Whizzy

Finally I dealt with Wizzys head popping up looking around running stiff by galloping him a lot and wrestling his head down and keeping him off the bit at a lope, meaning he was soft in the face and the whithers- It took lots of riding, and I took a good long while but after wrestling him down, softening my hands and repeating whenever he lifted up or got out of position, and throwing in some rest stops here and there and loping circles to the right and left that he began loping much better- head down, back up and moving deep as opposed to hollowd out and flat. He had to be tired enough to relax some.

Horse trainers like to say they ride twenty minutes and put them up and that is the case sometimes but more often than not if I take my time and ride a little longer and harder. Of course they need some time standing and breathing but I also like to give them breaks from gallopiing by spending recoup time dinking with walking circles, slow turns, working on the finer points like neck reining a circle, kicking the hind end out of gear, stopping and backing at the walk when theyre tired and relaxed. That way they get to air up a little and get trained on when they are attentive and relaxed.