Hello everyone I have a question for you all about my mare...
My 6 year old haflinger QH mare has been very speedy lately.
She rushes her trot and canter and goes extremly fast. We have been working on half halts, stopping and backing her up when she gets fast, and we changed her bit again as well. During the winter we had a pelham bit on, but she was getting much more controllable so we switched her to a full cheek french link for about a month and she was pretty good!
By the end of the month, she was getting very fast and fighting signals to slow down again, so we switched her back to the pelham again as a "refresher" When she is going at a steady pace, she is wonderfully smooth, and balanced, and she has a wonderful jump form that I dont want to waste just because shes being silly. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for some training exercises i could do with her ,and MYSELF too to help this issue?
thanks!
Oakley_lover
My 6 year old haflinger QH mare has been very speedy lately.
She rushes her trot and canter and goes extremly fast. We have been working on half halts, stopping and backing her up when she gets fast, and we changed her bit again as well. During the winter we had a pelham bit on, but she was getting much more controllable so we switched her to a full cheek french link for about a month and she was pretty good!
By the end of the month, she was getting very fast and fighting signals to slow down again, so we switched her back to the pelham again as a "refresher" When she is going at a steady pace, she is wonderfully smooth, and balanced, and she has a wonderful jump form that I dont want to waste just because shes being silly. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for some training exercises i could do with her ,and MYSELF too to help this issue?
thanks!
Oakley_lover