Was it my riding that made him do this?! *Video*


Keep going - he looks nice.

Take tail bag off
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and slow his trot right down for now.
He was trotting sooooo fast in the vid his front legs were having to canter every so often to stop the back legs overtaking them!
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he didn't look lame to me, just unbalanced and trying to break into canter because he was going faster than his little body and legs could cope with.

I suggest lots and lots and lots of transitions from halt - walk - trot - walk -trot - halt ...............................

do at least 50 when you ride him and get him listening to you.

Don't allow him to run in trot and get faster and faster. If he tries, half halt (close legs and squeeze outside rein) then more transitions
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One more suggestion - don't keep going round the outside track of the school. Do circles, squares, teardrops and loops and keep changing rein to stop him getting bored and making up his own plan. Insist that he listens to you and does as you say, when you say and for as long as you say
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Good luck
 
EF- My coloured was exactly the same when I got him: RE rushed- I got so much help from this forum, and I've learned down to a tee how to control his rushed manner with my bottom- you will get there though. My coloured has a minging tail- I just plait it and tape it up
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I don't think he is lame as such....but he is rushing around and looks tight and tense in his neck and back. He is doing some canter steps in front as this is easier for him to balance in this way, without falling onto his nose!! My D does this- i call it tranter!! He uses it as an evasion to being asked to slow bown and get his weight back on his hocks......you need to calm things down a bit, do lots of transitions, leg yeilding, shoulder fore etc, to get him to loosen through his neck and back and push through more from behind, ride him in a long low outline and allow him to stretch if he needs to;. You need to bend your elbows and make the contact alot more elastic and give and take with him - I know EXACTLY what you are going through, having been through the same myself and having very similar faults with my riding!!
See if you can have a couple of lessons somewhere, even if it's just once a month - i have 1/2 an hour once a week, well worth it for getting on top of things. Good luck and don't give up!
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Haven't had time to read the rest of the thread but must say that he looks unlevel in the video. My advice would be to get him checked - it may be me misinterpreting the video but he doesn't look sound to me - sorry.
 
when i first saw the video I thought you may be hanging onto his mouth a little (using the reins for balance) and this was causing him to rush fowards through the bridle.
I would say I think the rein contact is uneven too. lengthen your reins, use your seat, and relax your arms and hands. Maybe have a lunge lesson on something quiet and try riding at trot and canter with no reins and if you feel really unsafe then you'll know if you've been using your reins for balance or not.

he's a baby and needs to learn to work long and low before learning to work collected. Try lungeing him and encouraging him to use trotting poles distanced a long stride apart, and encourage him to work with his head low to seek out a contact, as opposed to being brought 'up' into a contact. A horse needs to learn this natural contact before you can teach them to use their back end.

He looks like a lovely horse BTW, and I don't for one moment think you should give up. I just think somewhere along the line you've both got your wires crossed
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Would call that a glitch all looked very rushed to me,trying too hard to ride between hand and leg.Horse maybe got a tad confused and said begger it.
As i said looked rushed and alot of contact on the mouth,seemed a tad strong along with your leg contact maybe so much going on at once he got stressed.
I would work on aiming to get long and low as his neck seemed a tad tense,and again the trot seemed very rushed instead fo flowing and tracking up nicely.
Along the long side befoe the oopsie he looked like he was running into the bit slightly too.
 
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Haven't had time to read the rest of the thread but must say that he looks unlevel in the video. My advice would be to get him checked - it may be me misinterpreting the video but he doesn't look sound to me - sorry.

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I will second this have not read all thread but first 20 secs or so i did wonder if he was sound.
 
I'm absolutely no expert hun, and I speak as one who was dumped by her safe-as-houses ned 3 weeks ago due to crap riding! But right from the start of the video, ned looks unhappy and unbalanced in some way. And - and please just take this as it's meant, just an outsiders observation on 2 mins of your riding!!! - you look as stiff as a board and your arms are like broom handles. Relax, sit deep into your seat, arms hang softly by your sides with a straight line from elbows to wrist to bit. Now me, I'd have been chucked off instantly coz the first thing I do at a whiff of trouble is crunch forward into the foetal position lol! Brain says SIT BACK but instinct says FOETAL POSITION! Good on you for getting straight back on. Might be worth checking ned over - he looks a nice lad and he could have reacted much worse than that! xxx
 
Again i agree arms and uper body look way too stiff and set,which will be passing the same vibe down to the horse.


