BLIND PANIC BOLTER

Hi - I'd be interested in how you solved this if you wouldn't mind pm me? Not cos I'm nosy but that I think it might help a horse I know. Thanks
 
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I have a mare who does this. She has severe soft tissue injuries in her front feet and probably all sorts of other discomfort from while she was compensating for the bi-lateral lameness. She also may or may not have some marbles missing. We never cured it and gave up due to the lameness but I did learn to sit there, let her run and then to ride her through it. I'd never have taken her out in an open space though, I'm not convinced by the "if it doesn't run threw fences until it collapses with exhaustion then its not really bolting" line of thought either. If the controls don't work you're pretty vulnerable, whether you charge through fences or not IMO.
 
I wasn't suggesting that taking off isn't really scary and very difficult to sort out. Rather that if the horse is blind panic bolting, there is no solution and it might be better to consider retirement. If the horse is seriously taking off, then (once pain has been eliminated as a cause) training, playing around with different bits and bridles, another rider, avoiding certain situations, etc. may be able to sort out the problem so it would be worth persevering.
 
Hi again,

I spent 3/4 hour on the phone to our back lady last night talking our mare's problem through and she hinted towards kissing spine but said it's impossible to tell without seeing her obviously.

I then phoned the Uni this morning to cancel the physio as back lady felt this wouldn't uncover the problem it would just confirm a problem! Spoke to one instructor and she said one student was getting on really nicely with her, no drastic behaviour!!!! Phoned back a little later to speak to manager.... mare is improving and yes some students are getting on well with no drastic reactions!!!!!!
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because they were short of horses they didn't want to tell us the "truth" but now they've got some more horses in they don't really need her as she's not ploddy enough!!!

Conclusion: Our mare has been trying it on and taking the mick! Most of the students are not compatent enough to deal with her. So she's got to come home as she's not useful enough
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Thank you for your comments.
Fortunately he's not lame, infact he moves quite well. I will let you know if I find out what it is
 
Yes definately want to try and get to the bottom of this, as he's well bred, lovely personality, great on the flat and has huge jump
 
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