On Jan 27, 2008 3:14 PM, Jeannette Hoenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am not sure if I should be letting her go faster on the flat and then slowing her on the turns and hills. I don't know if forcing her to go slow is going to create more problems. Like head tossing, etc.
i have a goey horse that I believe if I had not worked really hard for a long time on trying to make him listen and slow down, he would be a maniac, because even tho I got him to listen to this he is just borderline uncontrollable. And even tho I finally got where he would listen when I would try and slow him, a friend rode him for me in an excited situation a couple of weeks ago and he wore her arms out trying to hold him back the whole ride. the thing that worked for me, was on the ground training him to give to the bit, bring the head down, flex to one side and then the other, then at the walk, then at the gait. but I hate to break it to you, when young he started out like this, then got better, then with age got even more hot and goey. he is my problem child. but one thing, i was advised to put a different bot on him. the one i used was a wonderbit, designed to keep the head high. high head equals high excitement. i switched him to a mullen pelham which i use with one set of reins like a short shanked bit and it brought his head down and made him more manageable and his gait better too! Made his gait awesome cause he was not so ventroflexed. Janice -- courage is being scared to death...and saddling up anyway--John Wayne
