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okay, so i have this new horse i am leasing, he's a ten year old tb, and he's fairly green. also...he's completely different from my old horse who i owned for three years, so i'm not always 100% sure what to do with him as i was so used to my old horse. anyways, whenever i am riding him and we are going to the right i have alot of trouble getting him to ride on the rail and go into his corners. to the left it's the opposite...he runs himself into corners and gets extremely close to the rail. i'm thinking that this is resistance to my right leg? is he falling to my outside aids? i'm stuck with what i should do to fix this! he just hasn't had much work in the past, and i'm not sure what he does and doesn't know. if you have any tips or any helpful exercises i can do please let me know! thanks!
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| Did he race? Horses off the track especially have a side that they are more balanced and bendable on. That is usually the left side. Does he have trouble bending to the right? I would try using only the middle of the ring and doing some 20 meter circles as your wamr up. Start going to the right and finish with the left. Do double the time on the left because that's where he needs more work. When doing your circles spiral in so the circles are small and tight and spiral out. Use more leg then rein for this exercise to get him listening to your leg aids. Also try some ground work to make him more responsive to your leg such as side passes, etc. Even try some turns on the forehands on him both ways. I would have someone on the ground to help you. Hope this helps 
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thanks so much i will deffinitely try that!  and no he was never raced.
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My horse (TB also) has this same problem. I know this is going to sound awful, but what's worked best for me is a pop of the crop on the protruding shoulder. My horse does it in the direction of the barn (he's very lazy, and barn = rest time for him). Can you identify where your horse is "trying to go" in a sense?
Another thing that can help is to keep your horse busy, transitions, poles, circles, serpentines, ect. Don't give this horse time to think about wherever he wants to go.
This can be a difficult problem to solve, but it's easier to fix it if you catch it right when it starts. Good luck!
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oh my gosh, my horse does the exact same thing towards to barn! and yes i have found it quite useful to use the crop on his shoulder for that. thanks!
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