How do you get a horse to go from a standstill to a lope?

Question

How do you get a horse to go from a standstill to a lope?

Answer 1

start by makeing him lope from a walk or what ever he is used 2 doing. then stop and try to get him to lope with as few steps a he can and just work at it. it will take some time but he will learn

Answer 2

It's tricky. Start by working on the rail.  You have to hold him back and get his weight onto the hind legs, then give a strong outside leg cue with the outside rein a little shorter.  At first, you can really throw your weight into it as well.  If the first step is not correct, stop immediately and back a few steps.  If the horse responds to words, say "lope".  If clucking works, do that.  Some people snap a bat at the same time.  I would do almost whatever it took to get that first correct response, then lope around the arena and stop. Don't keep doing it.  The next day do the same...and quit when he does it right.  Once it's easy, then begin doing it in the other direction, starting from scratch.  Once he is doing it in both directions, practice doing it down the center of the arena. It takes some time, but so does everything worth doing.

Answer 3

Alot of Practice. My horses do it.

Answer 4

its pretty simple. all u do is work with the horse if it wont go right in. u have to get it to go from a halt-walk, walk-trot, trot-walk, walk-halt, halt-trot, trot-halt, trot-canter, cantr-trot, canter-halt and then halt-canter. it just takes time.

Answer 5

By giving the correct canter/lope cue.  Touch left heal behind girth/cinch = right lead....opposite for left.

Answer 6

It's actually much easier to get a horse to lope from a reinback instead of a standstill.  When a horse moves backwards, his legs move in diagonal pairs just like in the trot.  Teach him to lope after a few backwards steps, then as he learns it you can ask for fewer reverse steps until one day you only have to hint at it and he will put his weight on his hind end without actually taking any backwards steps.

Answer 7

use your legs and heels and practice every day.

Answer 8

It depends on how well the horse is trained, which you have to consider. When I ask for a lope from a standstill I "kick" his hip in from the outside leg located a little closer than the middle of his belly, put my left leg forward near the girth, lay the rein on the right (if you are going to the right direction) get him collected and then I let him go and kiss. Then he lopes really good because he is already pretty much collected. If you have trouble doing the rein thing just get him collected up. This is how I ask for a lope from a standstill. Make sure you keep your legs like that the whole time you lope, lean back, stay relaxed, and last but not least enjoy the ride!

Answer 9

you have to start on the ground try cueing while you lunge. Ask for for the lope and when he lopes off praze him and when he has it down pat on the ground then ask for it under saddle. Then just keep practiceing it when every you want to do some thing with your horse you should do it on the ground first.