Sitting to a horse that bronks

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Is it easier with short stirrups or long stirrups?

Doug has started to bronk again but this time over the jumps and after for about 6 strides. We're going showjumping tonight aswell...Could be fun
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Stand up. easiest way to 'sit' to a bronco as your not actually touching the back. and id say keep your stirrups at a length your comfortable with.

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With mine once he really goes for it I just start looking for a soft place to land!

However for a more minor bronc, or a forward moving one I find the best way is first to sit up straight and hold tightly onto the reins as short as I can get them, the lass freedom he has with his neck and head the smaller the bucks will be. I then brace my feet in the stirrups, and stand up slightly to keep my weight both in my stirrups and off the saddle a little. This also gives me a little more leverage to pull his head up to a position I can control start to regain control in.

If your boy is anything like mine, you need to keep him moving forwards, as if I let him stop before I am in complete control I find he reverts to on the spot broncing which starts with a rear and then throwing his body over the front end
while its in the air...nice and Q looking for a soft place to land!

Do you know why he's bucking? Is he just young or excited, or are you or the tack etc causing it? Mine fell into the first category, and touch wood as long as we haven't had a big brake from jumping etc, I don't have too many problems anymore.
 
My old pony used to bronc all the time, I had my stirrups normal length and as lou says just stood up but kept my hands low.
 
Hmmm...if it's a true bronce then you need a bronc saddle, a rope and cowboy training to sit on it. You'll be lucky to last 3 seconds
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my horse really did bronc and he had a professional off in half a turn. He had back problems which caused it, started when he was young and had physio most of his life due to it.

If it's just out of excitement and he's arching his back and giving a buck I would be trying to nip it in the bud asap, a good smack and some stern words so he knows it's totally not on to do that while jumping. I've seen some lovely ponies learn the 'buck on landing' stunt as a way out of work, my friend had to retire her mare as she became vicious with it, really not a nice trait at all
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Don't let the head go down, keep it up, look forward lean back but use your legs like shock absorbers so you don't thump around in your saddle and squeeze them on (like when your landing from a jump), some horses will learn with a smack others learn when they don't get a reaction and you ignore them and keep doing what you were originally doing, depends on the horse.
Its those twisty bucks that are the nasty ones though
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Also helps if you make a joke out of it, laugh it off and shout ''IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT!!''.... well it distracts your mind from the whole 'ouch this is going to hurt when I hit the deck' kinda feeling! lol
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normal to short stirrups - short reins, legs forward and get out the saddle its the only way you'll sit it properly!
 
I deal with broncing by falling off and being taken to A&E, 1st time with an almost broken neck, 2nd time 3 yrs later with a cracked skull. BE WARNED PEEPS!!!!!! You do not bounce the same after a certain delicate age!!!!!!
 
Erm tiptoes in to have a little look.

Um now then how can I put this...... how can you stand up to avoid a flying lesson if its a sudden out of nowhere bronc.

The lovely ladies in A & E were very nice on Sunday and were very impressed that I could down 2 paracetemol and a brufen in one hit.

We were on a fun ride and had had a little canter and walked into a field thinking that was nice had a second canter his pal shot off like a little rocket and we exploded after him in a flat out gallop and just as I was thinking sh@t this is too fast I landed. So I didnt see it coming I did however sit up in time to see him disappear into the distance and then believe it or not swing round in a U turn and gallop flat out back to us when we called. I didnt get back on because I didnt know what day it was and he was spaced out too!
 
I'd say that you need to make yourself feel as light as possible on his back so if it helps stand up altho I think your balance would have to be very good to do this - keep your seat quiet but use your legs to ride him forwards & thro the broncing fit and as someone else said don't let him get his head down!
I find if I really hold onto my boys head it makes him worse so try to leave his head alone as much as poss without allowing him to get it down & give him more leverage.
If any of that makes sense...!
 
i try to stand a little if its a full on broncing fit rather than just one and try to get their head up. also kick on- its harder to bronc the faster they are going. i would say normal length stirrups but if you look at pro rodeo riders in amercia they have long stirrups- but then i guess a different type of saddle too.... my youngster broncoes like a rodeo bull. its very difficult to stay on him when he starts!
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I was going to say ride them like jumps but you are actually jumping
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I tend to try to be bold and go with them in forward position even if he has managed to get his head between his knees - if I can remain balanced through the first couple then I can stay on!

However, my horse does have a special A&E buck - he bucks, I go straight to A&E
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It is a single buck somewhere between a capriole and a courbette that just launches me skyward with enough flick to make my return journey to earth headfirst!
I studied him on the lunge to get the mechanics of it and worked out that I have to stick my legs right forward cowboy style and lay right back - however they just come right out of the blue so I will have to sharpen up or take up budgerigar racing
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ETS - best of luck for tonight!
 
I must confess I am completely useless and seem to throw in the towel as soon as it starts by looking for somewhere not too hard to land and wishing I had wings. I lose all common sense. Thankfully, it is not too often.

Note: recovering from broken collar bone sustained when bucked off bareback ...
 
No advice, if my horses were to bronc I would fall off, regardless of what length my stirrups were.

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Wrong position.
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Correct position.
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I agree, lighten your seat, take up your reins and kick on!!! If you kick on and HARD it often makes them move forward out of it! i had a little pony that used to do it in canter and had me off more times than one would like to remember! But once I got the balls to say NO and pony club kick her on, she just stopped! (still through everyone else of tho!
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and on the picture, bull riders dont have stirrups, just alot of brass and a strong arm!
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and lots of broken or bending bones!
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