Eep, silly horse just got cast!

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Just got a call from someone at the yard... apparently my silly twit got himself cast :/ Got himself up and was a little bit stressy afterwards but is now fine and munching on his hay.

Thing is, I suspect he's done this before. When we had the chiropractor out he said it was quite possible that that could be why his back needed seeing to....

Does anyone know if there is any way of helping prevent it happening again?? Other than cross-tying him permenantly! :p

Just have to see how he is tomorrow now, wouldn't surprise me if he'd manage to do something to himself in the process to make sure I can't work him! *sigh* And he went so nicely this morning too!
 
My mums horse used to do this on a regular basis when he was younger - he still does it but less frequently. He's even got cast in his field once but rolling in a little dip.
Thankfully, most of the time he kicks himself back over and never panics.
He has very thick / high shavings banks, but is clearly stupid - he's in a 12 by 12 so not lacking in space.
He used to be in a stone barn, and could get a good grip on the wall to kick back over. Unfortunately my parents now live in the barn,
He managed to burst open the stable corner seam from floor to ceiling of his new timber stable (which were lined / boarded out) and got one of the metal straps in his hock. Thankfully he didn't pierce the joint, but we had a nail biting few weeks.
After that, mum spend £1000 on each stable lining the walls from floor to ceiling with the board used for Horsebox floors - in a hurricane the lining will be left standing whilst the rest blows away :-)
He has been cast since, you can tell by some of the scratches on the wall, but he definitely does it less, but he has been stuck once as he can't get the same grip with his feet as he used to - the wall is now rock hard, but it's slippy.

I can say, it has never caused him any issues with his back and it has never affected his Dressage - we must be lucky. or unlucky that our horses is clearly a bit of a wally
 
You can still get anti cast rollers but if they slip round then they don't work. Deep banks aren't always the answer - Paddy used to get cast regularly with banks and is now much better without any - not sure why as I too was always taught bigger banks = no getting cast but this is a horse that's been known to get himself cast on the yard gate...:eek:
With him there is literally no such thing as a stable too big to get cast in, and given that last week he couldn't wait for me to leave the stable before rolling and then got down 8 inches from the wall it's always a bit scary! Thankfully he's so chilled he doesn't panic and just waits for someone to rescue him :rolleyes:
 
Mine gets stuck regularly, but in his new block stable he just pushes himself back over. Or waits for me to pull him over, oh my back.....
Over many years I would say that regardless of the depth of chippings, banks etc it makes NO difference at all.
A deep bed to protect them if they do get stuck is a must.
We used to use anticast rollers on some of the worst ones, many years ago, but if the rollers do move, even with padding, they can cause even worse injuries to the withers, so be careful.
Whatever size of stable my current lad always flips onto the wall. Even in the field he rolls so close to the electric fencing he often touches it and has a bit of a panic, not that it is ever on, and has safety breaks so if he gets caught it doesn't drag.
Sorry, not a very useful comment really!!
 
Mik - your horse sounds like it's related to Paddy, last week he'd rolled into an impossible position, gone back to sleep and didn't wake up until mum went into the stable and kicked him on the bum (to be fair she was panicking and thought he was dead as he didn't so much as open an eye when she went into the stable :eek:). When he woke up he looked up at her shuffled a bit and got up on his own :rolleyes:
 
Thanks everyone! I managed to lose this post somehow and just remembered it when I saw it :o oops!

He seemed fine today anyway - and I hope he's learned his lesson! He's got good banks & a good bed anyway, may look at doing what Thistle suggested if YO doesn't mind though :D
 
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