This topic is similar to quite a few recently about bucking in canter etc... I have just started riding a 6yr TB gelding who has been out of work for quite a while. We kunged for the first 5 weeks, kust walk and trot and was advised on here to lunge a whle longer before cantering, and perhaps tp get on and walk him around. However, I have managed to find an instructor who is actually an ex-international eventer stabling near my friends fields. She has said that as he is 6, and was professionaly broken, there is no reason why I shouldn't be able to ride him properly with walk, trot and canter but just take things slowly... I've been on him a few times now just walking and trotting and the trot work is great, he tracks up great, has smooth transitions and is responsive. He took himself into canter though at one point, for about 3 strides and wea fine. She said that since he had done this himself, ask him for canter and see how he reacts....so, I did, and he threw in a bronc!! It wasn't nasty or difficult to sit too, but as we stopped almost straight away I don't know if this was an intial going into canter thing, or something he'd be doing constantly whilst cantering. I know you should ride through bucking, and he's only young so may grow out of it etc...but my main reason for posting is...does anyone have any ideas for boosting my confidence to sit through it? I've been riding 15 years but after a bad loan last year my confidence is poor and my riding is not what it should be, so it's too easy for me to get nervous, tense up or give up....any suggestions in helping me bite the bullett and go for it!