Problems jumping

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I've had my horse for 3 years and he has always jumped well. 2 and a half weeks ago I moved yards and since then he is constantly throwing in refusals. I thought maybe it was something about the new yard he didn't like so took him to a low key show and entered a baby course (85cm) he seemed great in the warm up. Went in the ring, he stopped at fence 1 then cleared it second time happy with fence 2,3,4,5 then it all went to pot and he threw in 4 stops and had me off on second part of a triple. We put the jumps down and schooled him round in the end and eventually got him round the course. The week before moving yards he went clear, round a decent arena event. Has anyone else encountered this when moving yards? Am considering turning away for a couple of weeks and if no improvement when he comes back into work have his back and teeth checked but think its in his head after moving yards in all honesty.
 
get him checked before turning him away, if you travelled him to move yards maybe he has hurt himself somehow in the lorry/trailer, maybe he is sore due to being bruised from a kick?
who knows but something that does not refuse suddenly starting to is screaming there is a problem, animals do not do things for no reason other than it is in their head.
 
The only thing I can think of is he could've twisted something running around the field. He is turned out alone occasionally with my small unshod pony but he's been off the grass recently as he is at laminitis risk and he travels in my trailer without partition every weekend. We have cameras in the trailer and he traveled quietly as usual.
 
Like twiggy - this suggests pain more than a yard move alone. I would suggest checking back / teeth / tack before you turn him away. But if those are clear I would then wonder about feed and mineral levels. Might he have something low grade going on that makes him feel a bit miserable? Could he have picked up something unfamiliar in the new fields? Is he feeling safe enough to sleep properly? Alternatively - might he have gone a little sour? Too much jumping at the new yard?

But the first and most obvious is going to be back / teeth / tack.
 
Funny enough I did wonder about his sleeping! all the horses in the block have only just moved in so they're all pretty unsettled. Unfortunately the stables don't allow the horses to see out as they have metal bars going all along and it is a smaller stable than he is use to (he is 18 hands) whilst he seems settled he is also much more spooky out hacking small things that wouldn't usually bother him are making him jump. I'm going to pop my massage rug on him later which will give his back a good going over and hopefully relax him a bit too. There's been no changes to his feed and he always has hay regardless so not really a candidate for ulcers as he always has food! I keep on telling myself it has only been 2 weeks maybe he feels a little over loaded.
 
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Funny enough I did wonder about his sleeping! all the horses in the block have only just moved in so they're all pretty unsettled. Unfortunately the stables don't allow the horses to see out as they have metal bars going all along and it is a smaller stable than he is use to (he is 18 hands) whilst he seems settled he is also much more spooky out hacking small things that wouldn't usually bother him are making him jump. I'm going to pop my massage rug on him later which will give his back a good going over and hopefully relax him a bit too. There's been no changes to his feed and he always has hay regardless so not really a candidate for ulcers as he always has food! I keep on telling myself it has only been 2 weeks maybe he feels a little over loaded.
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just because he always has hay does not mean he is not a candidate for ulcers
 
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