I'll try and condense this. We have my daughters two horses on our property. Pony 1 is well behaved, we kept her after dd outgrew her and then we got a tb mare. Mare has now been with us for 10 years, dd did pony club and events with her, mare was always a bit strong willed but dd was confident rider and managed her well. Now dd is away from home (at uni) and mare hasn't been ridden in a couple of years. (With hindsight I see we probably should have moved her on, but she'd become a pet so she stayed.) Horses are stabled at night then moved into one of four fields each morning. The mare has become a proper handful, kicks out and bucks and has reared a few times when I'm leading her to the field. I've become very nervous of her, which she knows and reacts to. She's slightly better with dh, but he is often away and the horses have become my job. I know I've lost control of her, lost my nerve and don't know to improve things. Any advice? (She came to us quite head shy which we eventually overcame, but any jerk on a lead rope sets her off). Dd is not home enough to put in any significant schooling.
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