Im new to riding, how do i keep my horse on the wall while walking and or trotting in the round pen?

Question

she cuts in, im pushing out with inside leg, and checking with out side rein,

Answer 1

Use your inside hand dont use your outside to move over. If you pick up on the rein to pick up her shoulder it will help move her over. When your horse moves over release the presure.

Answer 2

it sounds like you've got the basics right.. a combination of inside leg and outside rein, generally does the trick failing that it may be that your muscle has not developed enough to be as effective as it could be so a riding aid such as a crop may be the answer. If so, the crop should be used against the inside shoulder and held in the inside hand. Always check with an approved BHS instructor before doing this however as another solution may be possible.. without watching you ride I cannot say for definite.  Hope that helps

Answer 3

Pick up the buckle of the rein with the outside hand, yes the outside hand! and with the pointer finger of the inside hand "bump" her back to the wall by knocking your finger rhythmically against the outside rein (from the inside center.) Keep your eyes up and out like you are following along the top of the round pen just ahead of where she is going.

If she is really outpersisting you have a friend stand quietly in the center and ever so quietly come to life and shoo her back to the wall. You be the good guy. The friend in the center can be the bad guy. Well not too bad. Just bad enough to make your idea better! See dear horse? It's easier to stay on the rail!

Try to keep the inside leg off her. Beleive it or not, that just draws her attention to that side. You are better off to be thinking "keep her between your legs and hands."

Answer 4

My advice is to take her out of the round pen for a while, if you're confident enough to do so, and vary your pattern a lot.  Do figure-eights, twenty-meter circles, ten-meter circles, transitions from trot to walk to halt and back up to a trot again... don't do anything in the same spot twice.  Make her keep guessing what you'll ask her to do next.  I do this with my horse when he does that kind of thing, and usually it helps.  A lot of it just takes practice and getting to know your horse; it can be really frustrating, but you'll get it sooner or later.

Also pay close attention to your body- often it's just the horse testing you, but sometimes you'll find that you're accidentally pulling or pushing with a hand or leg you haven't been paying attention to, and that might be why she's drifting.

Answer 5

dont check with the outside rein hold while checkin the inside rein and use inside leg towards the gurth and outside leg behind the inside leg

Answer 6

You ride a horse on a wall ? Is that safe for either of you?

Answer 7

Try some fun riding prior to push and shove and then do the round pen and see if she starts to respond--they will get sour but fast with the same routine day after day.

Answer 8

Don't check with the outside. Keep slight pressure on the inside reign and and with the inside leg. This curves her body with the round pen, thus pushing her back end to the rail. (Checking with the outside reign pulls her head out but pushes her body in.)