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Date Posted: 15:04:30 11/04/05 Fri
Author: 10cwalkinh
Subject: Re: Horse Stumbles Help
In reply to: Rick 's message, "Horse Stumbles Help" on 20:32:04 12/11/02 Wed

>I have a 3 year old TW. I bought and started to ride
>him since he was 2 years old. The trouble I have with
>him is that he stumbles alot with me on him. Some
>times he will go all the way down on his front knees
>take a few steps on his knees and come right back up.
>Most of the time it is small stumbles. I am a new
>horse owner and really don't know what to do. I had a
>vet look at him and he X ray his front legs but
>couldn't tell me what was wrong. the horse has been
>doing this ever since I owned him. I have some people
>tell me it is his shoes, that he was being shoe wrong.
>I have had different farriers shoe him with no change
>in performance. I can't tell if it is the left or
>right leg or behind that fells. He stumbles just
>walking sometimes with me on him. I never see him
>stumble chasing the other horse in the field. I am
>despriate for advice. Thanks

Well if TW that your talking about is tennessee walkers I'm right in your alley. I ride young horses for a trainer and I own two two year olds. They are the clumbsyist things I have ever been on. They can get so excited or in their small attention span get distracted and trip over themselves. I have found that by taking mine around at a dog walk or a nice easy flat walk, they learn placement of their legs a little better. The more you work like this, the more confident they get. The more confidence you build in their gait, the better they can perform it and then you can ask for more speed. A few months ago I lost my seat at a show because I was riding a clumbsy two year old who tripped and couldn't recover. I have ridden young horses who weren't put through methodical training and she flat out fell over on me because she got so tripped up.
-good luck-

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  • Re: Horse Stumbles Help -- al, 07:07:23 02/08/06 Wed
  • Re: Horse Stumbles Help -- Lisa, 14:56:17 02/09/06 Thu
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