ibot
Well-Known Member
hey girls and one or two boys
ok here is my background story
i own a 7 year old friesian gelding i have had him for coming up to 3 years.
since i have owned him i have fallen off him 4 times in total but 3 of those times is because he has fallen. two times is when we have been in the school cantering and he has fallen. last year we both were ok but i ended up on crutches for 2 months with a LOT of leg damage but nothing broken.
he has also fallen in trot.
i was riding him on sunday when he fell again in canter i was lucky i flew over the top of him and ive broken a couple of ribs and a nice bruised hand. Paddy is fine thou.
Now i am not sure what to do i think the first time its one of those things but now its happened 3 times when i have been riding him i am starting to wonder 1, if i am going to be so lucky next time and 2 if there could be an underlining issue.
I have the back guy out regularly and the dentist and the farrier.
all have been checked although the back guy is due out start of Sept.
He is a big boy and can be clumsy my yard manager thinks its the fruit fermenting in his stomach which i have never heard of??
now he has been having one bit of fruit a day so that is hardly enough to go loopy on??
Please tell me what you would do
thank you
Nicky
xx
ok here is my background story
i own a 7 year old friesian gelding i have had him for coming up to 3 years.
since i have owned him i have fallen off him 4 times in total but 3 of those times is because he has fallen. two times is when we have been in the school cantering and he has fallen. last year we both were ok but i ended up on crutches for 2 months with a LOT of leg damage but nothing broken.
he has also fallen in trot.
i was riding him on sunday when he fell again in canter i was lucky i flew over the top of him and ive broken a couple of ribs and a nice bruised hand. Paddy is fine thou.
Now i am not sure what to do i think the first time its one of those things but now its happened 3 times when i have been riding him i am starting to wonder 1, if i am going to be so lucky next time and 2 if there could be an underlining issue.
I have the back guy out regularly and the dentist and the farrier.
all have been checked although the back guy is due out start of Sept.
He is a big boy and can be clumsy my yard manager thinks its the fruit fermenting in his stomach which i have never heard of??
now he has been having one bit of fruit a day so that is hardly enough to go loopy on??
Please tell me what you would do
thank you
Nicky
xx