Anyone else have a quivering horse??

[skewby]

Took him to the opening meet today, terrific day and he was a doll, but he shook like a leaf at the meet and it reminded me how he does this whenever we do anything remotely exciting! I often have people out hunting say "oh look your horse is cold!" and no he's not, he's just excited! He's not unhappy, or stressed, or naughty...just...quivery!!! Does anyone else have one of these?! I saw one other horse at the meet do it, but have rarely seen it otherwise!!

 

[3Beasties]

The one and only time I took my horse cubbing he quivered when standing after the initial crazy, pull my arms out hour. He then took control of him self and just resorted to quivering

 

[lauraandjack]

Jack does this as soon as he hears hounds or horn. Doesn't misbehave in any way, just stands and shakes with excitement.

 

[Firehorse]

mine did this when i took him to the beach for the first time in the summer. he was running on adrenalin as was worried and excited all at the same time and he just stood quivering staring about with eyes on stalks!

 

[WoopsiiD]

My friends did!!

I always thought she was strange lol. She also used to 'dance' lifting up her legs in diagnal pairs but never leaving the spot-like a posh dressage pony that she was not!

 

[Baggybreeches]

Emerald is a quiverer! I would much rather than than Sov's prefer exclamation of excitement which is reversing around the meet and snorting like a dragon (once we move off he is fine!)

 

[vhf]

Every time she hears the loudspeaker! Last XC competition my girl stood quiet as a lamb in the trailer for an hour, quivering like a leaf. Fine once I get on though.

 

[Darkly_Dreaming_Dex]

io is like a "wobbly whippet" according to my vet opening meet today and he quivered at the meet but then settled and went beautifully

 

[Cash]

Yes! My old ISH would do this every time we went out competing, he would tremble whenever he was stood still, from when we arrived to when we loaded back up at the end.

 

[Sophiesmum]

Our old mare does this - she did 14 season hunting and was the same by the end of year 14 as at the beginning! She had a year or so off of hunting to be a pony club pony, but went out for the first time last week and was a quivering wreck - she loves it and is perfectly behaved, just quivers the whole time until she is boxed to come home!

 

[skewby]

So it's not just my chappy then! I just have rarely seen it and people often comment (usually because as they're trying to have a conversation with me, I'm wobbling about in front of their eyes ).

It is adrenaline isn't it? My boy is a fab hunter but I don't think will ever truly settle to the standing still bit. He's good, but after a bit he will try and paw and fidget. He also takes hours and hours to "come down" when he gets home, I only did just over an hour yesterday as he's not fit and so I could turn him out when I got back. Always a nightmare to get his plaits out and even with a good hour of turnout to wind down he was still full of it when I left the yard at 4pm. Maybe some horses get more adrenaline than others, or are more affected by it?