Horse always resting hind leg

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I’ve had my horse 18 months now, when she is in the stable and sometimes out in the field she is always resting her near hind leg.
She is not in any way lame. We are competing etc...
Should I be worried? I’ve never seen a horse do this before
Could this explain why she knocks SJ down with her hind legs?
Would physio find anything?
Thanks
 
Perfectly normal - the ability to cock a hindleg so it's effectively locked into place is how horses are able to sleep standing up
 
My pony either rests one hind or the other, she doesn't stand normally except whilst she is eating her dinner or you're riding her. The physio says there seems nothing wrong with it and I haven't experienced her knocking down poles with her hind leg in SJ but maybe I don't jump as high as you...
 
My horse does this. It's annoying when tacking up, as it's hard to get the saddle straight, but he will move if I ask him. Can't detect anything wrong when ridden and he moves fine in the field, so I've stopped worrying about it (for now!). He's certainly agile enough out hacking cross country, particularly given that he's a chunky cob!
 
Be glad it's just resting a hind leg, mine stands with his hind legs crossed! I'd never seen a horse stand like that but it's just what he likes to do....sometimes he rests one hoof on the top of another, he's very odd ha ha (he's been checked out too, nothing wrong with him, just how he likes to stand!)
 
Mine use to do this.. all the time! I am so paranoid and a over thinker. Physio said it can mean hock arthritis, which lots of horses have. My vet said not to worry but I had the vet have a look and turned out he was a tiny bit lame on his hind leg, scanned and x-rayed.. he'd done a supensory. He had the op on both hinds but now rests his legs more than ever, even though hes sound. My vet said its completely normal as the nerves have been cut its a funny feeling in his hind legs but I still can't help thinking something else is wrong!

My other horse barely ever rests his legs and hes twice his age!
 
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