Young horse pulling to one side

If your horse is disappearing to one side when you let her, I would strongly suspect you are putting more weight on one side of the saddle. Even baby horses will move away from pressure. With help, try really putting your weight into the opposite seat bone and see what that does. See what does..
 
I would bE inclined to agree with you on that but it's not always one side. Just waiting to start my lunge lesson on another horse so let's see. Hubby is going to video tomorrows lesson as well.

Paula
 
Well it's official - that instructor is a sadist. 30 minutes at a sitting trot, most of it without and strirrups on the biggest, bounciest horse in the school, with lots of waving my arms in the air. There was a classic bit where I lost my balance and she's yelling "don't you dare fall off Paula, don't you bloody dare". :D:D:D

Still it's good for me.

Paula
 
Haven't read all the replies but I just wanted to say, don't lose heart. My big youngster did exactly the same as your girl to start off with in the school and the same out hacking. Attention usually elsewhere :) I carried a long schooling whip in my inside hand and when he was vearing across the school or cutting corners, I would half halt with my outside hand, apply my inside leg and just lay the schooling whip down the side of his neck which encouraged him over. After only 1 or 2 sessions of this, he was a different horse! No longer need to do it at all and infact he'll now leg yield wonderfully over when asked, though only in walk at the mo. I felt useless too at the time and my position suffered as I was trying to kick him over and we ended up with his head looking to the outside and body falling in. Shambles! Much much better now tho so maybe worth trying?
 
That's the thing that's bothering me most, that I may be making things worse with how I'm dealing with it. I think it must be quite common in big, strong youngsters with a tendency to lean into contact.

Paula
 
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