How do I teach a rollback? ?

Question

How can I teach my horse a rollback?? From the ground and from the saddle? And is a rollback the same thing as a haunch turn?

Answer 1

A proper roll back is when the horse transfers his weight from his front legs to his hind legs and pivots on his hind-end and moves of in the other direction.

I teach this using a fence.

I approach from a 45 degree angle then I sit back and pull the outside rein and canter my horse in circle the other direction. When we reach the fence from the other direction I just do the same thing. At first your horse will probably just turn his front end around but if you make him move faster and keep doing until he rocks back then reward him for that he should learn pretty fast. It depends on the horse.

Answer 2

A rollback is really not difficult to do, it is basically a turn on the haunches, which is used a common training technique. Your horse may even do it on his own. Here's what I would suggest: 1. Start standing still and hold the reins one-handed. 2. Neck rein your horse to his best side. If he usually maneuvers better to the left, start left, and vice versa. (For the rest of the directions, assume we're going left.) 3. As you neck rein to the left, tap your horse's right shoulder with your heel/spur. At the same time, keep you left leg on the horse's side. 4. He may start slowly turning to the left. The key is to keep him from moving forward or back, but instead to have him moving in a still circle. As his hind legs stay planted, his right front leg should be crossing over the left to pull you around the circle. 5. This takes practice, but once he does it well, you should be able to turn these circles pretty smoothly and at a decent pace. This is essentially the rollback right here. To get the rollback: 1. Start loping your horse around the ring, again to his better side first. Stop along the rail, about 2-3 feet away (so pretty close). Turn him, on his hanches, like you practiced, toward the rail. The fence will keep him from walking forward on your rollback. 2. As soon as he turns, lope him off again around the ring, then stop and roll him back again. 3. At first, these rollbacks may be slow, but if you keep practicing, his muscles will build up to the point where you can do it in one swift, fluent motion. Good luck! Hope this helps!

Answer 3

i taught my little quarter pony to roll back by running key hole (a gymkanna game) if you are comfortable with running your horse at a gallop i dont think its possible to do rollbacks on the ground

Answer 4

My daughter when she is working to supple a horse and get it on his hind quarters will sometimes work them in the round corral with a lung line, but have them come across and reverse toward her, over and over again. On a short line, go to her right, then reverse toward her over to her left but not coming in real close to her.



Then when riding she will work a lot of roll backs toward the rail, What she does works for her because she trains reining horses and also compets on them.

Answer 5

youtube is the key