I have owned a ridden a 15.2 hand, 10 year old KWPN mare trained to PSG for 10 months. When she arrived from Sweden to North Carolina to Florida to Arizona in the span of about 6 weeks she was significantly underweight and scared. she looked more like a deer than a horse. She was very spooky of everything. She is quite fit and muscular now, but still tends to be spooky. I took her to our first horse show, at Level 3-3, and I could barely approach C. She was consistently afraid of the judges box (I will say she is very afraid at the C end of the arena at home as well!). The show presented other challenges: 3 classes – one indoors, one under the lights, and one in daylight. I am wondering how to handle this situation and reduce the spookiness of my horse to new situations.
