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Location: Iowa | My horse has a tendency to hollow out sometime when we ride causing him to get sore over his loins. I've vet cheked him and have a saddle fitted properly to him, I also do drills to teach him not to hollow out. My question is....will a CSI pad or a Zone Pad help disperse that? I'm looking into one of those pads but I want to make sure they are worth the money. |
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Location: London Ontario | No matter what pad you use, he has to learn how to carry himself. It doesn't happen over night, it takes a long time to build up their topline... I am in the same boat and its difficult for sure! We have "Topline Tuesdays" and "Topline Thursdays" lol where we lunge with side reins and a surcingle over poles and cavelettis to help with this. Lots of slow work |
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| Following this, having the same issues! He's getting better but is still a pain in my booty. |
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Location: Iowa | Any special drill you guys are doing? I feel so bad he get tender the days after we work hard! |
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Location: texas | As with any heavy exercise program, be it human or animal, u gotta give the muscles recoop time, so heavy exercise breaks down muscle, then it's needs time to rest and rebuild, when horses are turned out they constantly do minor damage and tears but when we ask them for these specific maneuvers there has to be healing time
So I agree w another poster on top line Tues and Thurs....
Riding collected, broke at the poll, back rolled up into the saddle, hindend up under them, soft n the bridle, this is what u want......
It's hard, but u and ur horse will be so much better....
Horses need that hind end strength and muscle for the propulsion forward movement
Sandy Collier has a book out on Reining Essentials and how to have a better broke horse, great exercises and troubleshooting....
If ur horses have never rode "collected" a sort of short cut is the biting rig, do ur groundwork in the biting rig, it will teach\show horse how to break at poll and softeen to the bit, then when u start riding them in this collected fashion the transition should be much easier
Good luck, top line is very important |
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Location: texas | Meant to add, backing up and working inclines...
If u have ditches at ur place, make ur horse back up them and back down them....
I will try to post pics of my 4yo filly |
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Location: texas | Picture |
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