Schooling my 8 year old cob..HELP!

Lil-Miss-Sunshine

Lil-Miss-Sunshine

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Hello, I have fairly recently bought an 14.3 gypsy vanner cob. He has worked on blackpool promanade all his life though he retired early due to a minor road accident. After buying him I rode him in the menage at my yard I realised he had never been schooled before so just getting him to stick to the outside of the track was difficult at first, I dont think he has ever even been in a menage before :S When I have rode him in the feild he is a superstar in the, very responsive, egar, bombproof etc.

Any advise as how to start him off would be greatly appriciated :)
Thanks x
 
Cant you school him around a field out on hacks etc> Start basics again etc Lead him round menage or follow another horse...am sure you will get more expert advice. Depends what you want to do but as I am a happy hacker I can see it from your cobs point of view! Sorry...he sounds lovely.
 
Lil-Miss-Sunshine said:
Hello, I have fairly recently bought an 14.3 gypsy vanner cob. He has worked on blackpool promanade all his life though he retired early due to a minor road accident. After buying him I rode him in the menage at my yard I realised he had never been schooled before so just getting him to stick to the outside of the track was difficult at first, I dont think he has ever even been in a menage before :S When I have rode him in the feild he is a superstar in the, very responsive, egar, bombproof etc.

Any advise as how to start him off would be greatly appriciated :)
Thanks x
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Is that him in your pic? did he pull the carts on the front? least he must be bombproof in terms of traffic/people. Could you get someone to come ab give you lessons starting from scratch?
 
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