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Post by haaaaanandcaspian on Jul 12, 2013 10:25:07 GMT
Any advice is appreciated!! My mare works lovely in walk trot and canter in the school, she is nice and collected and works naturally, however (please bare with me) I was at a show and my sister took her in a ridden class, after she had done her canter on one rein and was going across the diagonal she went silly and was anticipating the canter which made a very messy show, I then took her in and decided to change my show so she wouldn't know, I cantered the first time and she was fine then I crossed the diagonal and she went silly again, throwing her head up and rushing forward, normally resulting on going on the wrong leg, so I decided to do lots of circles and going across the diagonal without cantering and trying to make her realise she doesn't know when I'm going to ask for canter, but then when I do a show again, after the first canter she knows what's coming, I'm at a dead end! Please help! (Nothing to do with her back or teeth and she does it no matter which rein I start on)
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Post by apple123 on Jul 12, 2013 11:30:27 GMT
Mine does this sometimes but he's an old hand & has been there & done it all - for my change of rein on the go round if I can, ill do a short change of rein (like you were doing a serpentine) or go as straight as I can. I always do a serpentine in my show too. If she does walk to canter that can help break the cycle & get her thinking rather than rushing?
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Post by robrocks on Jul 12, 2013 17:24:31 GMT
Can't believe this post, this is exactly what my youngster did today. Come across diagonal in canter, try to either change (which he used to do no problem) or come down into trot, the head goes up and he wants to rocket off! I had to spend ages in walk to chill him out. Going to try apple123'a tip of walk to canter as I now can't risk leaving this til a show...so I sympathise.
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Post by gillwales on Jul 12, 2013 17:44:08 GMT
come down through trot to walk in your schooling, even have a halt on X, vary everything you do, instead of doing a diagonal try a figure of 8 esp in your individual show, also try going out on the opposite rein to your normal one. Change the rein using a serpentine, there are lots of variations if you have a think
good luck
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Post by casper15 on Jul 12, 2013 21:02:17 GMT
to stop my pony anticipating across the diagonal i do a simple change where i go from canter to trot to walk (across X) then back into trot and back to canter in the corner - should stop anticipation and also adds a bit of flavour to your show? Stops my pony anticipating so worth a shot?
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Post by haaaaanandcaspian on Jul 14, 2013 8:39:19 GMT
Thankyou, some great ideas, will give them a try today and let you know. Its nice to know I'm not the only one with this problem!
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Post by LinsopStud on Jul 14, 2013 10:57:36 GMT
My older boy does this. We now show a trot diagonal early on then do the canter change through a figure of 8.
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Post by haaaaanandcaspian on Jul 14, 2013 20:28:48 GMT
Thankyou for the help, I schooled her today, although not for long as it was boiling! It helped to walk/halt at X and I've worked out its when I change diagonal she tanks off so I'm changing just before I ask for canter, thanks again
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Post by gillwales on Jul 14, 2013 20:33:09 GMT
glad its working, however do not fall into the trap of always keeping to the same pattern or your horse will start to anticipate again
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Post by robrocks on Jul 14, 2013 20:48:10 GMT
I had success too, not 100% but way better!
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Post by Em5 on Jul 14, 2013 21:19:30 GMT
I would consider having her saddle and back checked and she could be rushing off due to pain
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Post by haaaaanandcaspian on Jul 14, 2013 21:38:28 GMT
Glad its working for you too robrocks! Its just going to take time I think, her back and saddle are fine
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Post by nici on Jul 15, 2013 11:41:24 GMT
Why not do some dressage for a change, or even work through some prelim tests at home. Although they all contain similar movements, they ask for them in different places and sequences, so it'll vary your schooling and help stop your pony anticipating what you're going to do next.
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Post by sarahp on Jul 15, 2013 17:28:16 GMT
Moral for your next pony, and anyone else with a young pony - never ever practice either a full showing show or any complete dressage test at home but school so that you get what you ask for when you ask for it by varying the schooling as much as possible. It's always easier to get it right the first time with ponies than to have to reschool and sort out a problem.
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Post by lampshade on Jul 17, 2013 15:23:53 GMT
I agree, do not practise the full show at home. Only practice bits of it and keep it varied. Plenty of upward and downward transitions. My mare did this when she was a youngster. Alot of it was to do with balance. I found that getting her light in the hand was the key to it all with her. Every horse is different and different things work for different horses. Good luck
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Post by haaaaanandcaspian on Jul 17, 2013 20:42:19 GMT
Thanks for the help, she went lovely yesterday just by walking through x and then doing a walk to canter, I've never had such a clever horse, they have all just waited until asked, but gem seems to think she knows best, I've learned my lesson!!!
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Post by robrocks on Jul 17, 2013 21:02:25 GMT
Thanks for the help, she went lovely yesterday just by walking through x and then doing a walk to canter, I've never had such a clever horse, they have all just waited until asked, but gem seems to think she knows best, I've learned my lesson!!! I too had success with walking through x and then doing walk to canter. However, daren't practise that too often or he'll be anticipating that lol |
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Post by haaaaanandcaspian on Jul 18, 2013 7:46:28 GMT
Me neither, going to do halt at x tonight, varying it a bit is interesting for me too!
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