clairefeekerry1
Well-Known Member
so i've had my newest horse since end of july. has been a darling and have done some really fun stuff on him for which i adore him. but, over the last couple of weeks he's not been the same horse, the basics are still there, i.e bombproof, unflappable but he has become prone to getting over excited and going upwards rather than forwards.he got a fright whilst hacking out past a football match few weeks ago with another horse, the other horse got a bit jittery and mine then became v over excitible and bunny hopped sideways th whole way home, sweating,puffing etc, totally lost the plot. previously he's never batted an eyelid at anything and was actually slightly ploddy. since then 80% of the time he is the most laid back chap ever then occasionaly he gets very over excited,drops behind the contact and starts to go up,gets all sweaty and shakey, normally calms back down eventually. went xc last week, total darling until we were in the warm up and he exploded. after 5 mins he was fine and jumped clear. the home he came from was a young girl who was slightly nervous and he was one of the only horses she liked because he was so safe, laid back etc, i do believe the old owners and have spoken to them since who say he's never ever got over excited previosly. not just ridden earlier he got excited being led and was bit of an arse. his back,tack etc have all been checked in the last month and he passed the vetting. the only difference is he is now very fit and ive progressed his schooling on quite a bit, but i cant see that he previously has never been fit with old owners as she was doing bit of bsja and intro events with him. so do i hope that this is just a phase or maybe he always was going to be like this and its just coming to light? oh he's fed a handful of nuts and lives out 24/7 at the mo. fank you.
