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"Speed Up Your Slow Horse," from my FREE monthly newsletter
From the How to Break a Horse Series:
"The fix for the lazy horse can be done while doing any riding exercise. The first thing that makes a horse responsive or lighter is having a clear cue. A cue is something that you ask the horse and can get the horse to do. That means a cue to stop will be picking up the reins. That would be a cue to stop. A pre-cue is something you do before the cue. A pre-cue is "ho." If I go forward and I say "ho," and he doesn't stop, I'm going to say "ho" and pick up the reins to say "That meant stop." So pretty soon, when I go forward and I say "ho" the horse stops. So a pre-cue is something you do before a cue that makes a horse lighter and more responsive. It's the same thing with your legs. What do you do before you use your legs? You sit forward, pick up the reins, kiss to them. But what's the first that you do before you squeeze or kick your horse? You take your legs out. You take your legs out, then you bring them together. So practice that. Practice taking your legs off and if he doesn't move, then tell the horse "Hey, that meant move" with a kick. And when you bring them together, be prepared to kick them until something happens. So practice that and pretty soon, when you take your legs away from the horse's side (as if to kick), that'll mean "move forward." So I'm not using my legs to keep kicking my horse. Practice this and remember, when you bring them together, bring them together hard enough to get a change of leg speed. If you kick him and you just kick him to keep him going, then…"
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Rein In Your Horse's Speed Online Course
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A sample from Day 2:
"Now, some of you are saying to yourselves "My horse won't go in a snaffle bit" for whatever reason. You're thinking things like "My horse has to go in a side pull otherwise he whips his head around because he just doesn't like snaffle bits;" or "His last owner smacked his teeth with the bit every day for years;" or "I need the shank for control" ... etc.
Alright, first: Do not do anything that we or anyone suggests if you think it's asking too much or putting you in a bad situation. If you feel that you need a particular bit for control, do what you think is best. However, if that's the case, you would do well to find a professional trainer to work with — because it's not fair to your horse to ask it to soften as we describe in these pages when you've got sixty pounds of hardware on his head and he's looking like Hannibal the Cannibal.
Second: If your horse has issues with the bit, more often than not it's caused by your hands and your release. For help in this respect, see this article: "My Horse Roots At the Bit Or Tosses His Head.""
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Horse Speed Events
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