Slightly ‘off’ on hind

rubyroo_0812

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Hi,
My mare is a 14.2hh welsh sec D cross thoroughbred called penny. She’s in heavy work, normally riding for 45min 5 days a week. Jumping 85cm, galloping and heavy canter work. She’s front shod.
penny had 1 week brake due to holiday, when I came back I schooled and hacked her- fine
I went into a jumping session and she was bucking in her transitions and not slightly ‘off on her left hind.
she’s not noticeably lame from the saddle. She has a scar on her right hind but this has never effected her before. She hasn’t got the most ‘active’ hind end.

what next?
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I wouldn’t say lame.
You can’t notice when riding, no heat /swelling, still cantering and jumping.
Just not 100% on her leg

Are you cantering and jumping a horse you know isn't right on a hind leg, or have I misunderstood you?
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Bucking in transitions when she has not previously done so, at the same time she is off on a hind leg, means pain.

Horses hide pain until they can't. It is a throwback from when they would be eaten by a predator if the looked weak.

She is finally in so much pain, she can't continue to please you.

I would take her out of work and to a vet hospital for a full performance workup.
 

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As a rule of thumb with horses, the quicker you react to something the better the outcome.
It its something like a tendon you can do terrible damage if you continue to work her even though she may only feel 'slightly off'.

I know its a pain when its the summer and you want to ride but she really needs the vet to give her the once over.
 

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No, she was off so is now on walk hack only
You need the vet. My horse just wasn't quite right and I got the vet. He haz an almost fused hock and the other one has arthritis. He's also very sore over his SI.
He wasn't noticeably lame.

You really need to spend the money and call the vet. She's trying to tell you that she's not well and you need to listen.
 

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Don't ride. Bucking into canter can often be saddle, and, according to the biomechanics person I follow closely and admire the most, it's probably down to catching a particular nerve. But that's without being NQR on one leg. Horses are amazing maskers of pain, they compensate incredibly well (though that is one of the biggest problems as those compensations aren't normally a contributor to a sound healthy horse) so when something looks or feels off, it is. Vet.
 

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Yes, that is not heavy work! Nevertheless, you should not work her any more until she has been examined by a vet, and then you need to take their advice, not random people on the internet.
 
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