My friend is relatively novice and has been unlucky enough to have a few bad falls a couple of years ago, In June we got attacked by horse flys, her horse bucked, she landed on his neck, bailed out but tried to hold on to the reins and hit the ground hard though walked away with just a few bruises, since then she gets nervous about any change, even if the poles in the school move she has a wobble but her horse picks up on her wobbles and it's stopping them getting back to their pre fall confidence, she will hack him and school him in walk and trot but canter has become a massive issue unless it is done in a very controlled way and then she is totally fine with it.
We (her RI and I) have been taking it slowly and setting her up to succeed on every ride but her nerves kick in out of the blue and it sets her back again, last weekend I was going to canter ahead of her as I often do and she got nervous and rushed to canter behind (tight hands and booted him into it) resulting in her horse bucking and her nerves shot again, I turned her round and had her canter back and forth 4 times without issue but I know next time we ride she'll be a bag of nerves again which in turn makes the horse antsy and the cycle continues. This horse isn't being nasty, he is just a sensitive tb trying to tell her it's not ok.
Any suggestions on reading or DVDs that might help her?
We (her RI and I) have been taking it slowly and setting her up to succeed on every ride but her nerves kick in out of the blue and it sets her back again, last weekend I was going to canter ahead of her as I often do and she got nervous and rushed to canter behind (tight hands and booted him into it) resulting in her horse bucking and her nerves shot again, I turned her round and had her canter back and forth 4 times without issue but I know next time we ride she'll be a bag of nerves again which in turn makes the horse antsy and the cycle continues. This horse isn't being nasty, he is just a sensitive tb trying to tell her it's not ok.
Any suggestions on reading or DVDs that might help her?