Why is my horse falling over and so tired?

The only REAL EXPERT is a vet, if this is for real and your really is falling over you should stop riding him/her, for your own safety and get a vet!!
On the exercise your horse gets he is not going to be fit, so to compete without getting him properly fit is asking for problems. When our horses are competing they are doing 1to 2 hours 5 or 6 days a week, this is built up very slowly from about 40 mins walking for an unfit horse.
 
1: GET THE VET. It sounds similar to symptoms mine showed when suffering with a liver infection. But you won't know what it is until the vet has been and done blood test.

2: Cut out the garlic.

3: Providing vet report comes back clear, increase the fitness. You're not giving your horse a lot of work yet expecting him to cope with jumping 1m plus courses. He's not a hotblood. My cob x is a slug until she is working 2 hours of trot and canter a day, any less and she's back to slug mode
 
ridefast said:
1: GET THE VET. It sounds similar to symptoms mine showed when suffering with a liver infection. But you won't know what it is until the vet has been and done blood test.

2: Cut out the garlic.

3: Providing vet report comes back clear, increase the fitness. You're not giving your horse a lot of work yet expecting him to cope with jumping 1m plus courses. He's not a hotblood. My cob x is a slug until she is working 2 hours of trot and canter a day, any less and she's back to slug mode
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Sorry, meant to say if your horse is falling over!
Im another one who doesn't like feeding garlic to horses. Alfalfa can also affect some horses, I had one who had very bad mud fever, after I sold her, this was a result of feeding alfalfa, once it was cut out the horse recovered.
Ours don't get garlic, alfalfa or molasses.
 
rascal said:
Sorry, meant to say if your horse is falling over!
Im another one who doesn't like feeding garlic to horses. Alfalfa can also affect some horses, I had one who had very bad mud fever, after I sold her, this was a result of feeding alfalfa, once it was cut out the horse recovered.
Ours don't get garlic, alfalfa or molasses.
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Why did you quote me? My horse isn't falling over...
 
School hols not for another week or so!!! Firstly, I don't know of any vet who would not attend on a Sunday, mine has many times. And any Tom dick or Harry can tell you what they think is wrong, but sorry OP you need a vet if you wish to know for sure.
 
alexshowjumper said:
It was schooling it wasnt really much o an effort for him and it was for a trainer to see what is wrong with him, and she thought he may have asthma so we only did a small amount of jumps and hardly any canterwork.:) thanks xxx
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Your trainer is an expert on training (I hope!) she is not a vet, and while she may have an opinion on what is wrong she is not a medical expert. To leave an animal without a vet who needs one is wrong, and if what you say about your horse falling over is true, then he/she DOES NEED A VET!
 
I wouldn't be surprised if this were true! I, unfortunately have come across young teenagers who have been given a horse one way or another and think they know what they are doing! I would guess he/she is possibly of school age, I'm supposing by the "thanks xxx" which is usual sign off on texts with my younger horsey friends, but also the lack of empathy or compassion due to complete lack of experience of consequences of working sick horses! Also he/she will most likely have to ask a parent to spend MORE money on the horse so will be trying to put that moment off as long as possible. BUT I hope I am wrong and this is a troll
 
It's very similar to a post that was put on a couple of weeks ago, cob gelding, 14.2, jumping the same height and lethargic. Then it was suddenly fine and up for sale.
 
I dont think its a troll but is a young person over estimating their plans for the horse. I reckon the problem is very real but the OP really wanted answers along the lines of trying a supplement or that the horse probably needs more jumping

Instead they are looking at spending money on a vet and time fittening the horse - clearly not the answers they wanted
 
WelshD said:
I dont think its a troll but is a young person over estimating their plans for the horse. I reckon the problem is very real but the OP really wanted answers along the lines of trying a supplement or that the horse probably needs more jumping

Instead they are looking at spending money on a vet and time fittening the horse - clearly not the answers they wanted
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I agree - I think this is the case here.

I'm a teenage horse owner with non-horsey parents. I'm lucky to have parents that put all our animals health first and I work so I can pay for such things as vet fees or at least pay my parents back but I know teenage horse owners who aren't in such a fortunate position and as said don't want to ask their parents for more money etc.. And so put such things as vets off.
 
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