Countrychic
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I'm at a bit of a loss, we have a very good looking, well bred 6yr old mare. We bought her cheap as she was quirky, very unsettled in the mouth which meant she jumped inverted and rushed. She was also not very well schooled and had a bit of a nap in her.
Got her home had teeth, saddle and back done changed the bit and took her out to a couple of 1m classes where she jumped well. She had the odd stop but very genuine kind stops and in general jumped very well.
She had very poor flexion to the right and her canter was quite unbalanced and heady so we got everything checked again and the saddle was reflocked mainly on the right to stop it slipping. After I did feel her right shoulder had more movement but she became quite nappy. We took her out and she went to take off over a tiny cross then slammed back down resulting in us parting company got her going, thought maybe I'd been a bit backward coming in to the fence. She jumped a few more fine took her in to the ring (a ring she's been in before) and she totally switched off, spooking, napping, dashing forwards and spinning eventually resulting in me having a really bad fall.
Got everything checked again, physio said nothing wrong in the back so got another saddler who said that although the saddle wasn't perfect it wasn't horrific. Got her a new saddle anyway. Brought her back in to work spending time reschooling her rather than jumping then got my trainer to jump her. She threw her off in exactly the same way but trainer said she didn't think she was a nasty horse just one that had been rushed (she was placed in 4yr olds) and was panicky as a result. Her stop is very dirty. She had jumped the cross happily on one rein then stopped when asked to jump on the other rein.
She thought it was really important to work more on the canter however she is now kicking out every time I put leg on which is making it impossible to work her properly on the flat.
She is very sweet in the box but there is something odd about her. I never feel at ease with her. If she was yours what would you do?
Got her home had teeth, saddle and back done changed the bit and took her out to a couple of 1m classes where she jumped well. She had the odd stop but very genuine kind stops and in general jumped very well.
She had very poor flexion to the right and her canter was quite unbalanced and heady so we got everything checked again and the saddle was reflocked mainly on the right to stop it slipping. After I did feel her right shoulder had more movement but she became quite nappy. We took her out and she went to take off over a tiny cross then slammed back down resulting in us parting company got her going, thought maybe I'd been a bit backward coming in to the fence. She jumped a few more fine took her in to the ring (a ring she's been in before) and she totally switched off, spooking, napping, dashing forwards and spinning eventually resulting in me having a really bad fall.
Got everything checked again, physio said nothing wrong in the back so got another saddler who said that although the saddle wasn't perfect it wasn't horrific. Got her a new saddle anyway. Brought her back in to work spending time reschooling her rather than jumping then got my trainer to jump her. She threw her off in exactly the same way but trainer said she didn't think she was a nasty horse just one that had been rushed (she was placed in 4yr olds) and was panicky as a result. Her stop is very dirty. She had jumped the cross happily on one rein then stopped when asked to jump on the other rein.
She thought it was really important to work more on the canter however she is now kicking out every time I put leg on which is making it impossible to work her properly on the flat.
She is very sweet in the box but there is something odd about her. I never feel at ease with her. If she was yours what would you do?
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