emfen1305
Well-Known Member
A disheartened post this afternoon, my cob has developed a very good 180 spin with added shoulder drop which is getting me and anyone else who rides him off. He doesn’t do it all of the time and tends to be in new places. I’ve not ridden him for a couple of months due to a couple of things but I’ve kept him in light work doing in hand walks, poles and lunging and my friend has started riding him once a week. We took him this morning to an arena hire for a change of scene and my friend came off twice in the space of 5 mins just walking around. He wasn’t meandering she was making him work but there is always a trigger (first time a car went through a puddle and the second time the horses in the next field were galloping around) but they are almost impossible to sit. Understandably she doesn’t want to ride him again for a bit so I rode him back home and he was fine just felt full of energy which is not a bad thing he just seems to be using it in the wrong way. He doesn’t do it at home or out hacking, just seems to be in new places (he has been in this arena 4 times in total, he decked me last time as well when a horse spooked him). He’s not the anxious, spooky type really, you can chuck a tarp over him etc but for some reason this seems to be his thing.
Don’t think it’s pain related, he’s fine otherwise just if something sets him off that’s his thing and it’s becoming worrying as I want to take him out for shows in the summer and have visions of us just getting decked at every opportunity!
Sorry for the rambling post but is there anything I can do to try and help this? I know when they are coming as can feel him change so try and distract him by doing a circle or a transition but just seem to be failing! He’s been to a few new places this year (beach, farm ride, dressage) and 50% he’s fine and the other 50% he can be a knob!
Don’t think it’s pain related, he’s fine otherwise just if something sets him off that’s his thing and it’s becoming worrying as I want to take him out for shows in the summer and have visions of us just getting decked at every opportunity!
Sorry for the rambling post but is there anything I can do to try and help this? I know when they are coming as can feel him change so try and distract him by doing a circle or a transition but just seem to be failing! He’s been to a few new places this year (beach, farm ride, dressage) and 50% he’s fine and the other 50% he can be a knob!