Zeb93
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
A bit of a history:
I got my horse (a tb) about 6 weeks ago. He is 6yo, has been at a small racing yard since unbacked 3yo but although being trained for steeplechase has never raced. He has done little else other than race training and hacking. We got the physio out to him straight away when we got him and she noticed that his pelvis was out which we suspect he did on the lorry as he was quite wound up. After a few sessions this has been rectified (she said it improved much quicker than she expected) and she gave me the go ahead to start riding. We haven't been doing too much, just a bit of hacking and popped in the school once or twice - very low pressure atm.
He is a bit funny with his back legs, he snatches them away when picked up and doesnt like boots etc on them. His back is also quite weak over his hindquarters with one side having more muscle than the other. This has improved enormously since we have had him but it is still uneven.
On there own these things wouldn't concern me but twice recently he has done something which makes me think there is an underlying problem. Whilst out a hack at the weekend we were trotting and he suddenly stopped putting weight on his back leg. I got off immediately but he walked forwards fine and then trotted fine.. I walked him home and he seemed ok, tracking up walking forwards, ears pricked and nothing unusual. We trotted him up the next day and he was completely fine. I took it that, as he can be very overreactive with his back legs something had brushed against him and given him a fright or something so decided to ride again. This time I put an exercise sheet on, despite it not being as cold. He was completely fine out hacking. When we got back I decided to trot him up to double check (without anything on his back). He was fine the first time, my mum then took him and he started trotting then did the same thing again. He again held his leg up for a few steps then put it down and walked and trotted sound. I have never seen anything like it!
I have a few thoughts on what it might be but really don't know enough to draw any conclusions and wondered if anyone on here had seen anything like this before. Sorry if its not clear or not enough information, quite a difficult thing to try and explain! I have a video of him moving if that would help.
Thanks a lot
A bit of a history:
I got my horse (a tb) about 6 weeks ago. He is 6yo, has been at a small racing yard since unbacked 3yo but although being trained for steeplechase has never raced. He has done little else other than race training and hacking. We got the physio out to him straight away when we got him and she noticed that his pelvis was out which we suspect he did on the lorry as he was quite wound up. After a few sessions this has been rectified (she said it improved much quicker than she expected) and she gave me the go ahead to start riding. We haven't been doing too much, just a bit of hacking and popped in the school once or twice - very low pressure atm.
He is a bit funny with his back legs, he snatches them away when picked up and doesnt like boots etc on them. His back is also quite weak over his hindquarters with one side having more muscle than the other. This has improved enormously since we have had him but it is still uneven.
On there own these things wouldn't concern me but twice recently he has done something which makes me think there is an underlying problem. Whilst out a hack at the weekend we were trotting and he suddenly stopped putting weight on his back leg. I got off immediately but he walked forwards fine and then trotted fine.. I walked him home and he seemed ok, tracking up walking forwards, ears pricked and nothing unusual. We trotted him up the next day and he was completely fine. I took it that, as he can be very overreactive with his back legs something had brushed against him and given him a fright or something so decided to ride again. This time I put an exercise sheet on, despite it not being as cold. He was completely fine out hacking. When we got back I decided to trot him up to double check (without anything on his back). He was fine the first time, my mum then took him and he started trotting then did the same thing again. He again held his leg up for a few steps then put it down and walked and trotted sound. I have never seen anything like it!
I have a few thoughts on what it might be but really don't know enough to draw any conclusions and wondered if anyone on here had seen anything like this before. Sorry if its not clear or not enough information, quite a difficult thing to try and explain! I have a video of him moving if that would help.
Thanks a lot
