Hi all! I recently bought a big thoroughbred mare. I got a really good deal on her because she has had a lot of time off. We did a full PPE and she is completely healthy, clean Xrays, etc. Vet says the only thing is that she needs a lot of muscling and then she will be good to go. She's UTD with all worming/vaccinations, just had her teeth done and is sound barefoot. She also came with her tack, and the saddle is professionally fitted and got it reflocked to her. It is adjustable (Marcel Toulouse w/ gensis tree) so I can adjust as she gains muscle and changes shape. I am however starting to feel like I made a mistake in buying her.
I'll paste the sales description and then state my question afterwards. It might be a bit long.
"Magma is a large bodied OTTB. She has clean and straight legs, is sane, sound, and vice-free. Magma is a dark bay with high stockings, a large star and snip. She's very flashy and is sure to get you noticed in any ring you compete. As well as being flashy, she's a dream to handle on the ground. She leads quietly, and knows all the maneuvers for doing halter classes. At a solid 16.3hh, she's good for all sizes of riders.
When I first received Magma, she was extremely underfed and undertrained. Finally after a year of working with her, I feel she is ready for a new home that will take her to her showing potential. She requires a confident rider that can help her differentiate between wrong and right in the saddle. I'm unable to do this with a leg injury (nothing to do with Magma). I've had a rider on her a couple times. She was very strong in the head, evaded the bit and didn't want to frame up much. We didn't do anything more than a walk.
I was told with her previous owner she had shown 3' jumpers and training level dressage. I've free jumped her myself and she has a huge amount of scope. All of her movements in her paddock and while working her on the ground shows she is forward and has nice reach and bounce in her step which will be great for dressage. She's very outgoing and you don't need much encouragement to make her move forwards.
Asking $2000 comes with all of her equipment and tack, included a beautiful Marcel Toulouse dressage saddle. No trades, no leases."
I thought her under saddle thing might be a lack of training thing, but now that she has been delivered there's really no going back. She's kind of pushy on the ground and jumps a bit at everything. I lunged her and she was fine, got on her and her head came straight up in the air the second I started walking.
Are there any exersises I could do with her, on the ground or riding, to get her to relax and use her hind end? Right now she is very llama'esque in her form. I would post pictures but I usually ride alone.
I'll paste the sales description and then state my question afterwards. It might be a bit long.
"Magma is a large bodied OTTB. She has clean and straight legs, is sane, sound, and vice-free. Magma is a dark bay with high stockings, a large star and snip. She's very flashy and is sure to get you noticed in any ring you compete. As well as being flashy, she's a dream to handle on the ground. She leads quietly, and knows all the maneuvers for doing halter classes. At a solid 16.3hh, she's good for all sizes of riders.
When I first received Magma, she was extremely underfed and undertrained. Finally after a year of working with her, I feel she is ready for a new home that will take her to her showing potential. She requires a confident rider that can help her differentiate between wrong and right in the saddle. I'm unable to do this with a leg injury (nothing to do with Magma). I've had a rider on her a couple times. She was very strong in the head, evaded the bit and didn't want to frame up much. We didn't do anything more than a walk.
I was told with her previous owner she had shown 3' jumpers and training level dressage. I've free jumped her myself and she has a huge amount of scope. All of her movements in her paddock and while working her on the ground shows she is forward and has nice reach and bounce in her step which will be great for dressage. She's very outgoing and you don't need much encouragement to make her move forwards.
Asking $2000 comes with all of her equipment and tack, included a beautiful Marcel Toulouse dressage saddle. No trades, no leases."
I thought her under saddle thing might be a lack of training thing, but now that she has been delivered there's really no going back. She's kind of pushy on the ground and jumps a bit at everything. I lunged her and she was fine, got on her and her head came straight up in the air the second I started walking.
Are there any exersises I could do with her, on the ground or riding, to get her to relax and use her hind end? Right now she is very llama'esque in her form. I would post pictures but I usually ride alone.