Are your horses jigging on trail? Horses wait for your cue to ascertain what action they should perform next, and when they aren’t used to your cue, then comes the jigging. Baptism by fire will not do; the right way around the issue is to work on their coaching at home first by establishing your cues and ensure that your horse is reactive to them.
Here is a straightforward method of equestrian training to get your horse to be right on cue, so to speak. Employ a round pen of about 60′. In this round pen, use your rein and seat position as training cuess for your horse to either increase or decrease their gait speed.
It’s easier if you commence with a trot on a loose rein: Shift yourself to a two point seat position and let your hand go as far up the horse’s neck being careful not to get your face in front of or over the pommel. Use your established cue (voice, or leg) to tell your horse to go faster without changing gait. Keep her at this pace until you’re feeling she’s prepared to decelerate. When you suspect she’s thinking of letting up, sit down and remove your hand from its position on her neck. If she slows, good—praise her. Otherwise, resume your 2 point position and push your hand up her neck again and give her your cue to speed up like before. If she breaks gait turn her head toward the railing and change direction utilizing the rail to help turn her. Get her used to breaking down gait when you sit down and start changing direction you need to build this as a definite stop.
You must bide your time with the procedure , and at first there won’t be any outstanding changes. You should expect some quantity of understanding in your horse after about 20 minutes of work. But like many other techniques of equestrian coaching, once your horse tires out, the routine will start sinking in more and you are going to be able to see excellent results. Keep on applying this type of training for a few days dependent on the horse you are coaching until you get both a powerful trot and a slow one. You know you have won when there is a greater spread of gait speed at your immediate command.
Back on the trail, rein in as much as your are able to. If she breaks gait, just do as you did in the pen: turn her back and let her know to resume the gait you started with. If in case she breaks gait again, just repeat what you trained for. Soon enough she will stay on your preferred gait. A note of caution though: going out with a huge group shortly after training would put a lot of pressure on your horse, so try the trail on your own first or with someone who can wait for you to catch up.
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