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> > After we have been in the canter mode for sometime he will
> > drop his head and do the peanut roller thing...can anyone
> > give me some insight into this?
>
> My first horse did that when his back hurt, I was told he might be trying
> to stretch the sore muscles. He'd drop his nose and look like a coon dog
> going down the trail. I was riding him in a jumping saddle. Got an
> Ortho-Flex and he quit. Just something to check.

My first horse also did that in the first couple saddles I owned (I'm 
pretty sure I even posted to RC about it years ago), at a fast trot as 
well as a canter.  He stopped doing it after I had a Desoto custom made 
for him, even when we started riding faster.

--
Glenda R. Snodgrass
AERC #M18819
SE Region

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