Rider needed to can ride BIG trot

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I have a mare who has a massive trot that nobody seems to be able to ride. They haul her in to balance themselves which is ruining her. Can anyone help? Prefer West Country if possible but sympathetic rider most important.
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I cant help but do you have any pictures/videos of her trot, im intrigued! :)

My boy also has a hugee trot which I still cant sit to for more than one long side then loosing balance - need better stomach muscles :p
 
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My big lad has the most enormous trot I've ever sat on, and after 5 years with him I can now sit to ANY trot thanks to him!

Whereabouts are you? I'm hospitalised and a bit useless at the moment, but can give you ideas of the things I did to help get used to my boy's trot, and am happy to come and ride her for you when I'm better!
 
sorry can't help but I do sympathise I went to try a horse like that once and used to a horse that was not a big mover at all I felt like I was being bucked off and when horse cantered, god I thought I was going to fly


Now i have one inbetween the two, still took me weeks to get used to his trot :D
 
Where are you in the West Country? I know a few people who would be able to help pm me if you would prefer. My cob has a really big trot and I know what you mean about people using the reins to balance themselves.
 
i sympathise - my mare gets marked down everytime by ride judges becuase of her 'bone breaking' (judges comment!) trot :(
i can't sit to it unless going v slowly - and have to be careful who i put on her as if its someone who is not used to a big trot and they loose a bit of balance or bounce she gets them off pdq :eek:
 
I know that feeling being the owner of a giant horse with giant paces, with Pickle his trot is big but not hugely problamatic once you get used to it, the hugeee canter is very hard to sit into a get used too.

My dad was learning to ride when we got him and being on the lunge definetly helped his balance and got him used to the feeling of it :) Also I found a dressage saddle helped me a lot!
 
Hokay.... welllll after my accident I found it incredibly painful to ride with stirrups, so I took them off my saddle, and did a LOT of slow collected trot with Roy, think uber collection, very very slow almost jig jogging...

once I was completely happy to sit to that I just worked my way up until I was eventually completely comfy sitting to his ginormous working trot! Lots of work on the lunge, lots of using your seat to collect and extend etc. and basically a hell of a lot of practice! I found the lack of stirrups really really helped though, as did lots of transitions within the trot, and most importantly just relax and try not to bounce off!

I now find that I have to think about rising to most horses trots as I'm so used to being catapulted out of the saddle by Roy boy!
 
I'd be really intrigued to see a video of this, or anyone else's videos of a "big moving" horse, because I don't really get it. :o Do you mean he's bouncy, or takes long strides, or is it both? My little cob has the flattest trot ever so everything else feels really bouncy compared to him, so I can't really wrap my head around the concept! I know that when I ride my friend's horse I feel like I'm out of the saddle for aaaages when I rise to the trot, and he really bounces you up - is that similar to what you mean, or am I just too used to my little man's less-than-flamboyant movement? I've always wondered what people meant when they talked about "big" movement.
 
my horse 'pings' ridders out of the saddle - now i've been a groom and have ridden 100's of horses (prob not that well Lol - but used to riding different types) and it took me ages to get used to my mares trot - it really takes a lot of strength to not be thrown at each stride - riding in short stirrups used to be a nightmare until i was stronger as each rise she'd throw me to almost straight legs so i'd be miles off the saddle :o she also has a looooong stride...esp her "hunting trot"

its also wrecked my back :( but i'd not change her for the world ;)

and yeah - i almost forget to rise now when riding 'normal' horses!!

eta - to give you an idea - out hacknig with friends - they can be doing a good canter - certainly not collected - and my mare is still trotting :o
 
Thank you for all your comments nd understanding. All the riders who have got on her feel insecure when she starts to trot...feels like you are being bolted with at trot!! She is very long striding and has VERY powerful hock action which throws you forward. If you try and use core muscles it is very uncomfortable, so you need to mould into her. I am not in a position to compete at the moment and am looking for a really good sympathetic dressage rider who doesn't need to use the reins to keep in balance and also not take up a strong contact to feel safer
 
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