Advice about getting back on horse?

[welshied]

A few weeks ago rode TB and he is usually really quiet and used to be hacked out by novicey person, but he was really prancy when we went for a hack and then just before we got home he reared verticle with me and nearly went over managed to stay on and then he just stod there as if nothing had happened i did get off and led him home.

Since then i have had his back checked and that was alright withers a little bruised, have widened saddle as it is just a wintec one, he also had his teeth done by vet as he needed power tools and had a big slice off both back teeth he did say he would have been in slight discomfort. The only difference was that he had been on loan but when he came back i had been schooling him with no issues!

So need to get back on him as was planning on selling him this year untill he did this so would you get back on him and hack or just go in his field as don't have an arena? And any other tips about what i could do?

 

[Booboos]

Bad teeth and a sore back could certainly cause him to rear. As far as I know power tools are usually used when there is more significant dental work to be done so is it possible your loanees did not get his teeth done at all for a while? As for his back, was he seen by a vet? He may well need a bit of time off and benefit from physio treatment.

When he is physically OK, I think the best thing to do is ride him with caution. Wear a BP and if you can, hire an enclosed arena for the first couple of times to see how he reacts. Remember if he rears to keep your weight forward and wrap your arms around his neck. If you are worried about how you would cope with this, it would be a good idea to get your trainer to have a sit on him a few times and assess whether there is a problem. To be honest the rear sounds like a reaction to significant pain, so hopefully now that the pain is gone he will be back to his normal self, but I can understand why you would want to be very cautious because serious rears are very dangerous.