Just started riding out with other horses and getting a feel for how my horse's brain works -
Infront - he has an active walk, looks quite happy and is pretty forward going (bit of an issue stopping for junctions for more than a minute but will work on this).
Behind - he will turn into an absolute plod not caring how far behind he is from the other horses and difficult to speed up.
Side by Side - he will try to slip back behind and slows to a plod.
Impressed with him being so good out infront as he is normally quite insecure but would hazard a guess that the horse behind is pushing him along.
I'd really like to work on getting him better at keeping up with the other horse for walking beside and immediately behind in a ride. I guess this will be down to some serious schooling on my part.
Does your horse have a preference for what position he takes on a hack? Have you overcome similar issues and can offer advice? Can a heavy ever keep up with an arab?!Any tips/games I can play to help improve this?
ETA we're talking about walking btw - I know we won't keep up very well for the likes of trot and canter - short legged fat horse, short legged fat rider.
Infront - he has an active walk, looks quite happy and is pretty forward going (bit of an issue stopping for junctions for more than a minute but will work on this).
Behind - he will turn into an absolute plod not caring how far behind he is from the other horses and difficult to speed up.
Side by Side - he will try to slip back behind and slows to a plod.
Impressed with him being so good out infront as he is normally quite insecure but would hazard a guess that the horse behind is pushing him along.
I'd really like to work on getting him better at keeping up with the other horse for walking beside and immediately behind in a ride. I guess this will be down to some serious schooling on my part.
Does your horse have a preference for what position he takes on a hack? Have you overcome similar issues and can offer advice? Can a heavy ever keep up with an arab?!Any tips/games I can play to help improve this?
ETA we're talking about walking btw - I know we won't keep up very well for the likes of trot and canter - short legged fat horse, short legged fat rider.