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Location: Somewhere around here | Honestly to me it looks like she's going on here tippy toes with her front feet. If there nothing wrong with her soundness I'd work on going over poles and working on extending her trotting stride then loping stride. |
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| Even though she is green, and this is only the second time you've ran her...that doesn't mean that there's no way she is sore. I've had horses with issues before they were even broke! Haha. She may be short strided, but her gait is not normal...there is some issue going on somewhere. Hopefully you can get her feeling better and she'll start striding out in no time <3 |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | Katielovestbs - 2017-04-26 4:23 PM
Even though she is green, and this is only the second time you've ran her...that doesn't mean that there's no way she is sore. I've had horses with issues before they were even broke! Haha. She may be short strided, but her gait is not normal...there is some issue going on somewhere. Hopefully you can get her feeling better and she'll start striding out in no time <3
I'm definitely going to look into it, just put the shoes on so hopefully that will help. My good friend is a dvm so I will have her check her out more also! |
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Location: North Dakota | I agree with the others that something just does not look right. Yes she is a short-strided horse but she looks like she's (as another poster put it) tip-toeing up to and around the barrel. She just looks uncomfortable. There's a difference in them looking unsure as they are new to the pattern versus looking like something hurts. I too feel like something looks like it hurts and she's still trying hard to do the pattern regardless.
I think it would be worthwhile for a full lameness eval .... to rule out any problems.
My Red is also (I think) a short strided horse. He tries his heart out for me though. He will clock better on smaller patterns (usually top of the 3D at larger races with big patterns) and I have to have a perfect pattern on him to get his best time. He can't make up time for mistakes. But he sure loves running barrels and he has challenged me to be a better jockey. I did whip out two really nice 1D runs (and pulled checks, a 2nd and a 3rd) the last summer we competed so I'm excited to see what he does this year after having a year off. He DOES have soundness issues that we keep at bay ... which might contribute. He still is a short-strided horse the way it is, but I do my best to keep him feeling good.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I didn't watch the video due to sucky internet connection. But some horses have a lot of knee action. Those will never stride out and do not make ideal barrel horses. Myers-FG, once told me they looked for mares that had no knee action. Because they had less wasted time picking up and setting down those feet. Some are saying the horse is sore, that may be. But if the horse is new to the game, she may just have a lot of knee action and you can't change that with training etc. Some also don't know how to RUN and will pony lope appearing to not stride out, even when they can if they learn to flatten out and haul butt. So she may get better if that is the case. |
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| I agreed she does look like she could be sore. Does she move like that in the pasture too? The reason I ask is because it could be a saddle fit issue. If the saddle is pitching behind the withers it would inhibit her shoulder movement. It looks like she's coming along nicely though! Keep us up to date! |
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| streakysox - 2017-04-26 8:20 AM
The first thing that I am going to say is that this horse is big and does not have a short stride. He had EPM so bad that he was terribly body sore and could not extend. I am trying to make a point. If a horse is not extending you need to look for the cause. The horse you are riding is NOT extending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYhRCoi0U-A
This is the same horse this past weekend. He is well now--it has taken a long time. Notice the difference in his stride. I am not saying your horse has EPM but there is something that is not quite right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7_PpHfmtY
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