Jumping, what should i do?

[vhf]

I wouldn't be prepared not to be able to feel what was going on for myself. Also, I backed him and he's been ridden by one other person on two occasions for a total of less than an hour and a half in 5 years. He is extremely tuned to me and I want to keep it that way, it's a very special feeling.
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This I fully understand! I'm saving it for when I can no longer actually get into the saddle...

 

[Tiddlypom]

No to getting a pro on, though ycbm doesn't want one anyway.

Just been talking to a vet this morning who saw a demo by a SJ pro at a big event. I didn't ask the name of the pro. The commentators and crowd were wow'ing over this rider's ability to ride such a tricky horse, which though jumping big jumps was being pretty naughty. The vet could see that the horse was wracked with pain.

Horses usually misbehave or stop for a reason. My own homebred stopping at an eventing clinic was the first overt sign that I (though not the loan home ?) picked up on that she wasn't right, and it turned out that she was very, very broken indeed. She was supposed to be out competing at BE 90 a few days later.

 

[cauda equina]

Like for the general sentiments TP
I hope your homebred came good

 

[Tiddlypom]

Like for the general sentiments TP
I hope your homebred came good

Thanks for the thought, but no, she didn't. Initially I hoped that a saddle fit check, physio and decent foot balance would sort her, but her issues went way beyond that ?.

She had to have multiple joint medications and vet treatment and I had to fully retire her from any more ridden work as a 7yo. She's now 12 and a happy pasture ornament.

 

[cauda equina]

Oh I'm so sorry but glad she's happy at home

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

"Thanks TZ, but I'm not looking for someone else to train him for me, especially not when there is doubt about his hocks."

I haven't read all the posts in this however what I said, as above, was told me by the late great Ted Edgar. He'd forgotten more things than most people know. He also told me to take the horse to a trusted rider which I did & this was sorted out. He also said it must be another person & not the owner/rider. I did this & the horse has been brilliant ever since. Also most pros have their horses hocks & fetlocks medicated which really helps the horses. I have 2 horses & both are medicated possibly every 12 - 18 months. Believe me you have a totally new horse when it's done.
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[cauda equina]

If a pro's horse breaks they get a new one
Ludo is possibly ycbm's final horse so she needs him to last
And that's even before we start arguing about the ethics of routinely medicating horses

 

[ycbm]

I haven't read all the posts in this however what I said, as above, was told me by the late great Ted Edgar.

You might understand better if you had. The question is not whether somebody else can stop my horse stopping, it's whether either of us should be jumping at all given our respective physical limitations.
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