We love our new horse Duke but

[archoak]

having never owned a youngster before he always seems to be injuring himself or pulling shoes off

25 minutes into Jack's lesson today, he overreached and pulled a front off and he was jumping so well

I think Jack's instructor was as disappointed as he was, he was jumping 1.05 and this would be the first time we would have gone a bit higher. Apparently they grow out of this, fingers crossed and overreach boots from now on

 

[MagicMelon]

Dont worry, you're not alone. My 6yo is still doing this sort of thing but then he's a clumsy type of horse generally (he could trip over his own feet). Mine pulled a shoe off and loosened another one 2 days before an event last week. And he has an overreach cut and somehow managed to stand on himself as he has a nick on the inside of a hind!

 

[archoak]

Duke is also 6 and has done all of those things too and managed to pull a nail from underneath the day before an event - spooky!