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Chi Chi Mama
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Location: Spokompton, Wa | I am due to get my coming 3 y/o back from the trainier in a couple weeks. He will have had 60 days. He's been kind of a knucklehead and progress was a little slow. He's coming along good now. But I know he has probably been rode pretty hard to get there. LOTS of wet saddle blankets. But saying that, my trainer is a very quiet, kind rider. Works on a lot of finesse.
My question is, do you do anything special for your colt when they come back after hard, consistant riding? Chiropracter, massage, ect? I know I am going to have to keep going on him. He's just one of those type. So time off is not an option.
This is the first colt I have ever sent out. When I do my own, they never get rode that consistant. lol
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 Reaching for the stars....
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| My poor lil Peon will be going from his starting trainer directly to the barrel trainer. His next break? Winter of 2015-2016!! I'll have Kit look him over at one of the futurities, but unless something seems really off or odd, he's going to have to go to work for a goodly amount of time before having much time off. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | They do get sore if they've been ridden hard at all. My filly last year got a chiro adjustment and some massaging from me. Her back and hips were very ouchy and tense. I didn't give her any time off tho, I kept riding consistently for another 6 months before turning her out for the winter. |
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Reaching for the stars....
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| Three 4 Luck - 2014-04-25 2:07 PM They do get sore if they've been ridden hard at all. My filly last year got a chiro adjustment and some massaging from me. Her back and hips were very ouchy and tense. I didn't give her any time off tho, I kept riding consistently for another 6 months before turning her out for the winter.
I do keep an eye on my guys when they are in training like this. I pulled Xena out and brought her home for 6 weeks of pasture rest, swimming, and general decompression before her futurities started up. I'll do no less for Peon if he needs it. He isn't as wound as she is so hoping he can step from breaking, to barrels, to futurities. Kit visits his training barn too, I think, which I forgot about, so he can be checked sooner rather than later. |
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Location: Florida | I am lucky that the girl who rides my babies is only 30 minutes from my house. I go once a week and see him, watch her ride and while I am there I go over him. Trigger points, look for areas of tention or point tenderness stretch him out. He has had 45 days and has not had any real body soreness. When he comes home after 60 days. I will give him a day or to off to settle in and then began riding him. He will get full "Bodywork" when he gets home. Osteopathic adjustments, strecthing, deep tissue massage, Acupressure/Trigger point, Acupuncture as well as a detox protocol. In a few weeks I will power pack him and then he goes on the barres. We will start hauling to see the sights, from there I just keep an eye on him an he will only get worked on as needed if he is stiff/sore. My older ones get Bodywork before or after long hauls, bad ground etc. but since he isn't doing much. Play it by ear.
Edited by bigbob 2014-04-25 2:39 PM
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Location: North Dakota | My 3-year-old is at the trainer right now. Before he went, he got teeth done, chiro'ed, and farrier work. He was a little ouchy with the chiro, so when I get him back in a couple weeks, I'll be having the chiro check him again.
I got one of my horse's a massage one time ..... I don't know. I didn't notice a difference. I'd rather take them for a Theraplate session, as I find that more beneficial than a massage. IMO.
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When your colt comes back from the trainer