Cueing A Horse For The Stop & Back Up

Cueing A Horse For The Stop
And Back Up

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February 6, 2012

Judy
4:14 pm #

Love the tips and videos. It is presented in a way that is easy to understand. Now that I understand, my horse
can understand too.

January 17, 2012

Shane jones
10:13 pm #

I just bought a big 5yrs old 16hh paint, 2 weeks ago an the lady I bought her from said she'd rode her a couple times, but she been mainly put out to pasture for about a year. Well a couple days after I got her I saddled her an she done fine, I hopped on her an she walked good she didn't seems to like that bit , so a couple days later I bought her a snaffle bit an saddled her up again the bit seemed to make all the differents she walk ok, but when I tapped her flanks to get her to a trot that when she came unglued bucking, she bucked me off, well I walked up to her an got right back on an we walk up to the barn cause I was done. Can u please give me some pointers an on what I need to do.
Thanks. Shane Jones

January 16, 2012

Sarah Mounce
11:01 am #

Hi Larry. What kind of snaffle do you use on a green horse when training for the stop an back up cues. My horse is broke, but I'v always had issues with him responding to a regular snaffle. Unless I have him in draw reins.

January 13, 2012

Terri
10:55 pm #

Thanks Larry, have had a vast improvement on my stops since watching this video and practising what you showed

January 9, 2012

Gerald
5:42 pm #

Larry, Thanks for sending me your horse training tips, I always learn something from them. That video or dvd that shows how to rap the polo raps well its not a mystrey to me anymore thanks and there's so much more I've learned from your horse training tips. I thank I have just about all of your vedios or dvd's. Is it true there's no polo feilds in the US? I know the question is not in your line of training its not in mine either, I was just curious. Well thanks for your horse training tips, please keep them coming!!! Thanks again. Gerald Miles

January 2, 2012

Heidi
10:01 am #

My question: Is the horse in this video wearing sliding plates? Or is that a stop we can expect out of an unshod or plainshod horse? And is asking them to stop that strongly all the time hard on the joints? Of course I understand that footing will play a major factor as well… The filly my video is a pretty well bred Nu Chex to Cash filly who is very capable and has a nice stop when I ask for it but my trainer has warned me it may not be good for her. While she is reining and cowhorse bred, we actually do contest riding primarily – barrel racing and gymkhana – so we don't know a lot about training the reining horse. I just thought they looked fun to ride so I bought one! She's just coming 4 and was started at 3 and is primarily trained by myself – a rank amateur. She's unshod and I prefer to keep my running horses that way. Should I still expect a Nu Chex To Cash quality stop (she can do it) or should a stop her more like a hunter horse to protect her soundness….? Thanks for this great forum!

January 2, 2012

LarryTrocha
10:18 am #

@Heidi: Hi Heidi. The horse I'm riding in the video is shod with ordinary shoes.

Just like anything else, too much hard stopping, too much spinning, too much running the barrels etc, can get a horse sore.

Larry T.

December 18, 2011

Lauren
2:38 pm #

Hi Larry,
Thank you for this great movie!! I had been having trouble with this exact thing on my mare. I couldn't get her to stop or back up.
I'm going to give this a try next time I ride.
Your news letters are so helpful.
Lauren

December 16, 2011

Mary S.
9:30 pm #

I love your video on stops but I was wondering how to do this with one hand. My horse reacts better with one hand so now my trainer won't let me use two hands on the reigns. Is there any way I can stop with one hand? My horse has lots of speed and takes me a wile to stop. He likes to sticks his head out with his mouth open to try and stop me. I am 14 and have been riding since I was 2. Is there a bit I can use to help this? Do you think a curb chain would help because at the time I just use a curb strap. Thanks, Mary

December 15, 2011

Sue
9:22 am #

Loved the video on stops. Thanks, I learned how to get the horse on the bit while backing up. Sue

December 15, 2011

Sue
6:50 am #

I still have alittle trouble getting my horse to use her hind quarters when backing up. My trainer told me I have to lift her ribs when backing but I really don't get that. I did learn how get her on the bit while backing from your video, thank you. She does back up very lightly. The trainer said I leave "ski marks" while backing. I asked him how not to do this and he just told me to keep on working on it. He likes to leave things out. Please help. Thank you. Ps. my horse is a tennessee walker that is rode without long shanks, can do rollbacks, spin ( working on it) side pass, and yes can lope. Pss. Love your Dvds, you are very easy to understand. Sue

December 25, 2011

sarah
7:27 am #

Hi Sue,i know i am not larry, lol , but i had to pick up the rib cage on my mare to get her to back. what i did was take my feet out of the stirrups. i stretched my heels as far as i could towards the bottom of the belly. then i squeezed my heels together and rolled the heels up just a little bit and it seemed to work for me and my horse. Hope it works : )

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