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getting a horse to neck reign
Hey, Im 15 years old and ive been riding horses for about 8 years now. I have owned my horse for three years, and I was being ridden western. He is a 16hh appendix quarter horse. But i retrained him to do english hunter, and he forgets all of his neck reigning. He wasn't really good at it in the first place, but I want to show english and western, but I need to retrain him well to neck reign. Any suggestions on doing so? Thanks.
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The advice on the link was good, but something else that helps is to use reins that have a rough surface that will touch against the horses neck.
For example you always want to give the lightest or smallest cue first and build that up, until they understand what is coming after the light cue and do it automatically--and you won't have to use the others. When you want to turn left, apply right leg pressure, lay the right rein over the horses neck (rough side touching him) if he doesn't respond, direct rein with your left rein. Remember to immediatly release the pressure when he does give..hence the reward. Since you are riding in two different disciplines, do you use a different bit and bridle for each one? This might help the horse understand what work he has to do for the day and change from one mode to the next.
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It should be pretty easy for you to re-train him to neck rein. I taught my TB to neck rein when he was 16, and he grasped the concept right away. This arcticle explains it really well:
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