Some advice please.....

Cornish on the Cob

Cornish on the Cob

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Hi guys, when I bought my lovely mare she was kept near a busy bypass and also was broken in very well so she is excellent in traffic. I moved her down to a yard which is in the country and field is nowhere near traffic. I mainly now ride the bridlepaths so don't really come into contact with heavy traffic just a few tractors in the field and also my friend who I ride with, her horse isn't traffic trained so we tend not to do any roads. I am not confident on taking her out on the roads on her own at the moment. Do you think a horse can get 'unused' to traffic or will she still be ok after not being around traffic when I do take her back out on the roads? Sorry long thread!
 
I would suggest that you ask someone to accompany you the first time you ride in heavy/big traffic, just in case.
Without knowing your horse, I'm not sure that any-one can really tell you how your horse will react to any given situation.
Some horses do need consistent work to remain sensible in all circumstances. However if your horse used to take no notice whatsoever of traffic, she is most likely to be just the same now.
As someone else said, it might be best in future to make a conscious effort to ride her in traffic occasionally.
 
I do find that my horse, even after a two week break, is a little more 'on his toes' round traffic. He soon settled down after being out once or twice :)
 
I think you need to try her and see tbh, ride her as you normally would, she may be fine but as we all know horses can be unpredictable .As mentioned earlier have some support in tow, Just the fact shes in a new area might push the boost button in her head, putting her on her toes, couple that with you being a bit nervous and her reaction may be different from how she used to be. My mare can have lorries and trailers up her bum at an event, doesnt give them a second look, going past her on the road she gets a bit squirly.
I dont change how i ride her, but make sure shes listening on the track to the road, moving her off the leg, using lateral work, starting, stopping and putting her where i want her to be.
 
My old boy was out of work for along time & when he came back into work he was still the same he has always been, he'll will go past anything you ask him to, we met a tractor with a hedge cutter on a few months back, bits of hedge flying every where & he still went past....killer daffodils on the otherhand is a whole different ball game lol!
 
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