VAO26
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Hi All,
I wondered if anyone could shed any light on reasons why my mare may not be responding to Regumate.
The mare in question is 20 years young but very low mileage, having had a few foals in the past in-between some low level eventing. We purchased her 3 years ago, spent a year bringing her back into work and now we're unsuccessfully eventing / SJ at 90/100. She is sound, fit and healthy, and enjoys her work.
Whilst not being particularly mareish to handle or ride on a day to day basis, as soon as we go to a competition she turns into a very squirty flashy lady, and can't seem to handle herself or her excitement, which is leading to lots of cricket score dressage tests as I basically just have to hold her together for the length of the test whilst she's trying to do every movement in canter. We have the same experience at pure dressage shows, so it doesn't seem to be due to being on grass / in an arena / in an indoor etc.
At home and in lessons she schools beautifully, although can be somewhat sensitive and exuberant (The joys of warmbloods!) So something about the competition atmosphere seems to turn her into a bomb. We've tried warming up lots, not warming up much, no canter in the warmup etc.
We have tried all the usual calmers, cookies, Oestress and i've just finished a litre bottle of Regumate, and even on a double dose this on the vets recommendation has not had any impact on her behavior. Back / teeth / vet consultations have all been done with no findings, and we're now at a total loss of what to try next!
Wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar and could advise on their experiences. She's a lovely mare with all of the movement and ability, we just don't seem to be able to channel it within the white boards! I'm not sure if it's the dressage element or the mare element. She is hot but rideable in the SJ and XC phases, however after 3 years of trying, and very little success, it's fair to say i'm becoming somewhat disheartened.
TIA
I wondered if anyone could shed any light on reasons why my mare may not be responding to Regumate.
The mare in question is 20 years young but very low mileage, having had a few foals in the past in-between some low level eventing. We purchased her 3 years ago, spent a year bringing her back into work and now we're unsuccessfully eventing / SJ at 90/100. She is sound, fit and healthy, and enjoys her work.
Whilst not being particularly mareish to handle or ride on a day to day basis, as soon as we go to a competition she turns into a very squirty flashy lady, and can't seem to handle herself or her excitement, which is leading to lots of cricket score dressage tests as I basically just have to hold her together for the length of the test whilst she's trying to do every movement in canter. We have the same experience at pure dressage shows, so it doesn't seem to be due to being on grass / in an arena / in an indoor etc.
At home and in lessons she schools beautifully, although can be somewhat sensitive and exuberant (The joys of warmbloods!) So something about the competition atmosphere seems to turn her into a bomb. We've tried warming up lots, not warming up much, no canter in the warmup etc.
We have tried all the usual calmers, cookies, Oestress and i've just finished a litre bottle of Regumate, and even on a double dose this on the vets recommendation has not had any impact on her behavior. Back / teeth / vet consultations have all been done with no findings, and we're now at a total loss of what to try next!
Wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar and could advise on their experiences. She's a lovely mare with all of the movement and ability, we just don't seem to be able to channel it within the white boards! I'm not sure if it's the dressage element or the mare element. She is hot but rideable in the SJ and XC phases, however after 3 years of trying, and very little success, it's fair to say i'm becoming somewhat disheartened.
TIA
