Update from today’s session. Definitely better than yesterday however obviously no immediately cures to the running. I employed the tactic of 2 10 metre circles ridden in a figure of 8 pattern. At the centre of the figure of 8 I placed 2 poles acting as a sort of a chute for him to go through and pe...

Interesting point, thank you for your insight. I do have no doubt that the changes will come, and I’d imagine he will be fairly comfortable doing a single change quite soon, simply based on how quickly he understood doing clean changes consistently. I agree that it’s a combination of anticipation, d...

This is a good suggestion, especially as you said, for a small horse like my own who can get away very easily. A combination of all of these suggestions will most likely yield the result im looking for :) I’m definitely envious of People who play with asking for a flying change and the horse gives a...

I agree, the arena I ride in at the moment is a big, open 25m x 65m and seems to encourage running... He's always been a bit strong and hot in there so I've always found indoor arenas or slightly smaller outdoors back him up a lot more. That definitely could be the key with him I think, so I will de...

Thanks very much for your reply! Yes, he does this in lessons also however my trainer is not overly concerned by it. My current plan of action has been do the change then bring him to halt as quickly as I can, and give him a treat. Your suggestions are all excellent and I will be trying them tomorro...

Hi everyone, hope you are keeping well, I have joined the forum hoping for some help or suggestions with an issue I have run into. My horse is an almost full TB, who I have trained up to medium level (I guess 3rd level in the US, I’m not sure). We have all the required trot and walk work to compete ...