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Sammie&Spoilt

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This mare really loves galloping. If you're a Pony Racer in Devon, come have a gallop on her, you'll love it. She's beaten Racehorses, that have recentely raced... Is very quick. However she is being ridden by a professional to see what her discipline is. Sounds really novice, but she's stopped jumping, as will not jump. May of pulled a muscle, will not school very well. Will do the work, won't go ina outline...
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pixiebee said:
im confused by that post, she gallops faster than racehorses but doesnt jump or school and has pulled a muscle????
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May* Sorry if i didn't put this in my update. We *think* she has pulled a muscle in her back leg, and she won't go down on the bit, and won't jump. But is eager to gallop. She's raced two racehorses that have raced, and beaten them both, so would consider her to be a good race pony. Rest assured, i'm not a troll as someone sadly pointed out.
 
Surely if your pony had pulled a muscle that would put them off wanting to gallop, not to mention the fact it could do more damage?
 
Gosh, people all i said was MAY. I'm not sure, she MAY have pulled a muscle, a friend of ours is riding her to see what the problem is.
 
I'd get the vet out then. Is your friend qualified to diagnose muscle\skeletal problems in horses? My guess is not - get a professional out if you are that worried and get off her back if you think there is a problem there.
 
Hedgewitch13 said:
I'd get the vet out then. Is your friend qualified to diagnose muscle\skeletal problems in horses? My guess is not - get a professional out if you are that worried and get off her back if you think there is a problem there.
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No she isn't qualified, but with every horse that has been sent to her thats needs schooling because its bucking, etc she's been right, and even our vet has said that. She's not in any real pain, it's just when jumping... she refuses, and when schooling she will not go down on the bit... Will call the vert, and see when he can pop out.
 
xXMrsIrishXx said:
Have you had her back checked to rule out any problems?
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It in't her back. It will be down the back legs, hence why reluctant to stretch out to jump, or strech to go down on bit. A horse of mine has a problem with hocks where bu exactly same happened, so we;re hoping its not going down that route.
 
Sammie&Spoilt said:
No she isn't qualified, but with every horse that has been sent to her thats needs schooling because its bucking, etc she's been right, and even our vet has said that. She's not in any real pain, it's just when jumping... she refuses, and when schooling she will not go down on the bit... Will call the vert, and see when he can pop out.
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I hate how people think they can judge how much pain their horse is in just because it does what they ask. My horse is crippled lame, I guarantee he'd still do as I ask if I got on his back and told him to.
 
Sammie&Spoilt said:
It in't her back. It will be down the back legs, hence why reluctant to stretch out to jump, or strech to go down on bit. A horse of mine has a problem with hocks where bu exactly same happened, so we;re hoping its not going down that route.
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possible pelvis problem? I had a horse with back leg issues and it was down to his pelvis being out of line, hope u get to the end of it soon
 
Whatever the problem, inviting all and sundry to come and have a gallop on her is not the action of a responsible owner:(
 
LouS said:
I hate how people think they can judge how much pain their horse is in just because it does what they ask. My horse is crippled lame, I guarantee he'd still do as I ask if I got on his back and told him to.
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Yep, and as flight/prey animals, horses are generally at about 80% of their pain threshold before they even show it :(
What an odd thread :p
 
The adrenaline is going to mask the pain when she's galloping, hence why she's not objecting to it. My broken eventer continued to jump several xc fences after tripping and putting a bloody great big hole in his tendon. Wasn't until we got him back and he had calmed down that he showed any signs of lameness.

Refusing to jump and work in an outline could be caused by a number of things. Stop riding your poor pony in to the ground and get a vet out!
 
Wow! Some horse owners are bonkers!! If my horse was injured the most I'd do is a gentle walk, and that would only be if the vet thought it better to keep him moving!
 
:confused: Utterly confused by this! When mine pulled a muscle was told to gently walk him in hand not gallop him round like mad!
 
Horses will sometimes mask pain by running away from it. The ex racer at the yard would gallop and gallop at top speed if he could, but he's got pain somewhere (don't ask me, he's not mine and I don't know all that much about him). Please please for the pony's sake, get the vet out.
That said, could could the pony just be naughty? I've met some ponies who'll charge flat out, but refuse jumps, just because they can.
 
eh?

You usually gallop and race your little pony, invite others to do the same, and then worry because she wont work in an outline and won't jump and therefore may be lame?

You sound like you have conditioned her to be unable to work with collection. Collection takes time, patience and a completely different approach than racing - that should have come first - and prevents problems (like maybe pulling a muscle from racing around unbalanced).
 
If it's who I think it it, and same area, she's a 15 yr old girl who thinks she knows everything and that's she's better than anybody else.
 
thatsmygirl said:
If it's who I think it it, and same area, she's a 15 yr old girl who thinks she knows everything and that's she's better than anybody else.
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I think this comes across in the posting, but sometimes it is a good idea to tell her :rolleyes: though it will be years before it sinks in, unfortunately for the animals involved.
Mothers of these children tend to encourage and support them which makes it difficult for experienced adults to change their pattern of thinking...... I had one who was told by her Instructor, and by everyone else, to feed her horse a bit more, poor thing was a TB, but was treated just like her native pony, and if it got a bit lame after hitting a fence, well, too bad, it would learn would it not? She used to go around asking "who is the best rider in the yard", I used to say. well I think XXX is really good, this used to pixel her off no end!!!
She eventually asked me to help her, wanted to sort its problems in one lesson, I showed her how to long rein [fortunately it was a real quiet and sensible TB]. but she did not want to know how to make a mouth, work on the outline, or lunge sensibly, she wanted it to be perfect tomorrow, if not today. ie jump the large fences the pro eventer had popped it over the day she went to see it. SSPCA sorted her ideas out a bit, funnily enough she moved it in to a better field, gave it a feed, and a rain sheet even before she was given advice by the vet who was called in to examine the horse ....... ho ho ho.
 
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Get the vet/chiro out so you can be SURE of what the problem is!
Good grief....
Riding a horse that has a problem, BEFORE you know what the problem actually is coud be causing more damage in the long term.
 
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