croissant
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Hello all, Daisy and I have been having some issues lately which I think we have mostly worked through, but we have one remaining problem in that she seems to have forgotten how to canter under saddle.
On Boxing Day she went for a gallop round the field and we believe she slipped and tweaked something. So she was a bit sore, then went "bridle lame", wouldn't canter and was doing this intermittent hopping thing in trot. She's had the chiropractor and we seem to have sorted the trot out now.
But canter is still a disaster. We haven't done much lately, but when I do ask she strikes off into canter, goes disunited and almost hops up and down on her front legs. It feels awful and my instructor can't identify what exactly she's doing either. It's as if she has literally no idea what she's doing with her legs. Most of the time we can get a few sensible strides on the right rein, but pretty much none on the left. She can't maintain it, and breaks back into trot in a bit of a heap. She is much better on the lunge, but not quite right.
She's always had a rubbish canter, she gets over excited about it and hardly seems to bend her knees. Don't laugh, but her canter almost reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwLp4GJeVl0
Has anyone else had a similar problem? What was the cause and the outcome? Saddle fits her OK but is not a long term solution, and the chiro is coming back on Thursday to watch me ride before treating her. She mentioned sacroiliac problems and my heart dropped
I bought her almost a year ago, she was very weak with no idea how to carry herself at all, so I'm really hoping it's just another crease we're going to have to iron out.
On Boxing Day she went for a gallop round the field and we believe she slipped and tweaked something. So she was a bit sore, then went "bridle lame", wouldn't canter and was doing this intermittent hopping thing in trot. She's had the chiropractor and we seem to have sorted the trot out now.
But canter is still a disaster. We haven't done much lately, but when I do ask she strikes off into canter, goes disunited and almost hops up and down on her front legs. It feels awful and my instructor can't identify what exactly she's doing either. It's as if she has literally no idea what she's doing with her legs. Most of the time we can get a few sensible strides on the right rein, but pretty much none on the left. She can't maintain it, and breaks back into trot in a bit of a heap. She is much better on the lunge, but not quite right.
She's always had a rubbish canter, she gets over excited about it and hardly seems to bend her knees. Don't laugh, but her canter almost reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwLp4GJeVl0
Has anyone else had a similar problem? What was the cause and the outcome? Saddle fits her OK but is not a long term solution, and the chiro is coming back on Thursday to watch me ride before treating her. She mentioned sacroiliac problems and my heart dropped
I bought her almost a year ago, she was very weak with no idea how to carry herself at all, so I'm really hoping it's just another crease we're going to have to iron out.
