Flying changes

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nag123

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So today I gave my horse a bit of a jump ... More of a schooling exercise than anything else. We just had a few cross poles set up round the school working on canter quality and strides, the problem I had was not with her jumping or canter but when asked for a change across the diagonal ( horse is well established with changes)
When asked she stopped dead and reared , so I carried on with my exercise and asked again she did the same thing again .

She's sound and was more than willing to jump etc just reluctant to change when asked , after jumps 9 times out of 10 she will land on the correct leg anyway , so I was just having a play whilst schooling ....

Just a bit miffed as this has never happened before

Any thoughts welcome
 
Might be behavioural but could be a slight tweak in her back that isn't making her lame but hurts a bit when asked to do something complex.
 
If this is not normal for her and you have owned her for a decent length of time then I would definitely have her looked at.
 
Thanks guys
Getting her back looked at next week , until then she can have a few easy days turnout and hacking
 
Does she normally change OK in your jumping saddle or only when ridden in a different eg. dressage saddle?
 
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