Perce
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I am looking for some positive feedback from people who have used regumate on mares that buck when in season .
Apologies as this is long. 
my mare is a 'serious bucker' for want of another expression. She is also a dominant alpha mare of the yard. We have built up a pretty good relationship over the years; She is fond of me but knows I am the boss. She is quite hormonal and can be very grumpy in season and very quick with her hind legs. She wears a red ribbon because of this.
As a youngster she bucked frequently, particularly when asked to do something she did not want to do. After much work we have made huge progress and she has improved massively over the years. She is now rising 14 and bucks only occasionally or in certain circumstances, however they can still be so sharp, fast and big that they are difficult to stay on!
I bred and backed her myself and havent fallen off many times, but all except one jumping fall, were because she bucked me off. I did spend a lot of time leading her around as a youngster and still dismount at times to avoid being bucked off, only remounting when she has settled. I did much of the first 2 kms of a trec on foot last year after only just staying on board in the first field. She was in season. A week later we competed again and not a buck to be seen. It was like riding a different horse.
I have a pretty sticky seat so it is not my inability to sit a buck. She can simply do un-rideable ones, that are sometimes intended to get rid of me as her rider!
I believe they are associated with her seasons. When in season she is hyper sensitive to the leg for example, so I believe she is probably as hyper sensitive to things on her back. She is also very sharp so they come thick and fast when they come. Often 6 or 7 at a time.
This time of the year is of course worse. Later on she can be a dream to ride and we can go for months without a single buck.
But 4 days ago she bucked me off on the road! One minute we were hacking in the lovely sunshine. 3 seconds later I flew over her head face first onto the tarmac. We had just passed a tractor at walk (he stopped to allow us to pass)and I believe she was nervous when it drove on again behind her. She tried to jog away from it. I gently restrained her. She bucked at speed and I went over the front on buck 3.
I sustained surprisingly little damage to my face; I have a cuts and bruises, but no breaks. However I hurt my neck and after leading her back to the yard drove myself to the hospital for a check up.I have fractured a bone in my neck. The fracture is merely a crack but 3 days hospitalized in a collar having x rays, CT and MRI scans is enough to make me realize I was very lucky. I have been told it is stable so no collar, but take care and allow it to heal for 6 weeks before further check up, and no risk of impact. Needless to say I wont be getting back on board her for the 6 weeks. I just cant risk it.
I wasnt aware that she was in season (I usually am) but am looking for a cause as this is the potentially the last straw. She has badly broken my arm 15 months previously so I couldnt ride for 6 months and I am now 50! I dont bounce so well anymore. Several friends and my family have suggested I stop riding her.
So if we try regumate would this stop the bucking? Anyone had a success story.
My vet thinks this is her behaviour and even if we find a problem that we can fix she will probably still buck. It does seem to be her default behaviour. But I havent tried regumate yet because she had improved every year, we had sort of got it under control and worked around it.
I tried Oestress last year with no apparent effect, except exceptionally sloppy poos, so came off it.
But I am desperate, so a point 2 air jacket on top of the body protector I ALWAYS wear and regumate are a possible option. If she does it again I am not sure what I will do .
To be honest I dont want to stop riding her, I adore her, and she is 13 so could be a field ornament for the next 15 years, but I have a family to think about too.
I also have a lovely youngster that has made me realize that riding can to be fun and not scary!
Other information.
She is a 16hh 7/8 thoroughbred,
They are on haylege for the first time ever .
Apologies as this is long. 
my mare is a 'serious bucker' for want of another expression. She is also a dominant alpha mare of the yard. We have built up a pretty good relationship over the years; She is fond of me but knows I am the boss. She is quite hormonal and can be very grumpy in season and very quick with her hind legs. She wears a red ribbon because of this.
As a youngster she bucked frequently, particularly when asked to do something she did not want to do. After much work we have made huge progress and she has improved massively over the years. She is now rising 14 and bucks only occasionally or in certain circumstances, however they can still be so sharp, fast and big that they are difficult to stay on!
I bred and backed her myself and havent fallen off many times, but all except one jumping fall, were because she bucked me off. I did spend a lot of time leading her around as a youngster and still dismount at times to avoid being bucked off, only remounting when she has settled. I did much of the first 2 kms of a trec on foot last year after only just staying on board in the first field. She was in season. A week later we competed again and not a buck to be seen. It was like riding a different horse.
I have a pretty sticky seat so it is not my inability to sit a buck. She can simply do un-rideable ones, that are sometimes intended to get rid of me as her rider!
I believe they are associated with her seasons. When in season she is hyper sensitive to the leg for example, so I believe she is probably as hyper sensitive to things on her back. She is also very sharp so they come thick and fast when they come. Often 6 or 7 at a time.
This time of the year is of course worse. Later on she can be a dream to ride and we can go for months without a single buck.
But 4 days ago she bucked me off on the road! One minute we were hacking in the lovely sunshine. 3 seconds later I flew over her head face first onto the tarmac. We had just passed a tractor at walk (he stopped to allow us to pass)and I believe she was nervous when it drove on again behind her. She tried to jog away from it. I gently restrained her. She bucked at speed and I went over the front on buck 3.
I sustained surprisingly little damage to my face; I have a cuts and bruises, but no breaks. However I hurt my neck and after leading her back to the yard drove myself to the hospital for a check up.I have fractured a bone in my neck. The fracture is merely a crack but 3 days hospitalized in a collar having x rays, CT and MRI scans is enough to make me realize I was very lucky. I have been told it is stable so no collar, but take care and allow it to heal for 6 weeks before further check up, and no risk of impact. Needless to say I wont be getting back on board her for the 6 weeks. I just cant risk it.
I wasnt aware that she was in season (I usually am) but am looking for a cause as this is the potentially the last straw. She has badly broken my arm 15 months previously so I couldnt ride for 6 months and I am now 50! I dont bounce so well anymore. Several friends and my family have suggested I stop riding her.
So if we try regumate would this stop the bucking? Anyone had a success story.
My vet thinks this is her behaviour and even if we find a problem that we can fix she will probably still buck. It does seem to be her default behaviour. But I havent tried regumate yet because she had improved every year, we had sort of got it under control and worked around it.
I tried Oestress last year with no apparent effect, except exceptionally sloppy poos, so came off it.
But I am desperate, so a point 2 air jacket on top of the body protector I ALWAYS wear and regumate are a possible option. If she does it again I am not sure what I will do .
To be honest I dont want to stop riding her, I adore her, and she is 13 so could be a field ornament for the next 15 years, but I have a family to think about too.
I also have a lovely youngster that has made me realize that riding can to be fun and not scary!
Other information.
She is a 16hh 7/8 thoroughbred,
They are on haylege for the first time ever .
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