Bucking.... sore neck

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Out for a quiet steady hack with two friends yesterday, only doing walk and trot on roads, bridleways and when coming up a concrete hill, my boy decides to buck and send me flying onto my head and right shoulder.

Had him 3 years and only started bucking for past 8 months? Have back checked by physion every 6 months, saddle checked, teeth done?

Any ideas why or what I can do about it as ruining confidence and am fed up of bruises and buying new hats!!!
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Have a look at his feed, he may have a problem with some element of it. I took Amber of anything with molasses and alfalfa and she is back to her usual spooky but safe self.
 
Do you think he is just feeling a little ‘woo hoo’ at the moment? Has anything change in the last 8 months, feed, rountine etc.?
Do you have an Instructor you could talk to about it?

I do feel for you and hope you get to the bottom of it, especially as you say this is quite a recent problem and you have had your horse for quite a while.
 
Dont think anything hot in his feed - he gets alfa orig and 3 scoops of alfa beet and pony nuts. Took him off sugar beet and compound feed about a year ago as wanted him on min molases etc. He also gets a scoop of magnesium calmer every day too.
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maybe give him 6 scoops of calmers?

Dont know what triggered the buck yesterday as only trotting up hill, very lazy all way round on hack? and then he just went vertical on his front legs? No warning either, not a squeal or anything.
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At the back of Horse and Hound adverts is a thing called buck stop its £20 and I am intrigued as whether it works. It looks like an australian noseband and claims to stop bucking. Might be worth an experiment if horse is taking the piss.
 
Well there could be. I know you said you had his back checked, but it's easy to miss something - so it might be that when you go uphill your weight is in a slightly different place and that it only hurts him under those conditions, either because he is sore somewhere in his back, or because his saddle hurts him when you sit a certain way. The way you describe the buck - standing on his front legs, no warning, been quite laid back the rest of the time - sounds to me like a pain-related problem, especially since it is a relatively recent thing. It probably would warrant a bit more investigation before trying a gadget imo. Hope this helps
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I'd be inclined to get a second opinion from a different physio as well. The feed he's having is mostly Alfa based which contains quite a lot of protein. I'd also be inclined to try lunging for a good time and then trying hacking after to see if he's less alive then.
 
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