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One great tip for any pony, or horse, in my opinion is to sit down, clamp your leg on and make sure both of your reins are nice and tight. Don’t give until their taking off, but be careful not to get left behind. Jerking your horse in their face will only lead to more stopping. Hope this helps! Extra aids like spurs or crops really help too. Just make sure your leg is still and your trainer is ok with it. What your trainer says is the number one thing to listen to and do. |
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My first pony did U-turns, ran out and bucked but hunting she was a star 🌟!! If I hadn't had her I would never be able to ride like I do now My advice is persevere, in a few years time you'll probably be need what this horse has been teaching you! |
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Good job! And good luck for tomorrow! |
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Thank you all!! I did amazing at the show! One refusal, he was calm and didn't speed around or knock any fences even though it was pouring rain and insanely windy. I'm so proud of him! |
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Also another thing is I found a perfect lease horse so I'm waiting for a response from the owner about pricing and stuff. |
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Palm Beach Stables said:
One great tip for any pony, or horse, in my opinion is to sit down, clamp your leg on and make sure both of your reins are nice and tight. Don’t give until their taking off, but be careful not to get left behind. Jerking your horse in their face will only lead to more stopping. Hope this helps! Extra aids like spurs or crops really help too. Just make sure your leg is still and your trainer is ok with it. What your trainer says is the number one thing to listen to and do.
oh good god don't just clamp on with your leg, that can get you pulled out of the saddle and there are plenty of horses who'll just take off with you. It depends on the horse and rider, there aren't really any tips that work for EVERY horse (except staying straight and trying to be consistent, really) |
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TenaciTea said:
Palm Beach Stables said:
One great tip for any pony, or horse, in my opinion is to sit down, clamp your leg on and make sure both of your reins are nice and tight. Don’t give until their taking off, but be careful not to get left behind. Jerking your horse in their face will only lead to more stopping. Hope this helps! Extra aids like spurs or crops really help too. Just make sure your leg is still and your trainer is ok with it. What your trainer says is the number one thing to listen to and do.
oh good god don't just clamp on with your leg, that can get you pulled out of the saddle and there are plenty of horses who'll just take off with you. It depends on the horse and rider, there aren't really any tips that work for EVERY horse (except staying straight and trying to be consistent, really)
If you clamp your leg on you have a stable seat and you just have to us the reins with it, with comes with steering. Just don’t wear spurs or anything if they’re insane. My fourth lease pony (I was 12) could down a line a stride less than the horses, easy. But that’s was what got her over the jumps. I just had to steer and woah after the jump/line. Oh, and she was a medium pony mare. Pony. Mare. |
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I defintly sit pretty deep in my saddle, to the point where my trainer wants me to half seat most of the time. He's very very fast so clamping maybe isn't the besy idea. He's doing a lot better with steering now I just had to prove to him I was boss and I wasn't going to let him go back with his friends and food. |
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Silver Galaxy Ranch said:
TenaciTea said:
Palm Beach Stables said:
One great tip for any pony, or horse, in my opinion is to sit down, clamp your leg on and make sure both of your reins are nice and tight. Don’t give until their taking off, but be careful not to get left behind. Jerking your horse in their face will only lead to more stopping. Hope this helps! Extra aids like spurs or crops really help too. Just make sure your leg is still and your trainer is ok with it. What your trainer says is the number one thing to listen to and do.
oh good god don't just clamp on with your leg, that can get you pulled out of the saddle and there are plenty of horses who'll just take off with you. It depends on the horse and rider, there aren't really any tips that work for EVERY horse (except staying straight and trying to be consistent, really)
If you clamp your leg on you have a stable seat and you just have to us the reins with it, with comes with steering. Just don’t wear spurs or anything if they’re insane. My fourth lease pony (I was 12) could down a line a stride less than the horses, easy. But that’s was what got her over the jumps. I just had to steer and woah after the jump/line. Oh, and she was a medium pony mare. Pony. Mare.
I have a horse. Gelding. And if I clamp on him he'll try to buck me off. Your horse might let you tense up and clamp on but mine needs a working leg (and a rider staying tall) to stay soft and not hang on my hands. I do sometimes hit him with a crop if he needs a little more energy to jump, but if I clamped on him he'd either bolt or buck. |
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Little update on the lease: The owner doesn't want her to leave the county she lives in so it fell through. I have found a mare but she may have already sold so I'm crossing my fingers |
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Bright Sunshine with a few High Clouds
