New Lease Horse
I took a month long break from riding after unexpectedly having to say goodbye to the horse I leased for 4 years. About a week ago, I got this amazing offer from by boss at the horse farm I work at to lease her horse for 200 bucks a month! Super great deal! However, he is drastically out of shape and I actually rode him once back in the fall and got thrown off and broke my wrist (not entirely his fault). I should probably mention that my goal is to get back to jumping in the hunter ring. Does anyone have any tips for how to build this horse some muscle. He’s beautiful at the trot, but as soon as we get cantering he becomes super disorganized and pulls his head down. He’s very heavy on the hands which I’m not super used to. But hes also impossible to bring down once we are cantering and it gets kind of scary. I know he’s got potential and he LOVES to jump, but I just need help with a game plan for how to build back my confidence, strength, and his confidence and strength.