.......Horses Bucking?

Question

I was reading an article and it said that bucking can be caused by pain and then it said to check to see for any rubbed hair under the saddle area maybe from an ill-fitting saddle but they showed a picture of a horse's back with little white areas and I'm not sure if he was just a paint or if the white hair had to do with the ill-fitting saddle.I guess what I'm trying to ask is can little white patches of hair be cause from resistance/pain/pressure in that area?

Answer 1

Yes it can, you can usually tell the difference Between what his pattern is supposed to look like and if the white hair is not supposed to be there.  But, yes, patches of white hair can be cased from that.  

Answer 2

Patches of white hair show up where pressure points from the saddle have resulted in damage to the hair follicles.  Usually by this point the underlying muscle has also sustained damage.  

Answer 3

after a long term poor fitting saddle where the skin was rubbed raw, or all the hair was removed it often grows back white (because of the damage to the hair follicle.

My horse has them on the withers since people tried to put a western saddle on his bad sway back. (brilliant i know..)

Answer 4

Yes they can be the result of an ill-fitting saddle.

Answer 5

That is not the only place that it could happen. I had a pony once that had an issue with the cinch that the kids kept putting on her. The cinch did not fit her very well, and caused it to rub into her. When the kids complained that she was not standing still for saddling, I went to have a look.

She was starting to get sores where the cinch kept rubbing in. I asked my vet about it, and he said that she will be fine in a couple of weeks, and it was a good thing that we were able to detect the problem early or else she would have had white there!

Anyway, now we all learned the lesson of checking proper fitting tack before we set off to ride:)

Answer 6

yes, white patches of hair grow in in the saddle area usually because of ill fitting tack. the hair is rubbed off by the ill fitting saddle..where ever it does not fit. the hair grows back white.

Answer 7

Check the cinch, it might be folding the skin and rubbing.  to fix this you simply need to stretch their legs out in front of them to let the folded skin  come loose from its catch.

hope this helps!!!

Answer 8

Bucking can be caused by many reason other than a poor fitting saddle. Although that is one of the reasons. Those white spots are scars from saddle sores. Verry common with ill fitting saddles. Other reasons that a horse bucks may include, rear cinch creeps back acting like a flank strap(Western rigs only), being spooked, in proper riding technique(very common with my mare), or just plane onerieness. So an ill fitting sadlle may not be the only reason.