How To Train A Horse To Do A Rollback?

I have been working with my appaloosa gelding for a while now and i have him backing and stopping on a dime but i�m having trouble getting him to do rollbacks. I have been stopping him along side the fence and then backing him up so his butt is against the fence and then tilting his head to one side and kicking him with my opposite foot, but he�s started to like jump to the other side and i�m not sure what im doing wrong or what im not doing. Please Help!

Training for rollbacks takes a lot of practice.

work on first getting him to move off your leg and rein really well at a walk, jog, and lope. just randomly stop him and ask him to back and then turn 90 degrees. after you think that he�s really listening you and respecting your leg and reins then start loping some circles next to a rail.

ask him to stop next to the rail, about 5 feet away and back him up fast then turn the 180 degrees toward the rail and lope off again in the same circle. do a lot of these. and switch it up with the walk and jog. the key is to get him using his hindquarters and to really get up underneath himself so he can plant that leg and pick up his front end and turn.

eventually cut out the backing up. all thats doing is getting him on his hindquarters for the turn. make sure that you�re stopping and backing up fast. you want him to think that the stop also includes the back up.

practice rollbacks into the fence and away and do it on both leads. good luck (: