Well when I was being paranoid on Sat, it turns out I wasn't. He's def not right.
He's OK out hacking but took him in the school tonight for a lesson. Instructor said we needed to work on medium trot as we got a 5 on Sat for medium trot which we haven't had for aaaaaaaaaages, I said he felt lame but not lame. Asked for trot and she agreed he's not right.
Feels like something weird with his shoulders. Chucked instructor up (well, she bravely/gamely volunteered to ride so I could watch - yeh yeh, is just so she could get up on him!) and was quite surprised at just how much he's not stretching his forelegs forward. No flick there at all.
Back end def not right either. Instructor said absolutely nothing there today, he was running on empty. Didn't want the contact, didn't want to go forward and def not comfortable.
Have rung the chiro already so fingers crossed can get him sorted soon :)
Interestingly enough, I noticed yesterday that his saddle had scuffed his back and made a mental note to get saddler to check it again when S's saddle is delivered but maybe it's cos he's so tight? Instructor also put stirrups to what she thought was level but once she got off, she could see they were about a hole out so mental note there for myself to not just assume it's the saddle, it can be the horse!
He also has a clanky hind shoe grrrrrr but will just tootle him out hacking and walking until ack lady comes so hopefully can get another week or two out of his shoe before it falls off.
Could really do without spending more money just at the moment!
Poor pony :( 63.6%, 3rd place and 3 more points when he has a sore "back" :(
Can't get on BD site to see if results are up for my 2nd test. Damn centres that don't put scores online and damn that BD website, have never known such an unreliable site!!!
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The boring rambles of a wanna be Dressage Queen.
The Obligatory About Me
I never really know what to write in these things. I mean, do you REALLY want to know how old I am? Do you REALLY want to know where I live?
I would imagine you don't really give two hoots!
But for those of you who do I am a 29yr old in the West Midlands, I have an artist/graphic designer OH whom I love very much, I have a job I love, I have a fantastic supportive family and I have my dream horse.
T-Jay is a 17h RIDxTB. He's now 11yrs old and I've owned him since he was just 2. We've been through many many pitfalls and bad patches but we're finally getting there. The close deaths of my 2 older horses in 2007 seemed to have made him finally grow up.
We are currently competing at Novice at affiliated and hoping to dip our toes in at Elementary in the not too distant future.
I set this blog up to chart our journey to affiliated dressage but we achieved that quickly so now it's just my ramblings.
The other horse that I refer to in here is my mum's pony, he's a 14h cob, 5 yrs old and another one who wasn't everyone's cup of tea when he was younger but has come good.
I would imagine you don't really give two hoots!
But for those of you who do I am a 29yr old in the West Midlands, I have an artist/graphic designer OH whom I love very much, I have a job I love, I have a fantastic supportive family and I have my dream horse.
T-Jay is a 17h RIDxTB. He's now 11yrs old and I've owned him since he was just 2. We've been through many many pitfalls and bad patches but we're finally getting there. The close deaths of my 2 older horses in 2007 seemed to have made him finally grow up.
We are currently competing at Novice at affiliated and hoping to dip our toes in at Elementary in the not too distant future.
I set this blog up to chart our journey to affiliated dressage but we achieved that quickly so now it's just my ramblings.
The other horse that I refer to in here is my mum's pony, he's a 14h cob, 5 yrs old and another one who wasn't everyone's cup of tea when he was younger but has come good.
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