georgiegirl2
Well-Known Member
For those who dont know Georges history i shall give a brief summary to make todays events a little more clear!
I've had george sine a 4yo (he is now 13) and up until 3 years ago we were doing rc opens at championship level, novice eventing and sj comfortably at newcomers. He one day started bucking violently on landing (not every fence) we went down every avenue we could think of back, teeth, saddle etc and in the end got the vet who did x-rays and found slight changes in his hock joints. After a year off and many injections into the joints he became sound and happy in his work again (although we never did the level we were at before) as ever since this i havent felt all that particularly confident since
we havent been out much over the past two years at all due to my trailer getting stolen and me being at uni. This year we have jumped a bit more and felt more confident etc and decided to enter the novice rc area sj team to make a start at us getting back into the game a bit.
He warmed up absolutely beatifully today and popped round the first course lovely. As we were warming up for our second round he landed over a warm up fence and the reaction he had as soon as he landed was VERY violent. Needless to say i hit the deck. Didnt dwell on it too much and got back on. Popped over a small cross perfectly to get some confidence back and then attempted the spread. Same thing happened on landing again. I withdrew from the sj as something is obviously not quite right. It wasnt even like he was het up and pratting about on the flat, in that case you would have assumed the bucking on landing was just high spirits.
I think there is obviously something not quite right with him and so were going to leave it and let him enjoy himself hacking and doing some dressage. Sat here with swollen eyes from crying now (sorry feel really stupid!!!) but i just find it all so sad when i think back to how happy we were and the level we used to be at. And he is so honest he still approaches every fence with a big smile on his face even though something is very obviously not right. Also sounds stupid to say but it has knocked my confidence as a rider so much, even on the flat i just feel like its all my fault and im a pile of s***, and even though i know last time the vet diagnosed the hock problem i still feel that its possibly my fault and im doing something wrong
anyway, sorry for what sounds like a very long 'sorry for myself' post it really isnt meant to be that way just feel a bit rubbish at the moment and had to air it all out on here!
I've had george sine a 4yo (he is now 13) and up until 3 years ago we were doing rc opens at championship level, novice eventing and sj comfortably at newcomers. He one day started bucking violently on landing (not every fence) we went down every avenue we could think of back, teeth, saddle etc and in the end got the vet who did x-rays and found slight changes in his hock joints. After a year off and many injections into the joints he became sound and happy in his work again (although we never did the level we were at before) as ever since this i havent felt all that particularly confident since
we havent been out much over the past two years at all due to my trailer getting stolen and me being at uni. This year we have jumped a bit more and felt more confident etc and decided to enter the novice rc area sj team to make a start at us getting back into the game a bit.
He warmed up absolutely beatifully today and popped round the first course lovely. As we were warming up for our second round he landed over a warm up fence and the reaction he had as soon as he landed was VERY violent. Needless to say i hit the deck. Didnt dwell on it too much and got back on. Popped over a small cross perfectly to get some confidence back and then attempted the spread. Same thing happened on landing again. I withdrew from the sj as something is obviously not quite right. It wasnt even like he was het up and pratting about on the flat, in that case you would have assumed the bucking on landing was just high spirits.
I think there is obviously something not quite right with him and so were going to leave it and let him enjoy himself hacking and doing some dressage. Sat here with swollen eyes from crying now (sorry feel really stupid!!!) but i just find it all so sad when i think back to how happy we were and the level we used to be at. And he is so honest he still approaches every fence with a big smile on his face even though something is very obviously not right. Also sounds stupid to say but it has knocked my confidence as a rider so much, even on the flat i just feel like its all my fault and im a pile of s***, and even though i know last time the vet diagnosed the hock problem i still feel that its possibly my fault and im doing something wrong
