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"Trouble is his different personality when I ride alone or with my friend teaching me..."
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Dear Keith...
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
I have a bit of a dillemma with my 7 yr old dutch warmblood, i have him pretty much on full loan with view to buy and i adore him. His owner has only had him for 11 months and apparantely he didnt have a good start to life, he didnt know much of anything in any sphere, but now she says he is an adavanced horse.
Trouble is his different personality when i ride alone or with my friend teaching me (who is an advanced rider and teacher) to when i have a lesson with his owner.
When i ride alone or with my friend teaching this is what happens; He stands very patiently still while i mount and do my girth, only walks on when i ask. I Begin by letting him choose a rein to walk on and let him walk that at an easy pace to warm himself up and then i shorten my reins and pick up the pace to a faster walk and change reins etc and go through some transitions up and down. His only vice is that he does throw his head up so i ride with shorter reins and play with the reins very gently and keep my legs on to ride him forwards into the bit and he comes down onto the bit very very well and tries very hard, he will do it sort of every 5 or 10 seconds of me playing with his bit sometimes quicker. He accepts it very well though. He rides into the corners, he comes down from canter to trot or trot to walk as soon as i ask, he goes into trot as soon as i ask and as soon as i sit he goes straight into a beautifully collected canter. All i ever have to do to get him to stop is sit deep and he instantly stops. My friend can be talking to me for ages about what to do or what i am doing etc and he will so patiently stand there and as soon as i want walk he goes straight into it. When we jump he never ever rushes takes each fence beautifully collected and doesnt take off ever, i can put up 5 fences and he will keep the same lovely pace.
Now when i have a lesson with his owner this is what happens.
He will not stand still for me to mount and he will circle round so his owner has to hold him, as soon as im on he tries to storm of into walk and when i do my girth. Straight away she wants a powerful full walk and then she wants me to stop him just by sqeezing and my seat with no rein aids, which i have never really been taught to do, and even when i do that he will not stop, even when i do use my rein aids he wont stop. then i have to circle again and again till he stops at the point where he was supposed to which i agree with not letting him get away with it but im confused as to one why he wont stop with her around and will with me and my friend and why she wont let me use my reins at all even when he walks off!
Then she wants longer reins and it takes me about 10 minutes to get him to come on the bit just once, and i cant find contact with long reins, so everything looks so messy. When i jump him in a lesson with her, he jumps sideways and cuts corners and takes off! i actually cant get him to come down from canter to trot, yet he has never ever done that with me alone or with my friend. he has always kept the same beautiful pace and comes back to me as soon as i ask. Its like he suddenly gets hotted up and fustraited, im just not sure. I have told her this and she says i must be riding him in a lazy way but i disagree because he remains very forward going and hard working, very very willing to please, tries so hard and always does so well, i have never had to fight with him except when his owner teaches me.
What i am asking is how do you think i should carry on with him riding and training wise? what do you think the reason is for his very different attitude and personality only with the lessons with her compared to with me and my friend?
Also do you have any tips of how to keep contact on a long rein because i find it so hard to do?
Please Please help me i only want to give him the best and i need some guidance on where to go from here.
Thankyou so much,
Kerry M |
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