Have you have ever gotten in a situation where your horse begins to buck with you while having a nice rail ride and you end up on your bum?  If so, then from then on I'm sure you made certain to be on your guard about it happening again.  There are certain steps you can follow that will help you to stop the horse in it's proverbial tracks before he can throw you off his back. 

Pay attention to your horses behavior in relation to how he is tacked out.  Is he personable, finicky, irritable, quick to run? Or is he being very docile and walk slowly?  Make sure before you do any riding at all that the saddle and tack fit your horse as perfectly as possible.  The trick is to avoid any pinches or pokes by the equipment.

The signs that your horse may be about to buck are, ears pinned back; turning his head to look at you; dropping his head quickly to the ground or even tensing up under saddle and moving around strangely.  There may be no signs at all so it takes a watchful eye.  When a horse bucks he drops his head down while kicking its back legs out in to the air with a huge amount of power.  His intent is to get you off his back as soon as possible, kick the horse next to him or his saddle is pinching him or causing discomfort in some way.

What do you do when a horse starts to buck?  Pull the reins back as far and tight as you can to pull the horses head up high.  It is a physical impossibility to buck if his head is up in the air.  Stand in your stirrups very tall to keep your balance and try to stay off his back so that he is bucking under you.  Keep trying to get his head up.  If he doesn't stop in a short time, then take the right or left rein only and pull the horses head around as if you were trying to get him to touch his nose to your stirrup and kick his flanks.  This will cause him to move forward in to a circle therefore breaking up his bucking.  He will have no choice but to move in to the circle where you can get control of him.

Before getting angry and trying to punish your horse for this behavior, check your saddle and headstall to make sure it was not that versus your horse just being silly.  For the most part horses only buck for a good reason, but every now and then you will find one that has had bad training and does not like to be ridden.  As stated before, this is only the case on rare occasions.

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