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If you can, when first attempting this training, choose horses that are 
accustomed to walking when asked rather than getting aggravated like yours.  If 
you can't, the leap frogging should train all of them at the same time as long 
as you do it for a long enough period of time.  When all horses quite trotting 
and just walk try stopping the leap frogging or just start calling your trail 
rides leap frogging rides instead until all horses have it under control.

Another idea is to ask for the cooperation from your other fellow riders to 
stop when you ask them and when your horse starts to get prancy turn him in the 
opposite direction and make him trot away from the horses until he walks.  Turn 
him back around when he walks as a reward.  If he starts prancing again to get 
back, instantly turn him in the opposite direction and make him trot even 
farther away, etc., etc..    Might work!  Has worked with some of mine.  They 
start to feel as though they are getting nowhere by prancing other than farther 
and farther away.  It's that mind trick thing again.

I also use another technique when I am alone if you are having problems with 
being alone as well.  If they start getting prancy, I will preoccupy their mind 
by weaving them around bushes, obstacles, etc..  It slows them down because 
they are concentrating on other things.

Ginger


---- Christina McCarthy <christina_mccarthy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Thanks Ginger, we do that also.  The trouble is when the horse in front goes 
> faster than a walk.......
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