Straightness...please help!

[Sarah1]

Hi
Here's a picture from our hack earlier.
Please could anyone suggest something to help with our straightness
Any other constructive comments are welcomed!

Please ignore my face - he felt awful tonight so I wasn't the happiest bunny & was concentrating on staying calm!!!!!
Thanks x

 

[lilym]

i find loads of leg yeilding and shoulder in excercises help with straightness, this can be done out hacking....when i first backed mine he couldn't move 3 steps in a straight line, now he is loads better.....unless inside a dressage arena!!

 

[michaelj]

Errm... Half halt left reign, then, push with left leg...

 

[Sarah1]

I had done some leg yielding & shoulder in but trouble was we were out with my hubby & our dog so I didn't really have the chance to really get him going forwards so he felt behind the leg & gobby!
He really falls out through the left shoulder - I try to stop him by keeping the rein against his neck & my left leg on but he just ignores me really! I'll try half halting & see if it helps
Thanks guys

 

[Cahill]

do you do mostly hacking?i do and find that always being concious(sp)of keeping to the left,we are not so supple moving to the right.

 

[Sarah1]

I do at the moment as our school is being resurfaced! I find it much easier to school him on circles that in straight lines out hacking!
I find if I ride with my left leg behind the girth he sometimes is better but sometimes he ignores my leg & I can't ride like that forever!

 

[Cahill]

just looking at pic...is your right hand a little to the left?maybe just the pic but i do it without thinking when on the road.just an idea.