RE: [RC] riders riding under your horse's tail - Rae Callaway
Consistency and work.
There’s no reason in the world why a horse can’t learn to do
multiple speeds of a gait. My girl, Scarlet, used to have one gait – a combo
trot/canter that was both fast and bouncy. We spent a year working on learning that yes, there is such a thing
as a walk and that trot and canter were separate gaits. We spent a lot of
time taking groups trail riding from the stables down the street. Some of
these people had never been out of an arena before, while others liked to haul
ass. Scarlet can now be placed at any point in a group like that and keep
pace at the speed I want. She also learned how to stay with the greenies
that were afraid to go fast while the yahoos took off at high speed. When
we returned to endurance riding, I found I had an extremely rate able horse!
Rae
Tall C Arabians – Central
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ChristaBas@xxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
5:17 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] riders riding under
your horse's tail
Hi all,
I'm new here, but been reading for a bit...lots of
good info! I wanted to mention that if I've ever ridden up under your
horse's tail, I'm sorry! My gelding is 16.1 hands, most of that is leg,
and he sure does use them! He can walk along side most trotting horses...
AND he was once a camp horse. This means for many years he was
"trained" to ride with his nose to the horse in front's tail.
He was finally sold because he walks so fast he kept getting TOO close and
irritating some of the other camp horses! He has never been aggresive,
and will ride in front or back, he just has such a long stride he is faster
than almost every horse I've ever ridden with. We are working on the not getting so close thing, but it is
also frustrating to be continually telling him "slower" when behind a
horse we can't pass, and "faster" when in front. Any tips on
teaching him to slow down that big walk when behind but extend when in front?