To me it looked like a determined attempt to get him on the bit between hand and leg.
With youngsters you have to let them find a natural carrige then improve on it over time,a horse will not go nicely and correct between hand and leg unless they feel comfortable with the rider.
 
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No, probably because he's lame - and resisting going forward.

Could you not feel he was still unlevel - can spot it a mile off.

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Thats what I first noticed as well.
 
looks as though he is being a bit naughty. put stirrups down a hole. sit up and sit back so you almost feel like you are leaning back to keep yuor weight and so his weight off his forehand.
bend your elbows so that there is a line from the bit along the reins to your elbow. soften the hands and lloow him to go forward into canter but do not give the contact away. if he starts messing about keep a good contact put leg on and push him into the contact and do NOT stop and get off. it is what he wants to do -anything that stops him having to work. i would be inclined to take the thng off the tail so he has a leats excuse as poss to mess about. no need to be harsh just firm and put some inside leg and squeeze the inside rein to stop him looking towards the outside when down the long sides. if this doesnt stop the you need to go back to walk down the long sides nd every time he turns his head out sotp and correct then walk on. there is noi point trotting and cantering if the walk is not right. my horse used to do this and i have lessons with a graded area dressage judge and we had a month of doing just this but it works.
 
First thing - don't give up! You didn't do anything wrong but something is not right, hopefully him just taking the mick rather than tack problems / injury etc and you can ride through it - you sat the bucks, well done.

Taking in to account what everyone else has said, I would book a lesson with your instructor, lunge him in front of instructor and see what they think and then if you/they happy he is 100% sound, have a lesson and see if he does it again. Ask instructor their opinion on saddle/bit etc too.

My pony sometimes bucks when he thinks lesson should be coming to an end
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and every instructor thinks he is just taking the pee rather than something else (everything checked often because of previous problems) so I'm learning to deal with it but it does knock your confidence in your riding.
 
Thankyou everyone, the responses were overwhelming (in a good way)

Ive emailed the video to my physio (just to see what she thinks before she comes out)

Im having him trotted up today and lunged to see if there is any lameness.. if hes sound then im going to try again taking into cosideration my riding this time and trying to have my arms/legs/seat in the position it should be in.

Ive printed off the parts that people have helped me on what each part of my body should be doing and good old mum is going to read it out and hopefully video it...

Will update for all those interested, thanks again everyone.

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Just my 2-penneth. I don't think your riding is impeding the horse - yes there are areas you could improve on but so could we all. Please don't think it is bad enough for you to consider giving up! Secondly the horse may be unlevel, it may be hoppy and trying to get into canter and/or it might be rushing. But, I don't think the video quality is great and IMO the video looked a bit jumpy so it's very hard to judge. If you can get someone who is more expereinced to look at him in real life as it were then they may be able to see more clearly.
 
One tip I would give you is when you lunge him today make sure you get him going. My young mare used to be a bit like him, she'd be really unwilling to go forward and look lame. However if I lunged her and flicked the whip at her she would stride out and look absolutly fine. I think it was lack of muscle and balance.
I would recommend doing excersises to give more balance. Lunging (especially in side reins) will help him to become more balanced as trotting round on a circle is really unbalancing for a youngster so they have to develop themselves to be able to do it. Obvioulsy though if you're not experienced or confident in lunging I wouldn't suggest you did it though as he might just need a good razz round on the lunge first before you get anything from him.
 
Hey hun, just logged on now and I guess you are probably at the yard as we speak.

The first bit of the video he looks very uncomfortable, then he looks okay, then he looks uncomfortable again. Do you remember that horse we saw in club? It reminded me of that, just odd. You are fully aware he isnt 100% and he could well have always gone like that, making it very hard for you to spot it - so dont you dare beat yourself up about it. Its very easy for strangers to spot - but not easy when you are with the horse day in day out.

The buck I think is down to fart arsing about and perhaps yes the bag caught him on the legts causing that cute little cat leap lol

You know what I think and I think I know that you know it too. For me, he isnt quite right.

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