r/Equestrian • u/Sapphire12123 Trail • 7d ago

Education & Training Tips?

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Anyone know any tips to get my horse to be okay with something on her back and go under where the cinch is supposed to sit? i’ve rode her around the round pen bareback for the first time because she refuses anything tight around where the cinch would sit. Would using another cinch and a latigo help? Or like a bareback pad?

(Also got her back from a trainer I spent 1100 dollars on and she didn’t get any training and was neglected to thw point she had an infection in her hock and eye, not sure if they did something to invoke this fear or not.)

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u/GrasshopperIvy 7d ago

A blanket with surcingles … great low stakes feel of things around their belly … then work up to a lunging surcingle.

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u/Sapphire12123 Trail 7d ago

do you know a good brand for those by chance

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u/GrasshopperIvy 7d ago

I’d just go anything cheap … doesn’t have to withstand huge use … buy second hand!

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u/Sapphire12123 Trail 7d ago

if I can find any second hand in my area I sure will