JustKickOn
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Afternoon all
In the last few weeks, we have been lucky enough to have some stubble fields to ride around as well as our usual hacking, however my girl's behaviour hasn't been totally angelic.
I can walk, trot and canter around the fields and my brakes are all in order and she will stop when asked, but I have discovered that when asking her to move away from another horse or to go in a direction she naps, or when dictating the pace when she really wants to go fast, all four feet are leaving the ground.
We have had fours episodes just this week, all in different fields. Earlier this week we walked around the fields, I asked her to trot and she did some lovely circles away from the other horse, both reins, then rejoined other horse, asked her to move away from him again and she hopped into canter before sticking her head between her legs and putting in three sizeable bucks one after the other. Sat them, no issue, leg on and pushed her on. Back to the other horse and they walked fine on a loose rein. We then turned up the hill to go back up the field and as walking through a gate she turned into a rocking horse, popping her bum up and bouncing. Shouted no at her, halt halt and released rein, leg on and she jigged the rest of the way back.
Schooled the following two days. Then day after I walked her around the fields on her own as a warm up, she spooked at a water trough she has seen many times before, lifted her back and dipped her head down. I reacted quick enough, jiggled the rein to bring her back up and sent her forward but she was on the verge of another bouncy bouncy.
Yesterday we hacked with the younger mare, walking around the stubble fields. Both had a little spook at a pigeon that flapped out of the bushes, younger mare stopped, propped and almost went, K was good as gold and walked just fine.
Then this morning, went out with friend and her lad, both horses were fine, again walked around the stubble field and then out of no where at the bottom, K ploughed down with her head and left off the most enormous buck I've ever seen or ridden. Her back legs were up at head height with my friend on her 16.2...! Some how managed to stay on, then pushed her forward into a canter to get some energy out. After that she settled but felt hot to ride.
She's never been like this with me in the last four years. Nothing has changed other than the op on her teeth but the vets said it would just mean she was pain free and shouldn't affect her in any way. She's had a full work up from the vets, physio and all ok. Saddles are due checking, but she hasn't changed shape since her last visit six months ago.
So, any ideas for the cause of her repeatedly defying gravity and any tips for how to stop it!? I've stayed on so far, but if she puts in a really dirty buck, I fear I will be hitting the ground and hitting it hard
In the last few weeks, we have been lucky enough to have some stubble fields to ride around as well as our usual hacking, however my girl's behaviour hasn't been totally angelic.
I can walk, trot and canter around the fields and my brakes are all in order and she will stop when asked, but I have discovered that when asking her to move away from another horse or to go in a direction she naps, or when dictating the pace when she really wants to go fast, all four feet are leaving the ground.
We have had fours episodes just this week, all in different fields. Earlier this week we walked around the fields, I asked her to trot and she did some lovely circles away from the other horse, both reins, then rejoined other horse, asked her to move away from him again and she hopped into canter before sticking her head between her legs and putting in three sizeable bucks one after the other. Sat them, no issue, leg on and pushed her on. Back to the other horse and they walked fine on a loose rein. We then turned up the hill to go back up the field and as walking through a gate she turned into a rocking horse, popping her bum up and bouncing. Shouted no at her, halt halt and released rein, leg on and she jigged the rest of the way back.
Schooled the following two days. Then day after I walked her around the fields on her own as a warm up, she spooked at a water trough she has seen many times before, lifted her back and dipped her head down. I reacted quick enough, jiggled the rein to bring her back up and sent her forward but she was on the verge of another bouncy bouncy.
Yesterday we hacked with the younger mare, walking around the stubble fields. Both had a little spook at a pigeon that flapped out of the bushes, younger mare stopped, propped and almost went, K was good as gold and walked just fine.
Then this morning, went out with friend and her lad, both horses were fine, again walked around the stubble field and then out of no where at the bottom, K ploughed down with her head and left off the most enormous buck I've ever seen or ridden. Her back legs were up at head height with my friend on her 16.2...! Some how managed to stay on, then pushed her forward into a canter to get some energy out. After that she settled but felt hot to ride.
She's never been like this with me in the last four years. Nothing has changed other than the op on her teeth but the vets said it would just mean she was pain free and shouldn't affect her in any way. She's had a full work up from the vets, physio and all ok. Saddles are due checking, but she hasn't changed shape since her last visit six months ago.
So, any ideas for the cause of her repeatedly defying gravity and any tips for how to stop it!? I've stayed on so far, but if she puts in a really dirty buck, I fear I will be hitting the ground and hitting it hard