What is a Barn-Sour horse? This is a horse who does not want to leave the area of your barn. He may object to move any further from the barn, run around you in circles trying to get back, or engage in more dangerous activities such as rearing pulling on the lead rope or reins. When you are in an area away from the barn, the Barn-Sour horse will become over-excited when coming back to the barn and may be over-eager to get back to his stall. In many situations, the rider will lose control of the horse as he/she is walking the horse to the barn. Allowing your horse to be Barn-Sour is a very dangerous habit. When you are not in control, you are in a dangerous situation. You must learn to be in control 100% of the time when riding your horse. -- Cheryl McNamee

Try to avoid situations that produce barn-sour horses. Young horses should be sufficiently trained to be obedient before they are asked to leave the premises with a rider. Ground driving helps. -- Practical Horse Psychology