a sponsored ride etc which is a shame.

Does anyone have a horse the same?
 
my dads is a nightmare if he doesn't go in front.
he bronked (sp) with me going downhill and I ended up losing my temper with him and screetching at him until he got the message.

all I could suggest is maybe getting him to walk beside another horse and gradually getting the other horse to take the lead?
 
Troyseph said:
Most people I know have nappy horses who dislike going in front of a ride, and I, personally have owned most horses like this too, but my horse whom I've had a year now, is the opposite, he only likes to be in front and gets quite heated if asked to go behind.

If he is behind and god forbid someone in front so much as trots, he gets extremely worked up and starts cantering on the spot and well god forbid again if someone canters in front of him- you've lost him completely!

Just wondering how I can work on this? And why he may be like this...? He's always been strong, but in front I can stop no probs, but no chance if behind a ride.

It doesn't cause too much of a problem as we just go in front, but it does mean I'd never attempt to go out hunting or on a sponsored ride etc which is a shame.

Does anyone have a horse the same?
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I'd circle him, small circles, repeatedly if necessary with intermittant checks on the outside rein until he calms down. :)
 
My old horse was like this and unfortunately we never cured the problem, just had to work around it and always led when going out for hacks.

He was worse if we saw another horse out hacking in the distance. Circling him used to wind him up even more, so in the end I just let him get on with it. He never did anything nasty though, just jogged and became very strong. I found the more I fought with him the worse he got, but if I stayed nice and relaxed with a longer rein he relaxed too.
 
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