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Thanks everyone for the replies! I don't have a video but I'll try get one tomorrow. We've done flatwork both with jumps in the arena and without and she doesn't bother with them unless she's brought into the fences, that's when the she gets hyped up. I never thought of it as a defence...

I've been helping a friend of mine with her pony for the last few months but still have major issues and was hoping somebody might be able to give some tips that might help. 6yo 14.2hh jumping pony. Seriously talented, jumps 1.40 with ease. Has had vet, back, teeth and tack fitting checks -...

Update: My sister rode her for 20 minutes in her new bit and she went better than she has in weeks with no head shaking. The bit must have been the problem but she just got so unmanageable so quickly that I thought it was something more serious. Thanks so much to everyone for your help. I hope...

We had her teeth done in August. They were really bad and she had cuts along her mouth because of them. They're fine now though and her mouth is healed but she could just associate mouth with pain.

I'm really sorry to hear that! I'm really hoping she doesn't have it but it's starting to look that way a bit. I will keep a diary though, thank you! Thank you all, I will try/ check all of these things when I'm up at the yard later and I'll let you know how it goes. I'm definitely going...

She hasn't been ridden in just over a week because she got really difficult in the middle of a lesson and it scared my sister so I wanted to try sort this out before she goes back to work. She blinks normally and she only rubs when she's tacked up. It's not just her nose but along cheek...

Thanks everyone for the suggestions! In the moment she's in a plain cavesson noseband and a hanging cheek snaffle. We had her in a loose ring snaffle but she hated it and was pretty difficult so we switched to a copper mouth hanging cheek, she accepted it much better but she's getting worse and...

My little sister's mare is becoming s nightmare to handle. She's always been feisty and disliked having her bridle put on but it's getting harder and harder to tack her up/ ride. She runs away when she sees the bridle coming and is a real struggle to pit it on. When she's being ridden then she's...

I have a Welsh B who would do exactly the same 😂

So she had her farrier visit and he said he could understand the tripping if her hooves were horribly overgrown but he can't see any reason for it in her, everything looks normal. I have also been watching her walk up and down to the field with me and she has not tripped once. I really think it...

just adding to what lch611 has said, if you go onto donedeal.ie a lot of people advertise their connies here a few weeks before Clifden, so you could get an idea of what you'll find when you get there, price ranges etc and they usually include lot numbers as well in case you find one you really...

I'd never even considered that, thank you for the tip

My sister doesn't plan to keep her in work, just going to walk/ trot her for an Instructor if the farrier can't find any problems. If it's nothing to do with the feet or riding then we will get a vet out!

Just as an aside, you say she is very long bodied/ long built. Is there any possibility she's gaited/ from harness racing lines? Yes, probably should have mentioned that she is a trotter/ stb but was never broken for harness and has a regular gait

Thanks everyone, I have a farrier booked for Saturday morning and had planned on saying all of this to him as well, see if he could help. Bakewell - she only really trips in walk when she is on an uneven surface but she trips fairly regularly when she's trotting around the arena. My sister has...