Richard Boatwright

Just a thought, it may be ulcers that have come on recently. 

Hi Lucas Truax that certainly isn’t something you want to riding when it happens!

have you had him long?

It sure looks like something is spooking him with the set up, I presume he is absolutely fine when having no tack on?

Probably the wrong way of doing it but providing his saddle fits fine I may start him with only a front cinch and no breast plate or rear cinch and see if he does the same, if not then maybe it is a starting point.

good luck and hope you find the issue 

For me I wouldn’t think beans or he would do it without saddle, I’m more inclined to think association with saddle or pain caused by something 

Really sorry to hear that Richard Boatwright  he certainly was a character 

Richard Boatwright

Richard Boatwright

My youngsters do this even when not in the saddle, trying to bite the fenders and stirrups, I just put it down to mouthy youngsters, especially the geldings. 

My bad in my wording, I wasn’t implying the horse was fresh I was more referring to step 2 of Richard’s code, in essence working the horse and making standing still more preferable to working, the easiest way I find is in the round pen and sending the horse and moving its feet then the release of pressure and the quiet place is stood tied up.

Good luck with whatever you try 

Hi Ashley,

I’ve had success with this by following Richard’s way of sorting it by taking the horse into the round pen and working the code until they get the fresh off then returning them to the tie up place, took a few times to get results and it wasn’t a quick fix but the horse is a lot better.

not sure if that is what you have already tried when you say moving his feet 

Richard Boatwright