A im looking for a horse ive had training lessons and am planning on getting one soon.ive serched lots of websites and have had no luck.im use to a parcialy trained horse who is good for just riding around.can you help me?and do you now of someone who could?
how about if you train your own horse… this helped me train mine and i hope it will be for you too…
I see so many dressage horses nowadays (even Grand Prix level horses!) way behind the vertical. Most of the time they’re also flexing incorrectly instead of at the poll. Now, correct me if I’m wrnng, but I was always taught that your horse is supposed to be around 5 degrees in front of the vertical, NOT with his chin practically perpendicular to his chest.
I actually found this video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUUeRFZt8ec
Does that horse look happy or relaxed to you with his switchtail and pinned ears? OMG, someone yank Anky off him NOW. My horse would throw me off if I ever did that to him.
Can anyone explain the reasoning behind this (I guess the actual term is ‘rollkur’)?
The simplest answer is Anky rides like pants. My nine year old stepdaughter rides better than Anky, and has her ponies going a lot nicer!
Incorrect movement in dressage starts at the grassroots levels. Riders are punished for having their horses going above the bit, even if the horse is stepping up beautifully, so the trend is to encourage (ie, force) the nose down which is to the detriment of the steps. Now, everyone can crow on about how dreadful that is, and I have seen and heard countless riders do just that – but actually, few people know when their horse is moving properly and when it’s not. They don’t have lessons, or they get lessons from other people who don’t really know. The situation is not helped by judges who are too ignorant, too lazy, or too scared of being different, to actually mark someone down for riding like sh!t. You can get a lot of marks in dressage for being precise: if your circles are perfectly circular, and you canter exactly at the marker, you will gain marks. Nothing to do with actually riding well or having a nicely moving horse, and you can win by being precise and riding like sh!t.
I know grand prix dressage riders who can’t let go of the "ideal" of the lower head, and bring on their novice horses to have the nose down before doing anything about the legs. Of course it’s wrong, and people are lazy and can’t be bothered to ride. Rollkur is the big buzzword at the moment, and it’s very fashionable to be all het up about it, but nothing is going to change until people can be bothered to learn to ride correctly – and why should they, if you can win by riding really badly?
i want to start a blog on interesting train, making your own treats, bomb-proofing horses and working with rider confidence building. is this something you would be willing to read or contribute too?
an example topic would be: how to desensitize your horse to new things
i would love people to contribute their own quality tips and stories to this blog. would anyone here read it?
http://onceuponaponytail.blogspot.com/
check it out, i want more opinons!
would you like it if i featured some Y!A questions on here?
I had saved your question because I did not have time to read it when I found it.
I looked at the web site and I think it looks great. Informative stories/articles that I found interesting and I will be going back to finish the losing a horse one as I did not have time to finish it with the respect it deserved.
I also loved that you picked up the mustang question posted here a short time ago. I saw it at the time and was horrified and hope it was an attention seeking brat with too much time on their hands. But it is certainly a good conversation starter.
So in answer to your question yes I would read it.
Good luck and keep it up 
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I’m purchasing a 4 year old Arabian gelding for endurance riding, but was wondering how hard I should work him. I know that Arabians aren’t fully grown until they are 6, and I want this horse to finish developing properly and to grow as tall as possible. Would it be safe for me to ride him for an hour a day, almost every day? Or should I stick to riding him lightly till he is 6 years old?
With most young horses that I work with, I do work with them every day however I vary the amount and difficulty on a weekly schedule. I try and give at least one or two days off a week, one or two days of "hard" training, and one day to work on "de-spooking", introducing them to things, hand walking around the property.
Here is an example of the schedule I use for my off-track standardbred gelding that was JUST started under saddle.
Sunday – Day of work – 1.5 hours in saddle. 15 minutes warm-up, 1 hour training, 15 minutes cool down. Working on dressage training.
Monday – Light day – 30 minutes free lunging/round pen work, if going well 30 minutes of light work in saddle (walk, trot, free walk, or a short hack)
Tuesday – DAY OFF
Wednesday – Light day – 30 minutes free lunging/round pen work, if going well 30 minutes of light work in saddle (walk, trot, free walk, or a short hack)
Thursday – Hard Training Day – 1.5 hours in saddle. 15 minutes warm up, 20 minutes walk, 20 minutes trot, 20 minutes canter, 15 minutes cool down.
Friday – Light Day – working on exposure to things – hand walk over cavalettis, round pen work, natural horsemanship, bending, hand walking down the road, etc
Saturday – DAY OFF.
This is the basic schedule I use for most of the horses I work with, with some minor changes (older horses get shown Sundays and Friday becomes a training day) including the arab cross I used to have.
I always start them out carefully and slowly… doing ground work daily to build muscle and endurance before I even think of backing them… that way they’re ready for the heavier work when it comes time to do so.
Hope that gives you a few ideas. Good luck with your young arab!!