Sliding horse?

Question

I ride this horse named skip and he is a sliding horse, how do you get a horse to slide. im using the right bit and everything.

Answer 1

If you do not have the appropriate knowledge to ride a reining pattern, you should not attempt a sliding stop.  Sliding is very very hard on a horse and the slide is usually done very very seldom in training because of the physical stress it puts on the horse.  Reiners may slide once or twice in training, but once the horse can accomplish the move, it is mostly done in the competition arena.  It requires special leg protection and knowledge to perform this move.  You don't sound like you have either.  So be safe.  If you want to ride a reining pattern, get some help - take some lessons so you can do it safely and not cause injury to the horse.

Answer 2

If he's already trained to be a 'reining horse' not a sliding horse...then it's your cues that are wrong.

You need the previous owners 'cues' to know how to get the horse to slide.  If not able to, the horse has to get to know your cues...basically teaching new cues to the horse.

It's not the bit, like you were told before.  It's your seat, legs, and position of your hands, feet, legs, seat, and body.

This is a complicated thing to 'teach'.  Or even to try and write and explain to you.  For a longer slide, you do need sliders on the back hooves.  You also need skid boots.  Without skid boots, you will 'burn' the back of the fetlocks causing pain to the horse...and he won't slide for you.

Other poster was also correct in that this is hard on horses.  It is not something that should be done just to show off or because it's 'fun.'  Just one time of a back hoof digging into the ground because of the wrong kind of ground,  instead of sliding...and you've injured your horse.

I realize I haven't 'told' you how to do this...but I feel that if you don't know what a reining horse is...then you shouldn't be doing the maneuvers.  You can cause damage or mess up the training.  You really should get some instruction from someone who works with these kinds of horses.

Answer 3

Please take Black Bunny's advice on this.

Answer 4

A lot of the reining slides you see, the horses also have special shoeing called sliding plates

http://www.jnfs.co.uk/sliding%20shoes/sl...

this type of shoeing helps the horse achieve a longer slide when in correct form.

Answer 5

whats sliding and please answer

Answer 6

you should definitely change your name to something else.......

Answer 7

I think your talking about about a sliding stop. Which is used in reining, and in keyhole but commonly in reining. To get a horse to have a good slide the horse needs to have sliders on. This is a special shoe that goes on the back feet, its thick steel I think, but its thick, it'll make the horse slide. Now when riding even without sliders you can make a horse slide a bit. Depends on several factors mostly footing.

The bit really doesn't matter, you want a horse who will stop on a dot. You need to lean back in your seat, and put your feet by the horses shoulder, while asking for the horse to stop. Right before you ask for the stop to get a sliding stop you want to get the horse to speed up once they really start to gain speed then ask for the stop, hang on. its a lot of fun

Answer 8

Do you mean he is a reining horse? The bit isn't what makes a reining horse do a sliding stop. It is the training and proper cues by the rider. You should start out at an easy lope, let him lope down the arena, then sit deeply in the saddle and maybe pick up the reins a little (not too hard), say Whoa loudly enough for him to hear you clearly (but don't yell). If he is well trained he will drop his hindquarters and stop. The more quickly the horse is galloping at the time it stops, the further it will slide. Please only do this on a horse that is trained to do it well.