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Post by flo1 on Jun 4, 2012 16:23:03 GMT
I would keep out of the showring for a while as it's probably a bit too exciting for her. Go back to basics in the school (or a quiet corner of the field), do lots of walk/halt/walk, walk/trot/walk transitions, only moving up to canter transitions when she will stop/slow immediately you ask her to at walk and trot. Ask for frequent changes in direction too, keep her mind on what you might ask for next. Excercises such as leg yielding & travers that can be done at walk and trot should stop it becoming too boring for you  And the end result should be a responsive and very supple pony. When my daughter shows one of our more bolshy Sec D's she always does these transitions and suppling excercises (if there's room) in the go round at shows once she's behind the judge,she may only get a few steps in and people watching may wonder what she's doing but it helps and it gives the pony something to think about other than proving he's the fastest one in the ring.  |
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Post by sageandonion on Jun 4, 2012 16:47:17 GMT
She doesn't sound at all schooled. Back to basics at home.
I think you need an instructor because you don't squeeze with your knees, knees should be relaxed and never squeezing. It doesn't matter what you say with your voice, if your posture, seat and leg commands are not corresponding with your voice.
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Post by GinaGeo on Jun 4, 2012 19:07:50 GMT
I think you need to get yourselves a really good instructor to teach you both. In this situation I'd probably go for a dressage instructor - from recomendation. It sounds to me like you need to learn to ride through lateral work correctly to improve your mares way of going and also learn other exercises specific to you as a pair to help improve you both. She's a lovely looking mare and I'm sure with some really good quality schooling you'll do well. But we all need help, hell Carl Hester still has lessons! it's just finding the right person for you and your mare. It does take awhile to find the right instructor. Don't stick with them if they aren't helping you to progress. A big issue alot of people have with their instructors is that they quote things like "inside leg to outside hand" and "shoulders back" but they don't ensure their pupil understands, it's very hard to know if what you're feeling is right. Some seem to talk right over their poor students heads, I saw one poor girl being taught about basculing over a fence before she'd even jumped a fence. She was left feeling demoralised, uneducated and downright confused. She continued to have lessons with her pro-instructor for a long time, because said instructor had won this, that and t'other. It didn't mean she could pass on her knowledge effectively though and seemed to have forgotten the basic knowledge she needed before the big stuff can start. It's like having to learn to do simple addition and subtraction before you can even consider the more technical differentiation and integration in Maths. And you need to learn to do those well before you can even consider learning more advanced mathematics. Without learning the building blocks of maths you'd be left clutching at straws, feeling completely and utterly demoralised. Too many people put up with it with their riding and simply equate it to them being useless! When in fact they just don't understand how to do what their instructor is asking! (Can you tell I've spent my day trawling through A-level Maths paper after A-Level Maths paper today.) I'd also maybe stay out of the show ring for now as well, the "go-rounds" can be an invitation for even the most mannerly of ponies to take advantage. Go back to basics, establish manners and maybe try your hand at some dressage? |
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Post by LucyHebditch on Jun 5, 2012 7:34:46 GMT
Agre with all of the above! I would also put him in a standing martingale! Having a horse take of with you with its head in the air is an awful and out of control feeling. Put it quite tight so it is actually doing its job, if his head is in a normal position you won't even know its there. The most valuable piece of tack in my opinion!
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Post by whp94 on Jun 5, 2012 9:25:02 GMT
You should use your outside rein to slow/half halt him, inside rein always asks for bend. I have a bit of a speedy pony atm and in canter if I start pulling on my inside rein (my dominant arm on the right rein) she just gets faster and faster, the minute I take a pull with my left arm she steadys back down.
Sounds like you need a few lessons or a more experienced rider to bring him back down a peg or two!! Good luck
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Post by LucyHebditch on Jun 5, 2012 10:34:57 GMT
ahh thankyou both! i might try a martingale on her! :-) Standing, not running  |
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Post by desktop on Jun 5, 2012 12:45:15 GMT
ahh thankyou both! i might try a martingale on her! :-) Standing, not running You mention that she only does it when showing, are you sure you are not tense and therefore making her more wound up. And remember no martingales in the showring |
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Post by Yogananda on Jun 5, 2012 16:57:10 GMT
I agree with GinaGeo. Maybe consider having her back and saddle checked if she is doing it at home as well. I had a 12.2 show pony years ago that was beautifully schooled however he would set his head and tank off with me when you were asked to canter in the ring, its not a happy place to be when they do that.
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Post by Yogananda on Jun 5, 2012 19:01:53 GMT
Agreed with the embarrassing, mine did it regularly and at the worst was at the Royal Show, now that was embarrassing whizzing round the ring past all the lovely ponies. Luckily no stampede happened.
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Post by desktop on Jun 7, 2012 4:53:37 GMT
How old is your pony?
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Post by sophiea on Jun 8, 2012 17:36:22 GMT
I am allways told you squeeze with your outside reing to push them up n the contact, at home very quietly turning circles decresing ins ize helps alot as you dont get the fighting. in a showring almost preoare like you are going to turn a circle but dont actualy do it.
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Post by lulah on Jun 9, 2012 22:44:40 GMT
you really need to go back to basics in the school at home.
forget the showing for now. - you could do inhand to get her more settled at shows
you need to work on your transitions. start with the basics, trot to walk, walk to halt etc. then over time when she has mastered theese then you can refine them more by troting four strides, walking four strides, halting, wallking four strides, troting 4 strides etc.
riding a figure of eight is a great excersise to practice your transitions on .
then again when the transtions are more refined, work on the actually pace itself. e.g when in a medium trot, transtion into a shorter step trot for a few steps, transition back to a meduim trot, up to a extended trot, back down to medium trot etc.
only when she has mastered these transitions, would i then work on canter.
contact will only come when your pony is more off her forehand, responsive, balanced, supple, and obedient. transitions, figures of 8, circles are alll going to help you achive this.
its going to take a lot of time ! but judges like well mannered ponies!!!
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