What to do with green young standardbred?

[Ljh__Equestrian]

Hello, I am a bit stuck on what to do with my 6-year-old standardbred mare, she was started under saddle 2 and a half years ago and since then I have taken it very slow with her and at this point, she can walk and trot under saddle comfortably. But I have the hope that one day I can compete with her, even at grade 5 level, but I don't know how to train her to canter under saddle. She can canter pretty much with voice commands on the lunge but I'm scared to have a go under saddle because I have done it once before and she got excited or confused and bucked and I almost fell off. I also want to teach her to jump but I need to teach her to canter first. Any advice would be appreciated. Also if she gets a bit nervous or unsettled she will try and rush and she doesn't respond well to pressure on her mouth and takes it as a cue to go faster because that's what they are taught when they race so I need to figure out how to train her to slow down when I pull on the reins.

Also if anyone has any tips on getting a horse on the float that doesn't want to please let me know.

Thanks

 

[Melody Grey]

Sounds like you’d both benefit from a good instructor with experience of ex-racers.

Please don’t be offended as I mean this constructively, but these, along with your other questions re: your older horse in your other thread, come across as quite inexperienced.

There’s a lot can go wrong in re-schooling ex-racers, and producing any horse for that matter. Get some more experienced help on the ground to reduce accident potential and achieve a better outcome- it sounds like there’s a lot going on which is difficult to advise on without seeing in the flesh.

 

[webble]

Hill work and poles and cantering in fields. Asking her to slow down should be with weight aids as much as the reins

 

[blitznbobs]

The rule of life - works for everything. If you don’t know how to do something and /or what you try isn’t working find someone who does… get them to do it for you or teach you to do it.

 

[Ljh__Equestrian]

Sounds like you’d both benefit from a good instructor with experience of ex-racers.

Please don’t be offended as I mean this constructively, but these, along with your other questions re: your older horse in your other thread, come across as quite inexperienced.

There’s a lot can go wrong in re-schooling ex-racers, and producing any horse for that matter. Get some more experienced help on the ground to reduce accident potential and achieve a better outcome- it sounds like there’s a lot going on which is difficult to advise on without seeing in the flesh.

Yes, we are looking into finding a good quality instructor who has experience with teaching ex racers. Thanks