” and out of the blue my horse suddenly ………” (you fill in the blank: stopped, bucked, bit, turned, what ever applies to your situation) But something happens, before it happens. We just didn’t pick up the pre-signal. Sometimes those signals are easily detected, for example; your horse pinned his ears back before he bit you. Good horsemen always seem to be able to predict what the horse will do next, because they pay close attention to every gesture the horse makes. He recognizes the thoughts in the horse’s mind and what he’s about to do. Right then you can change the horses thought, before he acts upon it.
Concentrate and pay close attention to what your horse does before he does it, or what you do before you do it It’s not always easy to figure out, but there’s usually a certain sequence or pattern to it.
Samples:
Before he reared, he flung his head, before he flung his head he stopped, before he stopped he lost impulsion, before he lost impulsion, he didn’t respond to my leg cue/aids, etc
Before he picked up the wrong lead, he dropped his shoulder, before he dropped his shoulder he braced on the reins etc
before he shied away, I tightened up on the reins, before I tightened the reins, I got tense, before I got tense he was tense, before he was tense, he didn’t want to go in that direction, etc
Analyze what happens before it happens and ask yourself why, most likely you’ll find answers and solutions and the core of what should be worked on.
