Recent content by Abby&Apollo

My 7 year old ex racer is bilaterally lame behind. last year we had this issue and it led to us finding out he had kissing spine, and he was lame due to overcompensating from the pain. However now the weather has gone cold he’s been running around the field every day so it’s also likely he’s...

They’re both way too stressy, especially my ex-racer to be in a stable alone they have to be in together to settle x

hes currently in rehab for kissing spine so I can’t work him too hard we’re on quiet a strict training plan. Although he’s horrible to her they are attached and if I bring just 1 in alone the one in the stable will just stress all day. The only thing I can do is split the field but just have to...

We are really short on grass and they both need it so if we split the field it’s going to leave nearly nothing to grow as we are on a livery yard and only get one field. I also hate the idea of them being by themselves in a paddock all the time :/ they share a round bale too which is in there...

So I have my 6 year old ex racer and my 24 year old cob in a field together, they’ve always got on great. Normally my ex-racer gets bullied in fields (the last time someone put their horse with him he got kicked and got a huge bone infection). So my mare is the only horse he goes out with...

It’s looking like we will have to yes. Ideally we didn’t want to as we obviously left for a reason and they also have no school/electric which is something we really need. Either that or we will have to look at some other yards around here.

He went from racing to a small dealers yard I work at, however there were always horses around at this yard he was never alone and was good as gold. I then took him from there to a yard near my house, again this was a busy yard as it was a trekking centre so always horses and people around when...

So before I bought my horse I had him on lwvtb for about a month and a half. He came straight from racing and I’ve had him since. Before you could NOT tell he was an ex-racer, anyone could ride him, he was amazing so laid back. We moved yards about 6 months ago and he’s just not settled...

So today I decided to long line my ex-racer in the field. He was perfect at first but as soon as I asked him to jump he protested, reared and cantered off, falling over as he turned. I walked and trotted him after and he seemed absolutely fine so we carried on with our session. After some more...

I couldn’t have said this any better. I am prepared to stop all the fast and fun work to get him back normal. Lesson learnt the hard way but I know now. As for being unsure XC, I knew he would be good as he’s always impeccably behaved when being trailered to a new destination. I am planning to...

Just on the last fence it was a little bit scarier and he stopped as i don’t think I rode forward enough, ended up with me faceplanting. My last lesson about a month ago she told me we were a good match and she can’t see why we can’t get where we want to be .

We’re moving yards and will have a regular instructor from now on. Yes it was stupid to take him and I will now admit that, lesson learnt. But he was perfectly behaved the whole way, it was just the last jump. I really don’t want to sell.

So my horse isn’t exactly easy, he’s a tb and has his moments. For a while people have been telling me to sell and get something ‘smaller and safer that you can have fun with’. We have an amazing bond and I know it, it’s just difficult times but we get over it. I had a nasty fall the other day...

He sets his neck and goes. When you say not to continue, do you mean riding, to sell? To not hack? There’s no way I can sell, I’m not having him passed around from person to person due to the same issue.

EDIT: Yes everything has been properly checked it’s not a pain problem, he is fine in the GRASS school so not the change in surface. Sorry I didn’t explain properly when he bolts: I ask for a canter, he starts off steadier then from no where just speeds up and off he goes, as if he forgets about...