Daisy is a great horsewoman and helps me keep our 2 competition ponies fit. As I have recently discovered it is a huge bonus now that she has passed her Equine Sports Massage course with flying colours! Our new event pony Dippie didn’t seem herself last week, tossing her head and not working properly. We thought she was being a bit naughty and fresh as it was dark and windy but it did seem out of character! At the end of the week Daisy rode her for a schooling session and within a few minutes said that she felt the pony was not right. She said she felt she was uncomfortable through her neck. We had a think and remembered that Dippie had managed in a clever Houdini’esque manoeuvre to escape from her rug earlier on in the week and that the rug must have gone over her head. We decided to abandon schooling and Daisy gave her a treatment. She was very sore through the top part of her neck and her pectoral area which made complete sense and we think she must have strained these areas getting out of her rug. On Daisy’s advice, the next day we hacked her out, and the following day we took her for a gentle jump training session. She was way more comfortable and didn’t head shake once. I am enormously grateful that we have a key member of our team who was able to quickly identify the problem and quickly treat it.
Oriel Gordon