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My youngster became super cinchy also and I did this exact same thing.  
I would tighten EVER so slowly (like 1/10") then stop and praise and pet 
on him as long as he didn't do much, then tighten a tad more and just 
keep doing that.  He is a perfect gentleman now no issues at all.  The 
thing was the timing he would just be starting to want to misbehave but 
I praised him for standing still and not doing anything SO fast after 
tightening he didn't have a chance to kick, throw up his head, pop up etc.

Truman Prevatt wrote:

> Suzanne Boyd wrote:
>
> > I once had an Arab gelding that would stand perfecting quiet for 
> > tacking, until I girthed him up. Then he would pop up on the front 
> > and fall over on his side. The first time it happened I thought he 
> > had a heart attack and was dying. It happened so many times that I 
> > quit tying him for saddling. This horse would also buck like crazy 
> > when first mounted. Then he would be totally fine, a complete 
> > sweetheart. I learned to cinch him up *SLOWLY*. I mean, really, 
> > really, slowly. If I took a 1/2 hour or so to cinch him up he was 
> > fine. I would recommend you try this method. It was a pain in the 
> > a$$, but sometimes we need to cut our horses some slack. I would not 
> > flip this horse over backwards. If the horse is a sweetheart in every 
> > other way, he is trying to tell you that something hurts him.
> >
> > Just my opinion.
> > Suzanne
> Might think about girth with elastic on both sides. I had a horse who 
> felt "trapped" by a tight girth and would panic and buck when he tried 
> to expand and couldn't. Elastic on both sides really helped with him.
>
> Truman
>
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