My green mare is twisting her head?

If she is looking for that connection, thats actually really good news, it means she trusts you enough to look for your guidance. She may even do better on a shorter rein and more contact in the bridle.

You should be THRILLED because her acceptance of the bit is going to make her so much easier to train to collect and hold her head in a pretty way.

As she grows more confident, she will grow out of this phase but try to keep the bit a positive source of guidance and not something to fight (my old horse would fight the bridle till the end, you should be excited to not have that problem!)

Good Luck with your baby!

I have ridden some horses that do this even if they aren't green. They naturally tilt there head to one side. However, I think that most of the time it seems that horses either "grow out of it" or are trying to get away from the bit. If the horse overreacts when you pull back, it could be that the bit is too harsh for the horse. It could also be that they are developing a bad habit. Some horses realize that by putting their head up high, they can put themselves "above the bit." This makes it difficult for the rider to make a difference when pulling back on the reins. However, it sounds like in your case it's the horse adjusting to the bit. A horse that green is not accustomed to metal in their mouth and I'm sure if you just give it some time she will adjust out of her habit.

My guess is it is not your saddle that is bothering her, but if you press on the withers and on the spine past the withers (where the saddle goes) after you ride, she should flinch a little from the touch if her back is, or recently was, bothering her.

There's a possibility that it's your saddle, and getting it refitted will let you know for sure.

It could also be that she's having a hard time with learning what you want from her. It might be helpful to do some ground driving with her to help establish forward motion and connection to the bit without her having to worry about carrying a rider. Some work on the lunge in properly adjusted side-reins may also help her find and accept bit contact and to balance herself better (your instructor should help you with these things if you've never done them before).

However, if she's consistently carrying her head tilted to one side (say only to the right), it could be that she has a vision or inner-ear problem that needs to be checked out. Some horses even have allergies which can cause a kind of head up and head-tilting behaviors.

Finally, you may want to stand back and watch your instructor ride her. Does she do this with your trainer? If not, it could be something as simple as you being slightly off balance or off-center in the saddle, or stiff in one arm, and without knowing it you could be accidentally causing her to try and compensate with her body.

Have her tooth checked!!! At this age, she would have dental artwork that desires achieved and something you do with the mouth must be inflicting great discomfort. Then, forget approximately the bit and bypass lower back to fundamentals on the floor. till she works softly with a halter, sidepull, then snaffle, she'll purely get greater resistant once you bypass to a harsher bit. make optimistic she is conscious each and every of the cues on the floor, groundcontinual her, then get lower back to saddle artwork. do no longer circulate directly to the subsequent step till she has each and every of the fundamentals down first. Recheck all your cues. Are you optimistic you're doing them properly, consistently? comfortable rigidity to start, in undemanding terms including if she resists? It purely sounds to me as though she's the two have been given dental problems or would not have the fundamentals down. make the hassle to coach patiently, it extremely is going to be worth it interior the top.

My mare did that during her first 30 days or so. I'm pretty sure she's just getting used to the feeling of the bit in her mouth. My mare stopped doing it completely after a little while. I wouldn't worry.

Is the bit pinching her mouth? Loose rings can do that.