is feed making my horse hot
While diet could be implicated in the case of a green horse rushing at the canter and unwilling to slow down, approaching issues such as these from multiple angles (i.e., diet, training level, pain, etc.) is most likely to give you the success you are looking for. | Photo: iStock

Q.At the end of this summer I started my 4-year-old mare under saddle. She’s been doing really well, especially in the walk and trot. However, when we canter she picks up speed and resists slowing down.

She was getting grass and alfalfa hay and 4 pounds of a low-starch, fairly-low-calorie textured feed. In an attempt to make her less “hot,” I’ve removed the alfalfa

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