What issues might cause a horse to jump to the left?

[Tiddlypom]

It’s too late for this horse, sadly, but what issues might cause a young horse to consistently jump to the left? Horse was not picked up as lame for a long while, but ended up being very broken indeed.

The pro rider wasn’t worried at the time, said she’d have to teach herself to jump straight, and that she just needed more miles on the clock.

Might hind gut discomfort cause this? Horse was later found to have this, and might have had it all along. Horse didn’t start stopping til very much later.

 

[TPO]

There are links to RH lameness with gut issues. So possibly very reactive to any stimulus on right side?

Oh wait, you mean jump jump, not jump spook.

That could still apply, moving away from pain on right side.

But I'd have thought RH would have less push/more weight taken on LH so would veer right over a jump [mechanically]?

I'd guess that "lameness not picked up for a long while" means thst horse was actually lameness for a long while, it just went undetected. So yeah, that would have an impact on how a horse got itself over a fence

 

[sbloom]

I think there are umpteen possible causes including rider and saddle. I would want to, as always, assess movement and posture/musculature, that would give clues beyond the existence or not of clinical lameness. I susp CT the ribcage would be rotated more one way than the other, did the horse favour left lead or right?

 

[Red-1]

Yes! I had one who was so bad that, if he were stressed, he wouldn't turn right at all, even at walk. It looked like napping but didn't feel like napping, it felt like a pain response. He would only circle left. It improved as gut health improved. He was sound though. He jumped to the left constantly. I was always blamed as I started to jump very much off centre to compensate!