(Re)Training the older horse.. Opinions/advice please
I have a senior horse that I would love to start taking to some local level shows. Mostly for fun but I would like to be a little competitive. He is a nice mover but a BIG mover and I show western. It's not that I want to shut him down but I would like to slow him down and collect him up a bit. His jog/trot is murderous and in western, you have to sit the trot. All that bouncing won't do well for either of us. My question is.... Would you approach this just as you would with a younger horse? Back to basics? How would YOU approach it? I am not a horse trainer but I am a fairly advanced rider and know basic training concepts. My pony was a Hunter horse in a past life and he knows a lot. He probably knows more than I think he does!!
