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Hope this works but im going to post a vid of my tb ex racer

Owned for over a year, always been quite healthy, recently (coming back into work after 2months off) I have been noticing some simular things he does to my old tb who had KS :( Am i being paranoi or does he look wrong behind, and head shaking???

Video was filmed and he was being a bit of a tit (never usually like this eithr)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtS6qXexuno&context=C3133c71ADOEgsToPDskISXneQfyYBOFu2QK9rxVuK
 
Yes he does look wrong behind, but I'm not sure what - just looks sort of hunched up. I've just put a thread on about my horses problems and she acted just like yours does - she has PSLD, spavin and navicular- not sure which one caused the problems - probably the spavin or the PSLD.......hopefully yours will be nothing to worry about.
 
Hard to see at canter but he looked ok to me. It would be better to see him moving in trot to get a true idea of whether anything is amiss. The headshaking wasn't constant or persistant enough for me to think there was a problem. It could have just been sheer annoyance or anything else come to that. He doesn't strike me as a particularly unhappy horse though in that video.
 
Hi, I don't see headshaking (I have one of those) or lameness, just a horse who is unsettled and not balanced and rushing. Is he used to being lunged? Does he object to the stirrups hanging down? Just a thought. I don't know how experienced you are with lunging - if not very then how about getting someone to help you out if it doesn't seem to be going very well or you aren't getting the results you want? That's not meant to sound patronising - just a suggestion from someone who was doing it all wrong and not helping the horse at all and who went back to basics with a couple of lessons. If he's had some time off he could well be a wally, but how about keeping it to walk and trot for a while? Cantering properly on the lunge can be very hard work for a horse. Good luck with him :)
 
Thankyou for your reply, I think and hope u have hit the nail on the head (abones!) Maybe he is just being a pleb, he certainly isnt balanced but he never has done alot of schooling, i usually lunge him in a roller (not to scratch my saddle! but he was lunged in his tack as i was planning to ride, maybe i should get a cleare video of him on the lunge in walk and trot?
 
To me he just looks a bit unbalanced and seems to be finding it difficult on the lunge, but if he's not done a huge amount of schooling he will be unbalanced and cantering on the lunge will be extremely difficult for him. Best to start off with slower paces until he builds up some muscle and gets more balanced.
To me, the headshaking looks like a consequence of him finding what you are asking of him difficult. We had a 'proper' headshaker and it is a very different type of headshaking to what he is showing in your video.
Hope this helps :-)
 
Lynswin said:
To me he just looks a bit unbalanced and seems to be finding it difficult on the lunge, but if he's not done a huge amount of schooling he will be unbalanced and cantering on the lunge will be extremely difficult for him. Best to start off with slower paces until he builds up some muscle and gets more balanced.
To me, the headshaking looks like a consequence of him finding what you are asking of him difficult. We had a 'proper' headshaker and it is a very different type of headshaking to what he is showing in your video.
Hope this helps :-)
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Thankyou :) he is normally more controlled on lunge just having a bad day so i kinda gave up on the control!
 
He looks wrong behind because he is disunited at first. The second canter is better. I am not saying he does not have KS, but I would not suspect it from this occasion alone. The head tossing could be caused by any number of issues. Does he have any other symptoms? My boy looked much worse in canter that that. He had KS, but has been operated on.
 
Wagtail said:
He looks wrong behind because he is disunited at first. The second canter is better. I am not saying he does not have KS, but I would not suspect it from this occasion alone. The head tossing could be caused by any number of issues. Does he have any other symptoms? My boy looked much worse in canter that that. He had KS, but has been operated on.
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sorry OP, just a quick diversion I promise, how is he doing Wagtail? I haven't seen an update for a little while? :)
 
jesstickle said:
sorry OP, just a quick diversion I promise, how is he doing Wagtail? I haven't seen an update for a little while? :)
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I don't start work (long reining) with him for a couple more weeks, but he's feeling well - too well. Bucking so high that all 4 legs are higher than the fence. :eek: He has the devil in him and is generally making a real nuisance of himself with both humans and other horses. :o
 
Wagtail said:
I don't start work (long reining) with him for a couple more weeks, but he's feeling well - too well. Bucking so high that all 4 legs are higher than the fence. :eek: He has the devil in him and is generally making a real nuisance of himself with both humans and other horses. :o
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What a monkey! At least you don't have to worry that he's in any pain if he's kicking his heels up to that extent I suppose... :)
 
No. He obviously feels very well. I won't count my chickens yet though. I realise there's a huge difference between being at liberty and carrying a rider. But at least I know he is comfortable in himself.
 
Looks ok soundness wise, but agree that trot will probably give you a better opportunity to look for any signs of unevenness
 
One more thing: one of our vets always advises that if you think 'something isn't right', carry on doing what you are doing. It will either come right or get worse. And if it gets worse, you should be able to see more clearly what the problem is.

Your horse is lovely btw
 
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