On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and this one, it acts like a lot of the horses I trail ride with, but > then I started thinking about this poor kid actually being in a horse > show
I guess it's all in your perspective but I see this horse as a very sweet and willing horse that has a problem that's not being addressed. The first thing I would do is take off that dropped noseband and loosen the rein - don't make the horse feel trapped. Secondly, I'd check saddle fit. Third I'd go to my ring at home or wherever you train and back to basics on a calm slow halt - there have been some missed steps in basic training. There is no good reason that the habits that horse has gotten into can't be fixed. I've seen numerous copies of that horse with kids aboard at lots of dressage shows I've been to - it lamost always biols down to nerves of the rider and one or more of the issues above. I don't see that horse being similar to Stonewall. -- Laree in NC Doppa & Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the "S" gang) "Yet when all the books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them." - William Farley
