Stopping a reversing horse?

I have a 16 hand 16 year old thoroughbred gelding who would do the exact same thing except he only did it when we were out on trail rides and a bike went past us. The way we broke his habit was just to firmly work him through it. i would go out on the trails alone with him and whenever he tried to do it i wouldn't let him turn his head, pulling it straight forward so he couldn't turn on me and firmly asking him to move forward. sometimes i would use a little bit of crop to get him moving but mostly just time and persistance, sometimes it would take 10 minutes to get him moving again but you just need to keep trying until he does because if he knows he can get away with it he will and very quickly he will build up a bad habit. My horse was able to break the habit within 2 or so weeks of good solid work on it, so just keep trying and eventually he will get it trained into him to keep going.

My appaloosa did the exact same thing, he had been in a pasture with just a lean-to for shelter for over a year when I got him. Then gets a barn, stall and companions. I used a crop on his butt and shoulder as well as alot of leg to get him moving forward, and if he didn't I would run him in circles in one direction and then the other. I would not let him go back to the barn. But some days I found that giving him a good hard workout in a fenced area near the barn before we went out farther helped too.

I wouldn't hit a horse just behind your leg, that's really sensitive there. I did that one time only and got bucked sky high.

I hope you will be able to take that crop, whip or reins and wrap him so hard on the hinder that there will be a mark there tomorrow and he probably won't do it again if he knows that he will get it if he stops and backs up.

Each time you let him to it the worse he will get, next he will start to rear with you if you do not let him go back.

It would be great if you could find a place from your home that you could ride in a circle and not have to ride up the road and turn around and come back.

Make sure you are not pulling back on the reins when you want your horse to stop backing up. Loosen the reins and give a big kick forward. If that doesn't work, use a crop.

I'd use a crop on his butt or the reins. Don't let him go back wards or back home untill you say okay. Um, Wear a helmet if you don't already just incase of a bad fall or reaction when you tap his butt. If you let him do what he wants then he will eventually never listen to you.

Next time take your riding crop, you probably will not have to use it, but if you do pop him on the front shoulder a couple of times and he should start minding, most of the time when you pop one on the butt he will either buck or kick.

I would carry a whip and when he refused to obey my legs I would use it as hard and as fast as I could immediately behind my leg.

When horses decide to nap then they get short shrift from me. If they want to go back then I will turn them towards home and make them reverse in the direction I was going. If there is a ditch there then tough luck mate, you reverse into the ditch then you darn well get out of it with me on top and get a couple more whacks to help you on the way.

ride with a whip and tap him on the butt when he backs up...idk

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