Angus Cattle Girl
Well-known member
Ok, her is the deal. I have a 6 year old Appaloosa mare that I have had for, ah, about 5-6 months now. When I went to look at her to see if I wanted to buy her, I rode her of course. She loped fine, on both leads when I asked her to. I bought her and brought her home, letting her settle in for about a week. I rode her in the pasture, just at a walk. I have a 50 foot round pen that I worked her in. She loped fine in there on both leads. I first rode her in the round pen and asked her to lope. She loped a lap then all of a sudden stopped. Then I'd squeeze and smooch to make her go and she wouldn't. I rode her in the pasture, asking her to lope. Same thing happened. Last thing I did was I took her to my local rodeo arena and rode her there. She loped like 5 laps around a, say, 150 foot arena, then she quit. I couldn't get her to lope on the other lead or lope at all after that. What could her problem be and what could I do to fix it?