longdog
Well-Known Member
Our ex racer has problems with being over sharp. When hacking/schooling, she is super alert to everything going on around her & will blow up at an apparently trivial happening eg a tractor 3 fields away, or spotting a dog walker in the woods. Her flight mechanism kicks in hugely whereby she is oblivious to the rider, or her surroundings. Her heart races & she will go backwards, or spin & drop her rider & then gallop off. Bizarrely she is better at a competition or a clinic where she will be hyper for around 10 minutes, then settle & thoroughly enjoy herself. I am on the ground helping daughter when this goes on & I can feel the tension coursing through her (horse). It is also very obvious when she comes down out of it as she literally takes a breath & relaxes then she is just the same sweetie she usually is.
Any ideas please? Particularly with feeds/supps you may have used.
Please take it as read that her saddle/teeth/feet etc are all fine.
Cheers LD
Any ideas please? Particularly with feeds/supps you may have used.
Please take it as read that her saddle/teeth/feet etc are all fine.
Cheers LD