RoxyChick RR Addict (2613) | Okay, thank you. My instructor the horse I am leasing atm has bridle lameness. She sorta skips when she is walking. It must have been a habit she picked up with the rider that had her before me.
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| Reg 21/10/2007 | | Posted 6:59pm, Friday 12th March | |
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Rebekah Mod RR Governer (9953) | | Reg 30/7/2007 | | Posted 9:11pm, Thursday 11th March | |
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Pilotpony RR Addict (1016) | bridle lameness is when a horse has been ridden consistently so that it has no self carriage at all - it is having it's head held into a frame and it's rhythm and forward movement nagged out of it by the rider. The first sign is unevenness - ie 'hopping' into the contact esp at the trot.
The only way to 'cure' it is to patiently re-school the horse from scratch.
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| Reg 15/4/2008 | | Posted 4:33pm, Thursday 11th March | |
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crystal=] RR Vice President (26770) | | Reg 14/12/2007 | | Posted 2:18pm, Thursday 11th March | |
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S A R A H H :] RR Vice President (10013) |
Troy wrote:
What is bridle lameness? I've never heard the phrase before. |
what *I* understand it to be, is when they nod there head. And that could be for a number of different reasons.. If the hands are to hard so the horse is trying to get away from the pressure, theyre actually lame so their head bobs or like Digger he was just avoiding the contact. Theres probably more reasons aswell..
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| Reg 30/5/2009 | | Posted 12:45pm, Thursday 11th March | |
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Lollie RR Vice President (26559) | Yeh it depends on what you mean by bridle lameness...
I've heard it as where they don't accept the bridle/bit and avoiding contact.
But also when they've been lame for a while and *think* they're sore but they're not...
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| Reg 5/1/2008 | | Posted 10:23am, Thursday 11th March | |
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Rebekah Mod RR Governer (9953) | What is bridle lameness? I've never heard the phrase before.
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| Reg 30/7/2007 | | Posted 9:13am, Thursday 11th March | |
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S A R A H H :] RR Vice President (10013) | it depends what you mean by bridle lameness.. Coz Ive been told different things by different people.. 
When Digger had it, it was just coz he was avoiding the contact and trying not to work, Long and low stuff helped with that
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| Reg 30/5/2009 | | Posted 9:33pm, Wednesday 10th March | |
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Kaimanawa Kween RR Vice President (21843) | umm pretty sure Alex Apples horse had bridle lameness ask her
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| Reg 20/5/2007 | | Posted 9:14pm, Wednesday 10th March | |
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RoxyChick RR Addict (2613) | | Reg 21/10/2007 | | Posted 9:13pm, Wednesday 10th March | |
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