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Post by watchbank on Oct 11, 2014 16:21:06 GMT
Wonder if anyone can help with my mare, shes recently just last year been brought back into work after having a rather 'rough' life previous to me owning her. I know she has been clashed and driven. When i got her she had no contact, she was as stiff as a board no outline what so ever and after a year of bringing her back into work and starting all over again we got a lovely outline then she got strong and i was using a simple eggbutt snaffle at home and she was being ridden at shows in a bog standard jointed pelham with no curb just a piece of leather. I changed her bit after what i can only describe as over excitable tanking off lol i swapped it too a double jointed pelham but shes just the same, even with the curb on and it doing something she still flys around. I tried to go back to the plain snaffle at 1 show to see how she would behave and i had 0 control.
Any suggestions appreciated.
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sarahp
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Post by sarahp on Oct 12, 2014 7:29:43 GMT
Well first off having a joint in your pelham, or even two, negates the curb action anyway so that won't help, it just looks good for the class.
I'm not sure what to suggest having got to here - what precipitated her getting strong if she hadn't been before? If it was going to shows and doing excitable stuff, how about going to dressage, fun rides, stuff like that where she can get used to excitable situations gradually and in situations where you have more freedom of action than just carry on or leave the class, as it would be in showing?
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Post by honeypot on Oct 12, 2014 9:16:26 GMT
With out seeing you ride its difficult, but do you use your back and seat as weight aids? I would work on control in a smallish area making sure she understands slow an stop when you stop moving your back, backed up with voice aids using rein aids as little as possible.
A Pelham tends to lower the head so if you are not careful you end up with all the weight on the front end and when they pick up speed its like following a wheelbarrow down hill, so as soon as you feel her getting faster bring her back to walk, rebalance and start again.
I used to have a very stress head TB and I found Mary Wanless books really helpful helping me understand the role of breathing and tension in the rider. Learning to understand why it happens is a better long term fix than putting in a different bit.
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