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Roxylola
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Have you had a work up on your horse?
Stops and lower than expected dressage marks could be due to there being some discomfort somewhere - bilateral hocks for instance could do this. If it's bilateral there may not be obvious lameness, but enough to bring scores down with dressage and make your horse reluctant to jump
Stops and lower than expected dressage marks could be due to there being some discomfort somewhere - bilateral hocks for instance could do this. If it's bilateral there may not be obvious lameness, but enough to bring scores down with dressage and make your horse reluctant to jump
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Can get strong and known to stop are huge indicators of discomfort to me - more so if she doesn't do it with a stronger rider.
If you've 100% ruled out discomfort (and personally I suspect you just haven't found anything yet) I think you may need to consider that you and the horse are not an ideal match to go eventing realistically. There's no joy in trying to bash a square peg in to a round hole, find something you can both enjoy, or find a home that can enjoy what your horse enjoys and a horse who enjoys and doesn't need confidence from the rider for you to enjoy.
If you've 100% ruled out discomfort (and personally I suspect you just haven't found anything yet) I think you may need to consider that you and the horse are not an ideal match to go eventing realistically. There's no joy in trying to bash a square peg in to a round hole, find something you can both enjoy, or find a home that can enjoy what your horse enjoys and a horse who enjoys and doesn't need confidence from the rider for you to enjoy.