my horse always wants 2 go in

[sazzle10]

whenever i go out in the field with my horse he is always really eager to go back in. I think that part of the reason is that he likes company and the cows (yes i know its strange!!) are in a different place, so i hak out alone. When i get to the top of a field he suddenly gallops right around and starts to bolt in, but i can stop him. He then gets himself really worked up and if i dont control him he just runs off, but if i make a slight movement he jumps and gets ready to run off again. I can usually get him to walk in but he is always trying to run after the incident. Can anyone help me?!! I would really appreciate your help!! thanks alot!

[Danae]

It sounds to me as if your horse as developed a version of barn sour. We generally discourage this habit by always walking/trotting our horses within about 100 feet of the stall or trailer. Perhaps if you did some lunging prior to riding you could burn off some steam. Before you get to the top of the hill, what is the most common gait your in? For the next few times your ride, just keep it at a walk and do alot of circles and bending. Practice walk away from the field and then turning around and walking back and then turning back around and walk away from the field again. This is going to be a very hard feat to acomplish but it will be extremely helpful.

[jessicah]

I have just got a horse 5 weeks ago. I kept him at a small riding school for 3 weeks and after 1 week he didnt want to leave the yard and just stood there heals in! After a lot of flapping and various people making noises/whipping the ground etc he went out reluctantly. Unfazed by all the comotion. I then moved him to another yard where there was better grazing/stabling... he has been there 2 weeks on Friday. He has not done this at the new yard. When i rode him out this Sunday just gone, we went down a bridleway and when we turned back to come home i asked him to canter. We had already cantered quite a bit! He bolted and i couldnt stop him. I eventually managed to just before a low jump. I could not turn him as the track was too narrow.
I am worried i will not be able to stop him if he does it again. Should i use a stronger bit... he is in a snaffle?
I am moving him for the last time this weekend to a great place with an indoor school so i can ride after work, at the moment its only weekends.

[Danae]

Recently, I have had two horses I worked with that were both relatively barn sour. The barn is in the middle of the property. I was riding them in about a 2acre pasture and they kept wanting to run to the gate .The way I fixed both of them was riding them with little contact and as soon as I felt them shift their weight or shoulder in to take off back to the gate, I would let them. But then I would boot them and push them faster (this is alittle nerve wrecking at first LOL) than what they wanted to go. Once we got to the gate, I did LOADS of circles and figure 8's. What this taught the horse is that he's going to have to work much harder at the barn than when he's out.

[Jay.o]

i am not sure but you said that he loves the company of the cows, maybe if you hacked out in company on a lead rope with an experianced person then just out with some one then on you own later on !
and also try different gaits going back to the field - walk away from the field and then walk back then trot away from the field and trot back !
try different things with him.
if he has exess energy you could lung but i would actually see what you feed him and maybe try to cut down on rich/high energy foods !

[FreedomStar]

develop a good relationship with your horse. And work on getting him to listen to what you want, like try walking a few steps then halting. If he walks a few more strides THEN halts, then back him up, and make him do it all over again. Make him listen to you, and make him be paying attention to YOU not the cows he wants to be with, not his home, but YOU. He must learn that when working, the only person worth paying attention to is you, and you must establish that.