Hallo2012
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except the SI issues?
and if that developed when he was doing barely any work, you shouldn't be increasing his work at all......
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except the SI issues?
and if that developed when he was doing barely any work, you shouldn't be increasing his work at all......
IrishMilo
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You can't tell that there's nothing wrong just by trotting him up quickly. My horse sailed through a full lameness work up, but as soon as I get on him, he's very uncomfortable and makes it known - FWIW I'm 47kgs so not exactly heavy.
KittyinAus
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KittyinAus
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It was a very frustrating day. Got this local horse vet out to start the process of rehabilitation and he tries to tell me that there wasn't anything wrong. What a waste of time and money.
KittyinAus
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Going to leave. My stress levels are too severe to be cope with being attacked as I have been by some people.
paddi22
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I honestly don't think people are trying to attack you at all. I think a lot of people here (including myself) have horses with SI issues, and a vet trotting a horse up and saying it's sound doesn't really mean anything. mine passed two full vettings.
I have a standard bred myself that I retrained and I can 100% tell you the process of retraining is extremely tough on them. You are asking them to take weight on their hinds and if they have an SI issue that would be a big red flag for me even starting the process. add to that the horses age and its current body weakness. in print that comes across as everyone being very negative about it, and that must be tough to read because you obviously love the horse. But if I was in your boat I would go into the situation being fully realistic and expecting a negative result for it having a riding career in the end. but it's a very lucky horse that you care so much for it, and it has a home for life.
I have a standard bred myself that I retrained and I can 100% tell you the process of retraining is extremely tough on them. You are asking them to take weight on their hinds and if they have an SI issue that would be a big red flag for me even starting the process. add to that the horses age and its current body weakness. in print that comes across as everyone being very negative about it, and that must be tough to read because you obviously love the horse. But if I was in your boat I would go into the situation being fully realistic and expecting a negative result for it having a riding career in the end. but it's a very lucky horse that you care so much for it, and it has a home for life.
KittyinAus
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In Australia, riding Standardbreds is common. Very common. He's not my first one either.
paddi22
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yeah its common here too, it's brilliant to see them being retrained so much. that's great that you had one before because then you understand the challenges of getting them to work correctly through their back and muscle up correctly, and how much pressure will go on his hind which could impact his SI. I know with mine it was a challenging process to stop her running hollow in the trot and really understand how to stretch down and use her back.