not planet me, that's for sure.
got him in from the field, and as we left the gate, all the others kicked off big time, full pelt... as did the mares on the other side of the hedge
got him into the stable, he was relatively calm whilst i got the very soaked fly sheet off and cooler rug on ... went up to arena to see RI who was giving another lesson - they all kicked off again as i walked back down - Monfils proceeded to trash his stable and bounce around - 15 minutes later, we thought, lets let him run round in the arena then put tack on when he's calmed down .... 15 minutes after that, he was still on planet whatever, he'd even been running around without being asked to ... so any thoughts we might have had of my riding were put on hold, and he got turned out again without any tea...
will try again sunday, and hope that he's dry... and his normal calm self
Hate to say it, but some times TB brains just go haywire. Wise move not to try to do much more with him at this point. You have to REALLY KNOW your horse well to ride or work him when the brain is on "fry," like that.
ReplyDeleteI doubt id ever do anything with any horse in that frame of mind, tb or otherwise!
ReplyDeleteI had a weekend like that last weekend, not a lot you can do but call them a prat and let them work it out on their own time. Jamie my ex race TB is usually pretty good at coming back down again but Max my IDxTB is a nightmare, he can still be wound up hours later.
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