I am also new to the list and have the same
problem. I recently purchased a 7yo Standardbred gelding that has
been living at my place along with a quarter horse mare for the past 7 or 8
months. Neither horse had been ridden since they came to live at my
place. After I purchased the gelding, I sent him off to a trainer for 6
weeks. While at the trainer, I rode him several times with no problems
other than an occasional spook. Once we got back home and he was back with
the mare, I have had severe problems trying to ride him w/o the mare. I
talked to the former owners and they said that this has always been a problem
and they just always rode with them together. Obviously I need to be able
to ride him alone but I'm not sure how to get him less herd bound.
Everytime I try to ride away from the mare, he throws a fit, bucking, throwing
his head, and trying to spin around and head back to the other horse. My
thoughts right now are to make him go just a little farther away from her each
time we ride but any suggestions would be much appreciated. He's a great
trail horse and I'm really hoping to do my first endurance ride with him this
summer. TIA
Hello: I recently joined this list and have been
enjoying reading the questions and posts. Pardon, if this topic has been
discussed over and over, but -I have a
22 year old 3/4 Arabian that I would like to use for competitive trail.I only began conditioning him 2 weeks
ago. I train on a 2 mile loop around a field.Yesterday, he became extremely agitated
to the point of almost dumping me when the other horses we were riding with
went out in front of him. We were on the last 1/4 towards home.
My biggest concern is how is
going to react at a ride? How to work through this? I do have opportunities to ride with other
folks, but do quite a bit of riding alone.Any comments
appreciated.
By the way, I took my 6 year old Paso to a novice
competitive trail this past weekend and placed 3rd. Had a great
time!
