alright you riders.
i want to ask you guys because this is a smaller forum, and you guys wont redicule me..
im having a hard time to get my green broke mare to lope.
everytime i ask her to lope she starts throwing her head, bucking, and this last time reared up and dumped me.

ouch. it hurt. and it shook me up a bit.

i realized her saddle wasnt fitting her properly so, i get a brand new one that fits. shes still protesting me when i want her to lope.
shes still green, but ive loped her twice before.
shes fighting the bit, and rearing, and i will not ride a horse that is going to rear!!!she can buck all day long but i cant stay in the saddle when they rear!

what do i do???

dang it I wouldn't want to ride her either. I would get one of my cowboy friends to get on her and ride her through it and make her do it but I am a chicken *&%$#. Can you find your Brazilian bull rider to help you out? If not I would trot her till she was so tired she couldn't stand herself and then try her adn if she pulled any garbage get off round pen her butt and do it again... and again and again.

hoooray! we went lunging today and then i sat on her and my friend lounged and we cantered!! for about two hours! hooray!
i had a tie-down on her. but hey no rearing!
yay

super yeah!!!! mental victory is a big one as big if not bigger than the other ones!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!

How's the little bugger doing? The most important thing to remember when they're rearing is to never pull back at all, just put your hand forward and kick the &%$# out of her. Make her work her butt off until she's so tired that even if she wanted to rear she couldn't get those legs off the ground. I'm having a similar issue with my almost four year old who I think had a little TOO much time to grow up lol.

shes doing alot better.
i've realized that she rears when she is scared or confused......we clipped her the other day, and instead of running, up she went...pretty dangerous habit,but after i talked to her and put a lip chain on her...no big deal.
shes a great horse. shes just a little to smart for her own good.

I'm glad she's doing well for you One plus to her doing it on the ground is that it can give you the opportunity to fix the problem on the ground first.

Sorry, I just wanted to add this little bit. I'm sure you probably know how to ride a rear, but it was just last week that I was watching someone I know rope. Their horse bucked really hard and he sat through that, the dummy hit the horse over the head with his rope and up the horse went, well, this guy is a pro-roper and the only thing he could do to get HIS balance was grab the reins. I thought for sure I'd be calling 911 when I saw his horse flip right over backwards on top of him and roll over the guys hips. Scared the crap out of me just watching, and keep in mind, this is a head horse that won the George Straight two times, he's a BIG BOY. That was the only reason why I reccomended not pulling back, it's just that sometimes when things are happening fast, it's hard to think

I do not ride any more.. And it sounds like you may have solved your problem.. But, when I did ride and had the rearing or bucking I whipped the hell out of the tail head while on the horse and made them stop that way.. Or, the good ole circle work..

Course, I was way younger then and could stay on no matter what.. I would never get off on a buck. No way no how.. If I start something I finish it. If I can't I get someone who can.. Those saddle breds love to toss their head in your face.. Wack right between the ears...And I mean hard.. They stop..

IF, she does this again, when your on her back, My grandpa taught me this trick and it works well. Just as you feel her start to lift, be ready.
Since you know she might do this. Get your right foot ready to move out of the stirrup. Grab your right rein. As she goes up. Step down on the ground, put as hard as you can with the right rein, catching her come off balance. when she hits the ground. keep the rein tight and dont let her up. This wont hurt her and it they become afraid to rear, I broke several of this. some to the point of having to cover them up with a tarp or old blanket and left them laying there for awhile, while watching them. But it doesnt hurt them and they learn.
I agree, Circles, circles....
Also if she becomes hateful, when you lope her off, stop her, back her a couple of steps, what ever you can get, turn and go the other way. Some days you wont make it around the pen, but this too pays off.

thanks guys. i think all of my horses on my farm have decided to gang up against me!


little devils.