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- head position or contact instability whilst riding
- heavy contact or leaning when riding
- difficulty turning one way when riding
- reluctance to go forward into the hand when riding or to quicken when asked during a race
- reluctant or slow to round up
- reluctant to take a real contact after heavy contact
- poor/excessive/inappropriate reaction to half halts
- hard to bridle
- holds bit between teeth and lacks control
- rearing or bolting
- failure to gain condition
- weight loss
- long fibres found in droppings
- bad breath from mouth or nostrils
- unable to move lower jaw sideways
- sores at corner or within mouth
- cheeks sensitive when you press them against teeth
- bolting of feed
- stuffs as much hard food as possible into his mouth with each bite
- quidding ie. Spits out partly chewed wads of hay
- dunking hay in water
- dribbling feed from mouth
- excess drooling
- miserable persona
- bumps on the lower jaw or enlargements elsewhere on skull
- draining abscesses anywhere on the head
- discharge from the eye or nose
- he is between 2 and 5 years old ie. Shedding caps
- he is older than
20 ie.he may have
loose
or expired
teeth
causing pain and
therefore slow
eating
or weight loss
