amage
Well-Known Member
Dolly my 16year old jumping mare is fit and well after being injured for most of last year and having a foal the year before. I keep her at my oh's farm where he also trains racehorses but we have no arena so I do all of my work on the roads and in fields. For the most part this is great but now mare is very very fit and has gone from being just a sharp mare to a complete twit. It is the first time I've had her competition fit with no arena and it is driving me demented. When in the fields she is not too bad but given that it is early in the year and grass has to be minded for cows if it is raining I am not in them. Went for a hack out with a friend today and she was a complete twit, spooking at nothing, spinning and then had a meltdown and jumped up a 5 foot bank before sliding down again and seems to have wrenched a fetlock. Got her home iced it and bandaged her up and touch wood she is sound so very hopeful it's just a tweak but I am miserable. I feel like I can't rider her at all even though I have had her seven years. i just sat in the tackroom and had a big cry. I know i probably sound like a spoilt wagon but I am finding her so difficult at the moment. She gets loads of turnout, is in no pain anywhere but is just fit and silly. I am very tempted to move her somewhere with an arena but equally finding suitable livery nearby is not easy plus me & OH work on yard together (as well as my outside job and his farming). Building an arena is hopefully on the cards at some stage but not financially viable at the moment. have her fit as we are working towards Dublin Horse Show Qualifiers. Away from home or when doing polework/jumping at home she is an angel...at the rest of the time she is a nightmare. Can I have some hugs coupled with some very swift kicks in the derriere and lots of vibes hoping that fetlock swelling is nothing major;-(