Her biggest fears
from the track are rough men and whips. Can NOT carry a riding crop with
her, it panicks her(dressage background for me, I just carry one). Other
than that, I am very happy with her. We've bonded well and she's a
jewel.
Katee
Hi Katee-
I found the same situation with at least one of our
track-returnees. During track-races, the crop is used at the rump, side,
on the shoulder and/or waved alongside the face. A horse that has
learned to "turn it on" and go all-out at those cues will take a good amount
of time to de-sensitize and re-school to non-race crop use. I've done
it........lot's of time, patience and repetition of no-shy cues. Start
with ground-work de-sensitization to the crop.
Kathleen
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