Hi guys,
My horse has had one trainer, one other rider (me), his whole life basically. Here’s the problem: when I ask for canter exactly as trainer does (with horse really between leg and hand and round, very in front of the leg, my sitting very correctly, etc) we have nice transitions. Anything other than what horse sees as perfection, I get very pissy horse–he sucks back, ears back, kicks out. Nothing wrong with horse–he NEVER EVER does this with trainer. I’m really tired of this problem, as.I am a decent rider and he’s a nice horse. I had a crap ride today because I wasn’t 100% on and I just wanted to relax and hack around. I’ll never be as good as trainer, so we need to bridge this gap. How does this kind of issue get fixed? Different riders? Put another trainer on him for a bit? He’s the first horse I’ve ever ridden who has been this particular, most just canter when you press that button. Thoughts and wisdom so I don’t feel so very stuck? (Also, please feel free to tell me I shouldn’t feel really dumb for having this issue because I have ridden for a long time)