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Post by Sarahsmom on May 12, 2013 19:52:02 GMT -5
Not sure if everyone remembers her back ground, but Jersey is the horse Sarah picked up the end of January. Her former owner considered her to be aggressive and dangerous. She also had to sedate her for the farrier. After 3 months she is a different horse. Sarah took her on her first trail ride the other day and she was very good. The biggest problem Sarah has had with her is she trips a lot and seems a bit clumzy in general. Some pictures. Hope this works. www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=571820992850972&set=a.571818796184525.1073741825.100000692288535&type=1&theater What do you think she look nice all spring shiny? |
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Post by ZenRider on May 12, 2013 20:20:48 GMT -5
;D Love when crazy horses turn out to be not so crazy.
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Post by welkin on May 13, 2013 9:05:59 GMT -5
She's pretty! For the tripping and clumsiness, might want to check neuro issues, if she has a hard time balancing it could be why she didn't like the farrier either.
So glad she's getting a second chance, she is a lucky girl!
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Post by Sarahsmom on May 13, 2013 9:16:06 GMT -5
Jersey got a clean bill of health from our vet. The farrier issue was probably because her feet were not cared for the first five years of her life. We understand her owner/breeder was terminally ill and the son just wanted to get rid of the horses. The whole five members of her family(grandmother, mother, two sisters and baby brother) that Sarah knew about had rotten hoof care and had obviously never seen a farrier.
She has no balance issues, just doesn't seem to pay attention to where she puts her feet.
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Post by welkin on May 13, 2013 9:17:50 GMT -5
Silly mare! I bet she'll figure it out now that her feet are being well taken care of.
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Post by Pam on May 14, 2013 12:15:52 GMT -5
Have Sarah work on lightening her up on the front end. That will go a long way towards alleviating the tripping. As she rides, she should "hold" the front end while encouraging her to step further underneath herself. Basically, she is riding her more forward, but not actually letting her go faster, but rather to reach farther with her back feet which causes her to shift her weight more onto the rear end. As Jersey gets stronger and more practiced at collecting herself, I bet the problem improves a lot.
MTA: She looks GREAT!
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Post by diane on May 15, 2013 0:27:54 GMT -5
how beautiful she is......
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Post by Sarahsmom on May 15, 2013 6:19:58 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip Pam. She is still pretty green, but I think she is amost to that point. Sarah is just started teaching her to give to the bit vertically.
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Post by niaru on May 15, 2013 6:25:09 GMT -5
She's very pretty and all shiny!
Is she a Tb?
As for the tripping, good shoeing and trail riding / hacking her on uneven / hilly terrain works wonders. The hills thing also will strengthen her back and hind end, so she'll be able to rock back on her hind end more when the rider asks, and be more balanced, as Pam said.
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Post by Sarahsmom on May 15, 2013 10:00:01 GMT -5
She is a registered quarter horse but has a relative who was appendix. We noticed she doesn't pick up her feet very high and thought maybe ground poles would help too. Thanks for the tip.
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