How to keep her at a trot?

Question

Every time I bring my horse up to a trot, after about 15 seconds I feel her starting to speed up and wanting to break into a canter, how do I teach her to maintain a steady trot? Any help would be great, thanks in advance <33

(ps, she's not really my horse, but i'm the only one that rides her, she's actually my aunts, but my cousin moved out so now i'm the only one who does anything with her :P but i love her, so i'll consider her mine 4ever lol)

Answer 1

My horse is an ex-race horse and he very often gets excited and tries to break into canter, basically you have to make the canter as unbalanced for her so that trot is the most comfortable. when she breaks into a canter, you just keep rising as if you are in trot,keep the rising slow and high - this will bring her back to a trot as she will feel unbalanced -   Also transitions from walk into trot, etc are good, do as many as possible.

Answer 2

once she&#039;s trotting, make sure you&#039;re not urging her on by tightening your legs. don&#039;t press your heels in.

try relaxing. slow your posting. i have learned from experience if you tense and/or speed up your posting, then the horse will go faster. if you slow your posting, almost 99% of the time, the horse will respond by trotting slower.

also, is she injured?

she could be doing something called &#039;running away the pain&#039; which is something horses think work =/

hope i helped! :)

Answer 3

what i do is if i feel him/her start to speed up. i take my reins. i ususally ride two handed. but anyways i take my reins and position my hands to where i am like riding a bike then i move them forward and back but only like a tiny bit kinda like turning a bike. thats how my horse slows down. its called a zig-zag

Answer 4

make sure that while you are at the trot (unless she is going too slow) make sure that you are not giving her leg pressure.  if she starts to speed up just give her small bumps on the reigns with every stride.  if she still speeds up then give her quick little bumps that go from hand to hand (unless you ride western and only use one hand)  dont make the bumps pulls or jerks, that can be hard on the horses mouth, but just light easy bumps.  you can make up whatever patter of bumps you want to, try different ones out bc each horse responds differently. also while you trot her make sure you talk to her, say easyy, wup trot the second she starts to take a fast step.  dont let her take advantage of you, let her know you are the boss.

hope this helps

Answer 5

Relax, and slow down your rising. If you are riding sitting trot, try to keep the weight even on both seat bones, close your pelvis and close your leg around your horse. Practice transitions and ride many half halts, to get her to listen to you.

Answer 6

i only know this because it happend to me.

my horse had been kicked in the leg (long story) and we didn&#039;t know it until after i had gotten on her the next day.  my trainer descried it as &#039;running away from the pain&#039; which is just another one of those slightly weird horsey instict things. we check her over and found out she had a big fat bruise that was making her sore.

give her a good look over and take your hands along her legs to feel for anything abnormal.

if that&#039;s not, then all i can tell you is to make sure once she picks up the trot, take your heels off and make sure your leg pressure isn&#039;t too much. and shorten your reins to make up for her shortening her neck when she picks up her speed.

Answer 7

if you have trotting poles then that is a good idea. Make her use her head. Serpentines and figures of 8 are also good

Answer 8

when ever she starts to go that bit faster half halt her. (half halt is when you just lightly tug on ONE of the reins, when she starts to go faster the try both but not to much to that she go&#039;s back to a walk OR HALT!)

its not much but i hope it helps. as the horse i ride, you have to get her to go faster!

Answer 9

half halting, and tighten your reins

we need more info to really help you like how short are you reins, leg aids ect