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4 year old mare

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Question
hi please can you help i have a four year old that has just come back from being brocken and schooled we have had her back 2 weeks and every session we do with her she is getting worst we can tack her up she comes to call to fetch her in however we just cant get her to go any where or do any thing we hack her out in company she gets so far and turns round and goes home she wont even turn any more she just plants herself and wont move we led her out and she playedup all the way she was fine at the place she was broken she was there for 12 weeks and i could ride her there and she was great at walk trot canter now she bucks if you do get her to canter and just goes wherever she wants to we breed her are selves and it was the first time she had been away from our yard
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Answer
Jackie -

The best advice I can give you is to have the trainer out to see what is going on.  It sounds like her training is falling apart.  Usually that happens because the trainer may have had one way of doing things, and your way is just slightly different.  Sometimes it can be because of the change in atmosphere.  It can also be because the horse isn't getting worked as much or with the same consistency as with the trainer.  

I strongly recommend having the trainer out to see what is going on and see if they can make any suggestions.  

This is really pretty common when a horse goes away for training, and usually it is all because of some small thing that has changed from the training barn to where she is now.  Unfortunately your situation sounds like it is more severe than what most experience.

Good Luck!
Michael Hockemeyer
Kicking Bear Mustangs