hi chanel, the firt thing i would suggest with your horse is to recheck your saddle fit just to be sure nothing is pressing on her on that counter clockwise rein after that she may need her back doing, as you have had her for a while now and its just started i would check these first before assuming its behavoiral
good luck Liz

i would say 8 out of 10 times it is excitment and if it has never been corrected becomes a habit but ou do get some that it is malice to get you off so they can take off with out you.

Sarah i understand what you mean about making it go faster sounding dangerous but rest assured its not. what cheriwolfe is explaining is that if you stop a horse quickly when it begins to show signs of bucking all it will do is shorten its neck and bring its head in wich in turn causes its back to arch , wich if then allowed to drop its head he would have prime position for a good bronco.
By asking him to slightly increase his speen while staying in the same gait you will force it to extend its stride and raise its head (wich they do naturally when movig up a gait ie walk to trot)
thus making bucking immposible. But if the rider in question is inexperienced and there isn’t any one who can take it out for her try using grass reins wich will stop it from being able to get its head down hope this explains driving them on sarah and i hope it helps maria, take care

i would say 8 out of 10 times it is excitment and if it has never been corrected becomes a habit but ou do get some that it is malice to get you off so they can take off with out you.

Sarah i understand what you mean about making it go faster sounding dangerous but rest assured its not. what cheri is explaining is that if you stop a horse quickly when it begins to show signs of bucking all it will do is shorten its neck and bring its head in wich in turn causes its back to arch , wich if then allowed to drop its head he would have prime position for a good bronco.
By asking him to slightly increase his speen while staying in the same gait you will force it to extend its stride and raise its head (wich they do naturally when movig up a gait ie walk to trot)
thus making bucking immposible. But if the rider in question is inexperienced and there isn’t any one who can take it out for her try using grass reins wich will stop it from being able to get its head down hope this explains driving them on sarah and i hope it helps maria

I would have a very good and confident rider ride this horse for a few rides. This rider should be able to ‘push’ the horse forward instead of pull it up when it threatens to buck. Pushing it forward faster will correct most of them unless they have become outright broncs.

Warming the horse up better will also help — but DO NOT warm the horse up with a saddle on and DO NOT let the horse buck and play on a longe line or in a round pen. This only serves to reinforce that bucking is OK and lets the horse practice and get better at it. Another alternative would be to tie the reins snugly to the saddle horn where the horse bumps into them if he tries to drop his head, thus punishing himself for bucking while the person on the ground insists that the horse go forward faster until he quits.

Whether riding or on the ground, you should always stop a horse and stop a riding session when it is doing things well and not when it misbehaves.

Oh. By the way, a ‘night latch’ is usually a 1″ leather dog collar buckled around the swell of the saddle next to the horn on whatever side the rider like to use. You leave it loose enough that the rider can slip a hand inside of it for a place to grab much like the handle on a bareback bucking rig used in a rodeo. All the cowboys around here have one on their colt breaking saddles — just in case.