Archangel
Well-Known Member
Help!
A friend is possibly buying a lovely horse that ticks all the boxes but... he wears a nose net to be ridden.
Apparently he is not a headshaker he just doesn't like flies up his nose. When he is first sat on that he has a few dips and snatches but once underway he is relatively steady with the odd flick.
To me it looks like established behaviour, albeit controlled with a net and I would possibly class him as a headshaker He doesn't need a net in the field, only when ridden so that suggests a bit of anxiety under saddle.
So questions
He is being 5 stage vetted - is this something that comes under a vetting and is it an automatic fail?
Can you compete (dressage) at riding club level in a nose net?
How much of a problem are headshakers? - it seems to be behavioural rather than allergy
He is such a lovely horse, my friend has asked for advice but I have no experience of headshakers so am no help at all!
Thank you in advance
A friend is possibly buying a lovely horse that ticks all the boxes but... he wears a nose net to be ridden.
Apparently he is not a headshaker he just doesn't like flies up his nose. When he is first sat on that he has a few dips and snatches but once underway he is relatively steady with the odd flick.
To me it looks like established behaviour, albeit controlled with a net and I would possibly class him as a headshaker He doesn't need a net in the field, only when ridden so that suggests a bit of anxiety under saddle.
So questions
He is being 5 stage vetted - is this something that comes under a vetting and is it an automatic fail?
Can you compete (dressage) at riding club level in a nose net?
How much of a problem are headshakers? - it seems to be behavioural rather than allergy
He is such a lovely horse, my friend has asked for advice but I have no experience of headshakers so am no help at all!
Thank you in advance