Difficulties

[silverleprichuan]

What do you struggle with the most when schooling?

[HappyHorse13]

Well I don't really "school," but when I ride I have trouble keeping the horse going and proper eq.

Is this for your book silver? :].

[iluvcreek4vr]

Keeping his attention when we are the only ones in the ring.

[silverleprichuan]

Well I don't really "school," but when I ride I have trouble keeping the horse going and proper eq.

Is this for your book silver? :].

yes and no. My book has been put on the back burner due to college apps and real life stuff. But, I am always interested in finding potential issues to write about and things to keep in mind while editing chapters.

[Raggle]

I don't nescessarily school either, but my struggle has been keeping myself balanced constantly because of impaired balance. The coating around my cranial nerves was destroyed two years ago during a neurological syndrome that I was stricken with. The main reason I was able to live out my dream of getting into horses was because of it. I am always feeling self conscious about whether or not I am sitting properly and what not.

[horse_lover]

Personally,
My Mare: LOVES to go fast, lol I love her :p ,
1. and I'm just training her to jump and she refuses new things sometimes...
2. we are good on dressage, because she is a 4th level dressage horse
3.she likes to get really strong after fences, NOT TAKE OFF, just get strong
4.And whenever I aske her to trot from a canter (since she is so well trained in dressage) She does a colllected canter...she hasn't done that in a LONG time though, my trainer has been helping me with that by: whenever she does that, push her forward Really hard w/ my seat then try again to make her trot, that worked amazingly well!

Me: 1.need to work on my heels down over jumps
2.Shoulders back over and after jumps
3.Leg back during sitting trot

SRY IT WAS SO LONG!!! Thoses are ALL my problems!!!!

[Manda]

All I do is school, seeing as my horse is young.

The only problem I've come across is trying to find new things to do. Wes and I only work at walk/trot, and sometimes it gets boring, atleast for me, and I'm sure for him too.

Wes is an easy horse to work with at walk and trot, so he hardly gives me a hard time when it comes to doing anything. :P

[crazy4horses]

My horse tends to pull on the bit A LOT!!! I also have a little difficulty making her bend on the poll.

[DixieGirl]

Sometimes my horse doesn't want to go so I have to use an crop, but then she doesn't listen either so I get really really mad. :o Also somethimes she dones't even listen to me and that gets me mad sometimes. But when it's a good day she is PERFECT!!!

[*Nothin' But Equestrian*]

Well I struggle with a few things..1.) remembering to sit straight when cantering (probably because i have to try hard to push my mare sometimes into a canter)
She thinks if she trots really really fast that i might mistake it for a canter and she can get away with it. But now she is doing alot better at breaking into a canter.
2.) trot walk transitions (can anyone help me not to rise so far up and out of the saddle when i slow down for a walk?)

i probably have a few more but i cant think of any! :)

[silverleprichuan]

Well I struggle with a few things..1.) remembering to sit straight when cantering (probably because i have to try hard to push my mare sometimes into a canter)
She thinks if she trots really really fast that i might mistake it for a canter and she can get away with it. But now she is doing alot better at breaking into a canter.
2.) trot walk transitions (can anyone help me not to rise so far up and out of the saddle when i slow down for a walk?)

i probably have a few more but i cant think of any! :)


As weird as it sounds think about "pushing" her into a walk. If you sit and close your legs and push your seat into your hands you will get a more crisp and responsive transition. Remember that even downward transitions should come from your legs and seat before hands.

[Haley]

Lately I've been leaning forward, so I need to concentrate on sitting tall with my shoulders back. Basically, I need to think about my equitation. It's been getting better now that I have a horse that doesn't need very much work, so I can concentrate on myself more.

[horse_lover]

All I do is school, seeing as my horse is young.

The only problem I've come across is trying to find new things to do. Wes and I only work at walk/trot, and sometimes it gets boring, atleast for me, and I'm sure for him too.

Wes is an easy horse to work with at walk and trot, so he hardly gives me a hard time when it comes to doing anything. :P

you can try doing "scary" things like walking over tarps or blankets, or walking right next to things and have him stand there (like if u were getting a water bottle of a fence)

[cowgirlqtpie]

When I train I try to start off in a roundpen and a recent Christmas present AKA my horse Sherman Turns on his poll and tries to kick you as your working him. Also when Im training a barrel horse you have alot of problemswith rearing because people who send horses to me don't know how to correct simple problemsroping and goat tying horses are hard on the bit and you have to break them of it. I try with almost all my horses to get respect by round pen and ground work........ :) :) :)

[reneigh]

Well my mare is 1/2 Standardbred, so we sometimes have the issue of going into an amazingly extended trot instead of a canter, but then somedays she canters with no problems.

I never have a dull moment with her :p

[reneigh]

1. and I'm just training her to jump and she refuses new things sometimes...
3.she likes to get really strong after fences, NOT TAKE OFF, just get strong


Always keep your leg on and when you're coming up to new jumps, sit BACK and push with your seat. Kinda do "german showjumping" as Carol Kozlowski put it for me in a clinic with PJ.

