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Post by fawsleyfilly on Dec 7, 2014 21:00:07 GMT
I bought an exmoor mare back in January off the field who had been broken in as a 4 year old (shes now 8) but has been an in hand pony all her life. When walking and trotting she is happy to go forward however canter is a different matter. She goes very lethargic and ignorant of my leg, sometimes she will canter for a few strides and other times i cannot get her into canter at all. I've tried hunting, jumping, following other horses and leading her out off another horse and she is the same no matter what. Feed wise she is currently on horse and pony nuts and hifi lite chaff however we have tried competition mixes, fast response mixes, oats, red cell and other energy boots supplements. Completely out of ideas of what to try next! she has the paces and breeding to go to the top as a ridden pony.
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Post by robrocks on Dec 12, 2014 19:28:52 GMT
Halt trots, 10m circles in trot, leg yields,half halts in trot until she has lots if impulsiveness. Make her start to want to move up to canter and just as she does, half halt and keep her in trot and allow her on the next corner it point on the circle. Its as though you are starting making her really want to change from more demanding trot work byt makjng the desire even greater by making her wait for it. Aim to bring the canter back before she falls out of it. I found with one of my youngsters who found trot easier than canter that if I have him a pony nut after each canter he was way more enthusiastic about the whole schooling thing. This (titbits) may not work for your pony and I wouldn't have used this with my other two but for one it worked a treat.
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