Ignite Your Equitation

What should you do if your horse refuses?   You know it can happen. You were balanced and had a great pace to your first fence. You hit your spot and continued on to your second fence. Unfortunately your horse has a different idea! Instead of neatly tucking up his legs (or her legs) to complete the jump s/he veered around the jump sending you sideways and almost into the jump. WHAT GIVES? You’ve jumped that high, the course isn’t difficult. We’re going to review what is going on and what you can do in the show ring. Why is my horse refusing? First things first. Why is your horse refusing? It could be a whole bunch of reasons. Maybe s/he is sore somewhere. Hooves, legs, shoulders, back, mouth. This means you will have to do some investigation. Maybe you are interferring with the horse. Getting left behind, pulling on the mouth, getting too far ahead, Maybe the horse doesn’t feel comfortable, the jumps are too high, too white or too many flowers. Maybe you are not committed to going over the j