Green horse having trouble traveling straight?

Heh. Best solution is to quit trying to travel straight, unless you have a lead horse. Totally not joking on this one. Put her on nice large circles and turns, and use your legs to support the cue to turn, until she learns how to respond to your legs and seat for turning. Once she is good at that, you can use your seat and legs to lightly correct her occasional 'noodle' walk. Circles first, THEN straight lines. Otherwise, you are fighting with her to get her straight, using cues that she isn't really sure about-- she will feel like you are just picking at her. Also use the opportunity to adjust her walking speed. Don't put her into a trot, put her into a good solid forward walk. Forward does limit some of the noodling, but please be aware that babies do that. I just rode four babies at a stables yesterday who were all green, and had to giggle about how riding them was like riding a cross between a wet noodle and a 2x4.

So basically, quit trying straight lines for now, and focus on turning gentle circles, to get a good response from her to your signals.

Its a very common problem in a young horse. Just keep doing what you are doing and be careful not to over work her. If she is a little bit better everyday consider that a huge success. Dont stop working her in places she doesnt like - work her more there than anywhere else to get her desensitized to it. She will only have strong reactions the first few times, make sure she has a look and a sniff of everything, if she still acts spooky, she's being silly.

Working hard at your leg aids is perfect, she is just taking time to learn 'straight' and thats normal. You really need an arena you can use - it doesnt need to have perfect measurements but just to be roughly square or rectangle so you have a straight side to work against. Even if you 'draw' an arena in the dirt in a big paddock so you can practise straight lines that way.

It will just take time and patience, she'll get there

All horses are born crooked with one weak side and one strong(er) side. Your horse wobbling is a sign that, while it is still not physically straight, it is not crooked- With very consistent and steady leg aids, you should be able to straighten this horse. A good exercise is serpentines, because it goes from a straight line, to a bend, to a straight line, to a bend, etc. Also, leg yielding to either direction is good. (leg yield to the quarter line from the wall, then back to the wall from the quarter line.

Also, transitions on a straight line on the center line or on the quarter line. Sounds simple, right? It ain't! Very difficult for horses to do such a thing, it requires a steady hand, steady leg and steady seat.

You sound like you're doing fine though. But instead of looking at a point on the ground, look even farther ahead at the horizon! :) if you're in an indoor arena, find a point on the wall directly in front of you to ride towards.

BTW, kudos to you for working on your horse's straightness- many people would just shrug it off, or get lazy and ride on the rail, which gives a false sense of straightness & evenness.

She is having trouble balancing on striaght lines. When you bend her on a circle- its easier for you as the rider to balance and guide her around the arc of the circle. Straight lines- well, horses naturally do not travel straight. Green horses find it very hard to. And you as the rider are asking her to, so she is wobbling and feels very 'wiggly' because she doesnt have the muscle first of all, and doesnt have the balance.

With more muscle, her balance will improve and she will naturally be able to hold herself up. I hope you are a trainer or experienced rider. Just sending your horse for 30 days of training does not train a horse. It breaks them and thats about it. You still have to teach the horse rythm, and how to balance with you on their back. so either get a trainer to get some lessons, or get a trainer to come ride your horse and guide you through the process. Good luck!

She could be having trouble balancing, try doing more circles with her so she learns to balance you on her back better. make sure you're not balancing on her mouth. people will tell you to have contact, but honestly if you're not showing, it's completely unnecessary. the only time i have contact with my horse's mouth is when i'm telling him to do something. he's got the softest mouth of any horse i've ever ridden. do big circles at first, then zigzags, then cones. you could even go trail riding, the uneven ground might help her learn faster.