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| I have a nice finished mare .. We have been on the bubble of placing at many rodeos lately & I have no doubt we'd be placing if not winning if she'd stop doing what she's doing ! She is coming around the first barrel beautifully , but no sooner then we turn it , before she evens pushrd out if the turn she is swapping to the left lead ... Causing her outside should to go out & then makes it hard to get her across the pen to the second barrel.. A lot of times she'll be on her right lead to turn the first , then switch to her left way before she should , then by time I get her over for the second she normally has to switch back to the right lead , then back to the left to turn the second .. It's very very costly on the clock . Any suggestions on how to fix it ? It's become a bad habit now.. |
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| I recently had a very good performance horse vet tell me that swapping leads back and forth is usually a sign that their SI is sore. My mare was doing this going to the first. |
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| Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to the vet's we'd go...... |
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| We are going go the vet Thursday ! I'm thinking her hocks are sore .. I'm hoping the problem is resolved after I get her checked out .. I hope it hasn't become habit |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | My gelding did that but a chiro/massage fixed him. It was in his shoulders. Actually it was the first time he ever saw a chiro/massage and he was out in a lot of places. But we think his shoulders bothered him the most
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| My experience with this is SI pain. Had 2 that would not hold leads between the barrels. One injections helped but mentally the horse never came back. The other it made a huge difference in!! |
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Location: The Saudia Arabia of Wind Energy, Western Oklahoma | Sometimes being sore caused it to start but it just becomes a habit. I would work her slow and make her keep that lead and don't go to the second barrel, just make her make some small circles to keep that lead. When she keeps it, just ease her to a nice easy stop and then pick up the other lead and head to the second. This isn't an uncommon problem at all. Sometimes they are just getting in a hurry and are switching leads prematurely. |
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| ksjackofalltrades - 2016-08-16 1:11 PM
Sometimes being sore caused it to start but it just becomes a habit. I would work her slow and make her keep that lead and don't go to the second barrel, just make her make some small circles to keep that lead. When she keeps it, just ease her to a nice easy stop and then pick up the other lead and head to the second. This isn't an uncommon problem at all. Sometimes they are just getting in a hurry and are switching leads prematurely.
This is exactly what I think is happening.. She's getting in too much a hurry & thinking about the left turn before we have even finished the right one . |
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Location: Bandera, TX | ksjackofalltrades - 2016-08-16 1:11 PM Sometimes being sore caused it to start but it just becomes a habit. I would work her slow and make her keep that lead and don't go to the second barrel, just make her make some small circles to keep that lead. When she keeps it, just ease her to a nice easy stop and then pick up the other lead and head to the second. This isn't an uncommon problem at all. Sometimes they are just getting in a hurry and are switching leads prematurely.
OP, take these words to the bank. Lots of champions are switching leads between barrels why you ask? Because they can switch to a higher gear. Still, get her checked for soreness and have a good massage person that knows how to dig thru the layers and unlock the tension that could be causing some soreness.
KS nows what champions feel like and that when their trying to figure out how to best position their bodies you just got to go with the flow for a bit. |
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