BEST way to stop a runaway horse?

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BEST way to stop a runaway horse?

Answer 1

i heard some people say to turn them into the fence/wall. I think this is retarded. Some horses dont stop and even if they do 'you' dont...smack. Also a filly of ours threw her groom and ran off... Right through a vibercrete(spelling?) wall. So i dont trust it...



I exercise racehorses and some of them try to run away with you. The best technique if found is putting your hand down and hooking your thumb over the neck. This gives u a chance to rest ur arm since you start getting tired and weak if the horse is not slowing.with the other hand bridge the rein and hook the other thumb. Now the horse is pulling against its own neck. Then you start pull and rest.pull and rest. This works in a situation where the horse has entered a full gallop covering quite a distance like on a two mile track or maybe an open field and might not be quite as effective in an arena. Lol.



My ottb that i ride english responds quite well if he tries to take off and i circle him while giving pressure and release with the outside rein.



The best way? Thats hard to say since horses dont all run away in quite the same fashion. If the horse puts its head down and take off, u need to bring it up. If it throws its head in the air u need to bring ur hands down.ect ect.

Answer 2

There are several ways that you can stop a runaway horse, but most of the responsibilty falls on the rider (if there still is one:P). No matter how hard it is to stay on, the rider has to get the horse off balance. As hard as they can, yank the horses head to one side (this won't hurt the horse and the rider's safety is much more important than the fear of give the horse a bump). This will throw the horse off balance and they will not be able to continue running as they had been. If the horse stops, the rider needs to pull the horses head as close to their legs as they can and let it turn in circles until help arrives. That's probably the best way to stop a runaway horse when someone is riding it. Hope I helped:)

Answer 3

I don't really agree with the pull and release method...tried that on a bolting horse once and he just ran through it.



If you think he's just starting to get out of control, circles. Large at first, then making them smaller and tighter until he can't go any faster than a trot.



If the horse is totally out on control, one rein stop. I wish I'd have known this before my first time on a runaway horse, but no one had taught me, I just kept trying to pull and pull his mouth back. It's very effective.

Answer 4

Everyone has a different method, I guess.

If ever I'm on a runaway horse, I make a lesson out of it. And the horse will rarely try it again.

I put them on a 20m circle or bigger (the bigger the better) and ride it out. When the horse feels like slowing down, I push them forward again into a gallop until the horse is practically BEGGING to stop.

I push them on a little more to make sure that the gallop is on MY terms, then ask them to slow. If the horse ignores my aids to slow down, I push them on again until they're willing to listen.



I used to have a horse who tried this multiple times (In the dressage arena, no less!) by the time I was done with him, he would stop on a dime from a flat out gallop when I asked.



Good luck:)

Answer 5

I have always pulled the horse's head around with one rein, even to bring the head into the foot and run him in a very tight circle.

Answer 6

Sit deep in the saddle, push your heels down and lean back slightly, and slowly pull one rein to your

knee until you can see the side of his face circle him util he stops.

And never make a horse go near what is spooking him, is that a trusting relationship? Dismount and slowly lead him towards it, let him sliff it and show him its not worth spooking over.



I hope I could help.

Answer 7

Try to slow the horse down. Sit deep and use your seat and rein cues to try to get the horse to lower its speed. If you can't do that, which is often for run away horses. I have found that pulling them into a tight circles to disengage there hind-end works the best for me. But also to pull your horse in tight circles your horse needs to be soft and supple to the bit and in the neck. If the horse has a stiff neck you probably aren't gonna be able to flip them around to easily.



Growing up, I was taught. If you can't stop them by giving rein cues pull them in a circle. If your horse spooks at something you get them to a halt and you go back by what scared them. You never ever ever keep going. That teaches the horse it can run to get away from scary things. You need to make the horse THINK rather then react. If all it knows is to run away from something scary you'll have a problem on your hands all the time. You need to take the horse back through and show them whatever scared then. Once they smell it and investigate it and realize "Oh wow. I was scared of this? Silly me!!".



The more the horse thinks, the less it will react. Because it can process it through and realize its not anything to be afraid of.