Did not get a lot of opportunity to work with Hoss this week, so today I chose to ride him. He was really "high". He strikes me as a horse that really like to move out and work. So that's what we did. I started out in his ground eating walk, asking him to tuck his nose. Once he was consistently giving to that ask, I sped him up a little. His head went out and his nose went up! So of course, we were back (at a trot, back hollowed out) out of control again. I kept him in a trot and again started asking him to tuck his nose as we went. It didn't take him long to get more collected. I did not lope him much, just too hot to get him that over heated.
I did work on some turns as he felt like a carousel horse. Meaning he wanted to turn on his middle and felt like he had a pole guiding his steps whenever we turned. Now some ground work will clean this up, but since I was riding...I did some turns into the fence. He was more willing to turn on his hind end, but he needed to go slow to learn where to put his feet. There are still lots of opportunities for him to get better.
FYI....Hoss went home today. Good luck Robin and Lynn!
Showing posts with label Hoss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hoss. Show all posts
Monday, August 22, 2011
Hoss - 8/16/11
Worked more on ground work and disengaging his hind end. He really has a tendency to want to work all on his front end. To get him more on his hind end, I asked him to just move his front feet left and right. He got better by the end, but will require more opportunities to get better.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Hoss - 8/15/11
Before Felicia and I went down to MDA, we worked at the barn for a little while. Robin and Lynn brought a new horse, although she thinks she may switch Magic for more riding since it appears that Hoss (I wanted to call him Stripes, but Felicia would let me. BTW, he's an appaloosa) might be more ride ready. But until then, I plan on working him to see where he is at mentally. I worked on getting him to disengage his hindquarters, it didn't mean much to him. But after some work circling and disengaging he was better. I plan on working him again Tuesday and probably riding him on Thursday.
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