sleepykitten
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
So I had my first riding lesson in years today on my old girl, got her all tacked up, fine, went to get on, fine, then walked her across the field to the arena I had marked out, and she just exploded and bronced until I came off.
I was fine, caught her and got back on, but she was really tense the whole time. Much worse on the right rein too, but after walking her for a bit, she started to accept the contact and bend, and we even did some excellent turn on the forehand on the left rein, but couldn't get it on the right rein.
Then asked for trot and she stood on one of the markers and exploded again and tanked off, this time, I managed to stay on though. So we called it a day then, but my RI started to do a bit of inhand work with my mare, and mare's heart rate went up really high.
so, got her back to untack, and RI put her hand on my mare's back and poor mare went nuts. She is really sore and I can't believe I didn't spot it sooner. She is always a bit cold-backed, but never anything like this. I feel so guilty for not spotting it.
RI said my mare must really like me to have only bucked me off the once!
I have now booked a physio to come out next week, but does anyone have any suggestions for anything I can do in the meantime to help her feel more comfortable?
Please help, I feel terrible
So I had my first riding lesson in years today on my old girl, got her all tacked up, fine, went to get on, fine, then walked her across the field to the arena I had marked out, and she just exploded and bronced until I came off.
I was fine, caught her and got back on, but she was really tense the whole time. Much worse on the right rein too, but after walking her for a bit, she started to accept the contact and bend, and we even did some excellent turn on the forehand on the left rein, but couldn't get it on the right rein.
Then asked for trot and she stood on one of the markers and exploded again and tanked off, this time, I managed to stay on though. So we called it a day then, but my RI started to do a bit of inhand work with my mare, and mare's heart rate went up really high.
so, got her back to untack, and RI put her hand on my mare's back and poor mare went nuts. She is really sore and I can't believe I didn't spot it sooner. She is always a bit cold-backed, but never anything like this. I feel so guilty for not spotting it.
RI said my mare must really like me to have only bucked me off the once!
I have now booked a physio to come out next week, but does anyone have any suggestions for anything I can do in the meantime to help her feel more comfortable?
Please help, I feel terrible