My halflinger canters on his fore legs. How can I get him to canter on his hinds and collect the canter?

Question

In other words what can help also to get him collected? What can I do to shift his weight from front legs to hindquarters?

Answer 1

My horse is the same way she is 6 yrs old and she seems fast and downhill shes really bad... wat i do is each step i say in my head pull squeeze pull squeeze. I pull her rains so she can feel it then right away i squeeze hope this helps....:)

Answer 2

to collect you take your hands and pull them slightly back in forth like your milking a cow. then push him forward with your legs and he should collect. idk if i made any sense or if thats what you were asking for or not but i hope i helped!

Answer 3

As halflingers are carting horses, it will be harder to get her collected because of their large necks. I would suggest you use draw reins, but only with discretion. You must make sure you are not over bending your horse, but only getting her round enough so that her back comes up and she is on the forehand. Hyper flexation of the neck, or roll kur, is cruel and can cause the horse to beak its neck.

Answer 4

Best answer I can give you is to sit BACK.  He can't lift his front end with your weight up there. It's impossible. I know--every trainer seems to say lean forward--until you get to Parelli-then things start making sense.  The Parelli people teach getting OFF the front end and letting the horse come up under you. If you'll reach back with one hand and just lay your hand on your pony's rear--then you'll be perfect. Stay there. Or you can hold onto the cantle with one hand and sit on your thumb. That works, too. It just get you out of your pony's way. He's trying. Now you have to help him out.

Answer 5

To get him to push off from his hind legs, ask him to canter using legs, and weight of your body, pushing him up into the bit. At the same time when you get him in motion, use hands and reings to collect him.  Make him use his hind quarters by using your legs and body, hold him the speed you want but keep the impulsion!

Answer 6

Unfortunately some of the stockier breeds are built butt-tall and heavy in front so are already more inclined to depend on the front end so you'll have extra work to compensate for this.

Now, is his neck arched naturally?  Does he already have curved crest?  A curved neck does not mean collection.  

The first thing you'll need to do is improve his drive--how well he pushes off the hindquarters.  When he's heavy in front, he's not only carrying more weight there, he's also pulling himself along with the front feet rather than pushing from the rear.  This takes work and patience.  It cannot be fixed overnight.  The most effective technique I think you could use at this point would be to take a private lesson or two with an effective trainer who can show you in person while assessing the horse in action.

Answer 7

well first and fore most before collection or anything else can be achieved he must be in a frame...keep your reins longer to achieve a true frame a horse that is allowed more rein contact can flex at the poll and the longer rein allows him to stretch from wither to poll which will create a true frame...take time to devlop this too dont just rish into anything because any horse will protest in some form or another if they are being rushed in training so devlop this at all gaits and wen u & UR HORSE feels comfortable with it then you can ask for collection and remember that collection is achieved from back to front, in other words leg than hand.and remember also not to ever pull on the reins cuz pulling on the reins causes a horse to only collect the hind end and NOT thier entire body which will result in a loss of impulsion which in turn will not allow him to collect proplery so leg then SQUEEZES of rein to be more specific with that

best of luck!

AA

Answer 8

The BEST exercise I've found to get a horse off his hindquarters is to put him on a twenty meter circle. Get him at a working trot, then move up to canter. Canter one full circle, trot for a stride, canter one full circle, trot for a stride. It also helps if you throw in a little hand gallop here and there-- so you could canter for half a circle, hand gallop for a quarter, canter for a quarter, then trot. The horse uses it's hind end to slow down, so the constant changes in speed teaches him to engage his hind quarters. Works BEAUTIFULLY.