Tanoka, my mare, is starting to pick up the wrong leads. I tried the turning her towards the fence so the inside leg would be the one to stretch out more, but she does an unwanted flying lead changes.
Help?!
And make the horse crooked to get a desired lead? A good horseman would never consider putting their horse in a unbalanced or crooked position to get something else.
donkey, are you positive she's not in pain? Does she pick wrong lead in just one direction (meaning she's stiff in that direction) or in both?
Establish a circle with the good forward trot and a bend (to the inside) and ask for canter: outside leg is slightly behind the girth, inside leg is asking.
If pain is ruled out and I mean something serious, it's rider error. Especially if the horse is doing a flying change while already engaged in the correct lead. This happened to me a few years back on a horse that was a bit weak on one side. I would correctly cue for a correct lead, get it and go along my merry way and relax (I am so left sided), so when the horse had a chance to grab the opposite lead, she did so. It was only going to the right, so I had to work on focusing on my body position throughout the ride. Problem solved. I still have to remember this on certain horses as I get lazy with it as my horse now is pretty solid and won't change on me. My instructor picks up on this and makes me work so I am more even.
My horse always gets the wrong lead to the right because of me. I tend to slump my right shoulder and she gets the wrong lead. When I focus on lifting my right shoulder up and back, she strikes the right lead.
If you rule out physical pain I would have someone on the ground watch and correct what your body does when you ask for canter.
I can't do the feet since my cutie pie won't stand.
So my dad found a rock and we got it out.
Gonna let her heal. Hope she's ready for the fair!
But Tanoka's soundness is more important than any ribbon.
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