the first time he was ridden at his new home

[boandme]

yesterday i called my friend amber over who has an Arabian gelding who is 13 years old and she has been ridden by her for over 10 years. So any way i called her over cause i wanted to ride him for the first time at his new home (my house) he has been here for about a month and i thought it would be a good time to start now that he was comfortable in his new home.
So i saddled him and bridled him and brought him out Amber offered to mount him first to show me how he rode, mind you Bo is a very lazy horse it is hard to get him to trot while lunging him, so for the first time we are in the driveway and i am holding him with the rope and she mounted him and adjusts the saddle and he took about 4 or 5 steps and he took off while making a quick turn in the garden she was thrown off and he went running down the road and attempted to cross over into the field and not realizing that there was a ditch in between (all i saw was a big cloud of snow) i am not shure what he did but there was a mark in the ditch about 25 feet long. he got up and turned around comming back to the barn we got a hold of him and he was shooken up a bit. So then we took him in the padock and took the lead off him and she mounted again and agian a few steps and he began running again when he got to the corner of the fence he took a quick turn and she was then again thrown off.Like i said he is a big baby i can't figure out what the problem would have been was he affraid of her it wasn't the first time he has seen her she has helped me with ground work before too. Needless to say all three of us are okay just a bit shooken up if you have any comments or suggestions please contact me at bmommy20012001@yahoo.com Thanks Alot

 

[olympicprincess]

Hello,

Is this horse broken? Did you do a trial ride before you bought him?

Did she try to muscle him into any position or use cues that may unfamiliar to him?

Did he take off only after the lead was removed or while it was still attached?

When mounting, did she sit gently on his back or plunk down?
Landing hard on their back will send them forward, as well as uncomfortable. Use a mounting block so this will reduce the risk of upsetting him.

Well my first suggestion would be the regular, check him over to be sure that he is not sore and his tack fits properly.

If that all checks out...

Try leading someone around on him, literally. Have a lead attached to him and just hand walk him as you would any other time. I'd stay away from the longe because now he will know that he can get his rider off by pulling this.

Make the session short with big praises. And repeat, repeat, repeat.

Overall though it could be as simple as your friend is nervous to mount an unfamiliar horse and he picked up on it.

Good Luck.

 

[boandme]

bo and me

yes he is broke, and yes i did ride him before in an enclosed arenia.I think there were a few things wrong #1 i did not lunge him (biggest one)#2 When she got on she tried adjusting the saddle with her but several times#3 He had rain rot when i bought him and mabey the saddle rubbed him the wrong way or mabey he just wasn't ready yet. It is a new home and all with no companions for him.

 

[skye]

hi

if bo has been out of work for a month all the muscles in his back will be different as they haven't been used.This will probably mean the saddle doesn't fit as well as it did before.Also you should allow him time to get use to wearing a saddle again after his break.Have you considered getting his back and teeth checked to rule out pain ? Good luck let us know how you get on!

 

[ponyvet]

sounds to me like:

1. he's been out of work for a bt and feeling naughty and lazy
2. he's in a new place and he was excited

with all the above any sensible straight thinking horse would realise the best way to explore round a new place is to get rid of the person on top!!

He then went for a zoom about, didn't realise and fell in a ditch and has scared himself! Next time you tried he remembered that something bad happened and thought to himself "no, not doing that agian thank you very much!"

Perhaps you should try taking him into a small paddock to ride him, and don't try lunging him first . Just go in a small paddock, close the gate and get on. Do a little slow flat work, even just walking - no trotting, for about 10 minutes, and then get off and put him away.

I would agree that if he's been rested his saddle may not fit as well as it did, but I doubt that's the problem here. I also don't think that the rainscald will have caused this naughtiness either! Don't give him any more excuses!! And don't offer him the temptation to take off again either! Ride him in a small enclosed area until he's remembered wht being ridden means, and until you're both used to each other.

One of my horses is like this whenever anyone new tries to ride him, and it's just because he's a cheeky little so and so.