> I'm the last one who knows how to help this, but I do recall reading that > rearing is when the hind legs are 'stuck' and the front has no alternative > but go up. When I read that it reminded me of when my coach got on Orri and > tried to make him back up his way, Orri reared, he didn't know what the > coach was asking.
This is very helpful V !! can we brainstorm about what makes her "stick" in the rear? The very first time it happened. She was perfectly calm the old man said. She was standing facing the open barn, and through the doorway could see her paddock out back where the others were being fed. The old man thinks it happened because she wanted to go be fed. But he said she was as calm and passive as could be, and that after she flipped and landed on his son, she just as casually and calmly as you please walked thru the barn and out back to the paddock while he was running to call 9-1-1. There was plenty of room for her to back up. some factors: she is HUGE, very very wide fat back and no one there would ever dream of considering saddle fit. also, they generally start a horse in too harsh a bit. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
