Travelling help please!

[Charlotte125]

My horse travels ok (bangs around corners now and again) in a trailer but always seems to bang his hip bone making it sore on the partition. I have stitched on a poly pad on the side of his fleece rug, but now its abit warmer hes getting too hot travelling in a rug.
Has anyone got any ideas what i can attach to the partition to make it softer/nicer for him to lean on?
I have an ifor williams 510 trailer.
Thank you
Charlotte x

 

[Louby]

Id try taking the partition out and using the full width breast/breach bars.

 

[Charlotte125]

a few people have said this to me but im abit worried about doing that. He really leans on the partition and the side, goes round a tight corner and then bangs (loudly!). Surely if i take the partition out he will try and lean, have nothing to lean on and then fall? Has anyone tried this?
Charlotte x

 

[redcascade]

My horse is doing this in my Ifor 506, perhaps you could attach the poly pad to the partition instead?

 

[Charlotte125]

I did think that but couldnt think of a way of doing it without duck tape. There are rugs by comfort zone but i still think hed get too hot.

 

[redcascade]

Hmm...if you didn't mind ruining the pad you could punch some little holes in it and tie it (safely of course) to the partition? Just a thought

 

[ofcourseyoucan]

you could glue some thick memory foam onto the partition with carpet glue or copydex type stuff. but might be worth a short run with no partition to see if he balances better? if you have access to a full width breast bar.