Horse Tranquilisers? To Calm Ex Race horse

[Lostsky]

Horse tranquilisers? To calm ex race horse?

10 months ago I bought an ex racehorse after lots of work I got her to the point that I could take her out for rides in the forest and she was always excited but I could control her.

She then damaged her fetlock in the Field and had 6 months off work. Now she has gone back to being as bad as she was when I bought her- so over excitable all she wants to do is bolt and she is unsafe to ride.

I now have a new job and can only ride once a week so I don't have time to give her the work she needs to get her to calm down.

She is on a very low energy, high fibre diet and is turned out for 12 hours a day in a huge Field with 7 other horses.

I worry about her falling into the wrong hands if I sell her. She is very pretty but is highly strung and gets stressed very easily.

I haven't got anyone who is willing to ride her for me. What sedatives can I give her before I ride to take away her excessively silly behaviour? I believe that sedatives will help break the vicious cycle of her behaviour, if she is calm she will concentrate, not get stressed then I can get into a routine of going out for a calm hack.

 

[beeswax]

put her on mollichaf calmer (brilliant chaff i fed my ex racehorse filly on it and it made her relax). But you can also by calmers to be given by mouth before you ride as the mollichaf will take about 3 days to really work.

 

[annar]

i have an ex racer who is on box rest at the moment and the vets have givcen me sedalin to use when we start riding again to help keep him chilled and "forget" his old pain issues if possible. annax

 

[Zuzzie]

On recommendation I was feeding my horse with a calmer bought from the feed merchant called Relax Me. However, I can't say that it actually made much difference and he was no where near as excitable as your horse seems to be. If you have the facilities the best thing you can do is lunge the horse for 20 minutes before you even attempt to take her out. You will need to judge whether 20 minutes is enough or whether you need to do more.
Ive never used sedation but it may help if you can get some from the vet.