Comments on: Bucking at the Canter

By: Gail

Gail — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:21:09 +0000

I have the exact same problem with my horse. He is perfect in the arena at canter, trot etc. But as soon as I canter him in an open field – he bucks – I have fallen off. I’m not sure why he does it but it’s really starting to scare me – I’m an older rider and I just don’t know what to do about it.
Would he buck if he had ulcers? Does anyone have experience with this?
Many thanks

By: Eva Campbell

Eva Campbell — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:32:32 +0000

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By: Cheryl McCrindle

Cheryl McCrindle — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:29:31 +0000

My daughter had a well trained show horse that started doing this and after a lot of checking out we found that it was because the saddle was shifting very slightly at the lope and gallop ( not at the walk and jog) and the change of weight made the horse buck. We put on a different, thicker saddle blanket which allowed us to cinch the saddle on tighter with no discomfort to the horse and the bucking stopped.

By: Steve Pregel

Steve Pregel — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:51:23 +0000

A night latch is a loop of rope, tied around the saddle horn and under the gullet, generally on the right side of the fork, to provide a grab (hand hold)to hang on to when a horse starts to buck. Western Horseman Magazine has a special issue written by Tim O’Byrne called “Cowboys and Buckaroos” which shows this loop tied to a saddle (along with several other tips and “secrets” used by old time cowboys in their trade. I have no idea about keeping in time with the front end and pulling down, but back in the day, we used to whip a bucking colt over the nose as they touched the ground with the front feet as they bucked. I suspect that Mr. Hooks method is a much more humane and safe method of achieving this.

By: mary diaz

mary diaz — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:10:50 +0000

I have been riding green horses for 25 years and I’ve never heard of a night latch on a saddle fork. What IS that??????

By: Debbie Champagne

Debbie Champagne — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:31:25 +0000

Great article! Could you explain ‘keep in time with the front end and pull down’ and ‘night latch on her saddle fork’?