My 4 year old has trouble lounging?

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Erin Lou

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I have a 4 year old gelding that I'm not too sure knows how to lounge. He can be put in a round pen and lounge without a rope in there, but he's pretty shaky when it comes to the lounge line in the arena or any other open place. We go to horse shows so I would like him to be able to lounge on a line for my benefit. He will trot very nicely but when it comes to the canter he likes to bolt off and leave me with pretty nice rope burn. I don't know what to do with him. Any ideas please?

( sorry if i spelled " lounge " wrong )
 
I am definantly not an expert on lounging, but I would say keep on walking in circles. Every time your horse moves in a circle, you should be moving to. THat way, he can't back off if you are right there accross from his shoulder.
 
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