I had the same problem after fences with PJ and I have the same problem with a mare I'm currently working with at my new barn. Do lots of exercises where she is forced to stop RIGHT after the fence and also do lots of them where you jump and immediately sit back in the saddle and have her get back on her haunches to do a rollback turn (if she knows pirouettes, think of it like that almost).

Also do lots and lots and lots of gymnastic exercises. Have your trainer set up a line of a few bounces and have your horse realize she can't get strong through it. My old trainer had PJ and I do this exercise where she'd set up a ground pole to a xrail, bounce, higher xrail, one stride, vertical, one stride, 3' vertical and then we'd have to go through it backwards, and since PJ liked to get really strong, he soon realized he can't do that going backwards and slowed down :)

Lots and lots of leg and not so much hands, same thing with your canter-trot transitions. =)

Good luck!

[Barrelbabe_23]

Me: 1.Keeping my heels down. I dont know why but ever since ive been riding I have had troubles with my heels.

2.Leaning forward??



My horse: MAJOR 1: Not going at ALLL(even with the crop, well sometimes.But we are working on it.)

2. Same problem as Crazy4horses my horse likes to pull on the bit.


My lesson horse: He likes to pull on the bit but not as much as other horses I have seen.

[mandyicequeen14]

For me its sitting tall.
Trying to keep my hore at lessons from biting others
sometimes just sitting a fast trot

[musiccraze777]

Me: 1.Keeping my heels down. I dont know why but ever since ive been riding I have had troubles with my heels.

2.Leaning forward??



My horse: MAJOR 1: Not going at ALLL(even with the crop, well sometimes.But we are working on it.)

2. Same problem as Crazy4horses my horse likes to pull on the bit.


My lesson horse: He likes to pull on the bit but not as much as other horses I have seen.

About the heels thing, start thinking about your heels when you ride. Keep pushing them down when you catch them jumping up and immediately lower them. Soon, you'll subconsciously keep them lowered.

I sometimes even think about it when I'm off a horse. But I had a bad time keeping them down at first. Willpower eventually won, and I finally learned.

The leaning forward thing...kinda think of yourself as something that needs to be straight. Your back, I mean. Think of your back as a pencil or something. It might keep you from leaning forward. Think Straight. =P

And Dewey did the I-don't-wanna-move thing to me a few times. My instructor basically got all over me about selecting reins that were too short (I didn't freakin' know and then it was too late, and I got a twenty minute lecture consisting of the same words repeated, which I hate when someone repeats themselves to me...I get it the first time.) He wouldn't even move when I kicked him (barely anyway), so maybe it's the reins....if not, well, he probably just has an attitude problem (which I think Dewey sort of did because I leaned forward and gave the butt enough rein, and he still wouldn't move).

[cursivenight]

To keep yourself straight and stuff make sure you remember to LOOK UP. It's seriously amazing how much that changes your position. Also practice at all gaits the perfect position, or at least the halt if your horse can't handle it.

My Difficulties:
Eyes up on flat
Enough seat in the saddle
correct jumping position

Ringo's Difficulties
Going on the bit in a correct frame
Pulling


It's mostly me that has the problems lol.

[Beth&Gem]

Ok i have a real problem Keepeing a calm rhyth in canter on gem i try half halts and also jumping Spreads and jacobs ladder :eek:

[silverleprichuan]

jumping Spreads and jacobs ladder :eek:

usually people over-think spreads and jacobs ladders (also known as a triple bar) but in reality they are the easiest for a horse to jump. With the exception of a descending ramp, they follow the natural arc of the horses jump.
If your horse is a confident jumper, spreads are a fun way to encourage a nice round jump. Maybe go into the course thinking "I can't wait to jump that spread" instead of dreading it?

[windspeed]

You will find it easy to develop a secure 'velcro' seat, if you get seat lessons on the longe from a qualified professional instructor.

This is an investment that will pay for you and your horse. You will feel safer and more secure, you will learn how to 'ride with your seat' and stay out of your horses way.

Check out trainers in your area and don't settle for second best, make sure the person knows how to give a proper longe lesson!

Good luck!

www.reinholdshorsewellness.com

[silverleprichuan]

You will find it easy to develop a secure 'velcro' seat, if you get seat lessons on the longe from a qualified professional instructor.

This is an investment that will pay for you and your horse. You will feel safer and more secure, you will learn how to 'ride with your seat' and stay out of your horses way.

Check out trainers in your area and don't settle for second best, make sure the person knows how to give a proper longe lesson!

Good luck!

www.reinholdshorsewellness.com


:confused: who was this directed to?

[moniexponie]

^
I think it was to everyone in general. Hehe, I have no idea though. :P

It really depends on the horse I'm riding, since a lot of them require different rides. But mostly it's just staying calm on horses I don't know very well. Sometimes I get into that "Ahh, I can't do this!" mind frame, and everything goes downhill. >.<

Brocy is very good lately, the only thing is not jumping into his right lead. But I find that if he does that and then I bring him back to trot and make him do something else, like a leg yeild into shoulder in, or vise versa, it really helps.
He anticipates in so much, that little bugger. xD