If your horse is scraching it's back feet when riding you need to either get splint boots or bell boots. Look it Up...
Go to the farrier and ask for special horse shoes.
Make the horse want to do what you ask it to and make the horse understand you are the leader. To be the leader, move the horses feet forward, left, right and backwards. To make the horse want to do what you are asking it, make what you are asking it be the easiest thing to do. Like, if you want the horse to stop, lope the horse until he is begging to stop, and then, when you give the slightest signal to stop, the horse will stop on a dime.
If you are rideing it you kick it on its side with your feet. keep the rains loose and make a clicking sound. To make them stop, pull back on the rain's and say "Woah"
15 feet
At the white stop line, or with no white line, at least 15 feet back.
You can ride the mare up until she is five months pregnant.
from either slightly stumbling, saw feet or even from swollowing their own tounge
1st stop your horse and losen the reins then u take both feet out of the stirrups and then swing your left leg over the saddle and drop down hoping 2 land on ur feet
20 feet
You should be back where signs tells you to stop. If no sign, stay back ten feet from track.
"Whoa" is the classic command to stop a horse.
Before you go for a sliding stop, make sure your horse already stops when you just sit down in the saddle (backing up helps get a good stop if you do not have the normal stop perfect yet). When you get this good, get your horse into a fast lope and when you're ready, sit back in the saddle. You don't really want to pull on the reins because this calls for a shorter sliding stop. If you get your horse going fast enough, he will slide. Just make sure you have the proper equipment: a nice snady arena with nice fluffy dirt. Rice hulls can help get a nice fluffy top. Also, tie up the tail incase you have to back up to reinforce the stop so the horse sets back on his hocks better.