smalley
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Post by smalley on Nov 20, 2012 20:08:35 GMT
Any ideas how to keep a pony calm in the ring? He warms up nicely but always seems to get overexcited in the ring and stops listening - particularly in his individual show. If the ring is small this makes his canter transitions not very good - he's still quite green. He also stands quietly in the lineup but gets impatient standing up for the judge. I've been doing some dressage to stop him anticipating.. it is improving his balance and outline but he still gets excited in his showing classes! Any tips to work on over the winter?  |
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Post by bethanyy on Nov 20, 2012 20:12:38 GMT
Practice at home with other horses in the school and have pretend shows |
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Post by rosefinch on Nov 20, 2012 20:40:51 GMT
Near us there are lots of showing clinics that are run every week and it would be good to get your horse there and spend time just getting him used to the same thing.
Will hopefully stop him getting excited once he gets used to it and realises what his job is. Plus the instructor can give you lots of help and advice and its often cheaper than hiring an indoor school
good luck
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Post by gillwales on Nov 20, 2012 20:44:40 GMT
Try doing some inhand classes, we used to walk excitable youngsters around the showground for up to an hour before their class. The showing clinic is a good idea so is practicing at home
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Post by gillwales on Nov 20, 2012 20:45:10 GMT
Try doing some inhand classes, we used to walk excitable youngsters around the showground for up to an hour before their class. The showing clinic is a good idea so is practicing at home
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Post by reachforthestars on Nov 20, 2012 20:50:59 GMT
my boy is jsut like this. an angle to warm up, walk and trot round but once it comes to canter he becomes a bucking bronco. when i get to a show i walk him round so he can look at everything and get used the atmosphere of the show. i warm him up in the warm up area but sometimes walk him round again so that he can see everything thats going on. i still havent quite figured out what to do about the bucking but i think the more you practise at home ad the better the transitions are the better it will be in the ring. (thats what i have been told). also just getting out there and doing more classes should get him used to it. like said above doing inhand classes are good because the horse gets used to the ring and standing for the judge. i think the showing clinics would also be really good i no im going to try and do some this winter when my boy is back in work fully |
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Post by rosefinch on Nov 20, 2012 21:03:41 GMT
reachforthestars my pba mare used to do this in the ring and it turns out it was me tensing up which made her do this, I tended to make her rush and clamped onto her as I knew what was coming
Once I learnt to sit quietly and not rush or tense she behaved perfectly.
Would also get back checked just in case xx
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smalley
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Post by smalley on Nov 21, 2012 17:50:38 GMT
thanks for the advice! |
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