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Re: [RC] Fw: the old drop and spook - Stacy SadarI too have a spook/spin horse. Had him for 9 years...he just turned 18 and has always done it. I would never sell him because he'd surely drop alot of other people. Besides, what a horse...he can canter along, jump 6 feet to the left then back 6 feet to the right and still not lose a stride! I'm used to it. Oh but believe me, he dropped me enough times in the beginning for me to recognize it before hand. Now, I can feel it coming a split second before it happens. If I can get out a big "HEY" then he won't do it, but most of the time I end up just riding right through it. He sure has taught me balance and how to stay on! LOL I joke with my friends that my legs are like a "bun on sausage" wrapped around tight and ready to hold on! Just kidding. I just keep some contact on the reins and enough leg to feel it coming. I've tried all the spook in place stuff and everything else...no luck.
But, I will tell you at a pleasure or training rides he spooks, but if it's a competitive ride, NO SPOOK! He knows he has a job there and nothing bothers him. Personally, I think all the spook, spins, shys, etc. are all just screwing with us humans. I've checked heart rate during or right after a so called spook and there is no difference than with a no spook situation. Tells me it's all an act and living up to that "Arabian sterotype" ha ha I guess those Arabs just don't want to disappoint us with what we think they are all about!
Stacy
larry Miller <jcmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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