Eurosizer

da hoss · Postby **da hoss** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:30 pm

Anyone have good or bad experiences training a horse ono eurosizer -who is coming off injury and has been treated/layed up?

Someone told me "Big" horses - in size - with long strides could iinjure themselves easily and to be careful?

Thanks in advance for the input.

teb · Postby **teb** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:56 pm

Where does this stuff come from?

Considering we put big ole NH horses on our walker without injury, I'm sure it will be fine. We rake ours every day to keep the surface nice so make sure they're doing that at least. I've had no injuries other than to the walker and have been using them for 5 years now. Ours has an electricity button which is the same as an electric fence. You would be suprised the amount of horses who figure out how to stop the walker!

Yes, they are safe. Ours can turn around with ease to go the other way and it has a nice crumb rubber surface. This is the second such post on the dangers of of the eurociser which we call walkers, by the way, and I don't know who starts the rumors.

Terri

doublete · Postby **doublete** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:11 pm

As with any training surface/equipment, there are downfalls. Depending on the style of the machine, the horse can kick the walls/sides and injure themselves that way. Also, there is that tight circle strain that can be bad.
A lot of people solely use them... I use the one we have in moderation and only for certain horses.

da hoss · Postby **da hoss** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:56 pm

Thanks!

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:19 am

The Eurocisers I have seen here are really a big oval, with a straightaway on each side. That said, I saw a horse at a farm rear up and attack the front gate of his space in the thing. He got his leg caught, then his head, got himself pretty well banged up and pulled the thing down, doing about $1500 in damage. Nothing is perfect. They can hurt themselves no matter how well designed something is.

A walker, here, teb, is a different machine altogether. It has a center base and four arms that extend out and a horse can be tethered to the arm. They are multispeed and bidirectional. They are far more portable than a Eurociser. I have seen them at Turfway Park assembled with portable panels around the outside.

teb · Postby **teb** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:13 pm

madelyn wrote:The Eurocisers I have seen here are really a big oval, with a straightaway on each side. That said, I saw a horse at a farm rear up and attack the front gate of his space in the thing. He got his leg caught, then his head, got himself pretty well banged up and pulled the thing down, doing about $1500 in damage. Nothing is perfect. They can hurt themselves no matter how well designed something is.

A walker, here, teb, is a different machine altogether. It has a center base and four arms that extend out and a horse can be tethered to the arm. They are multispeed and bidirectional. They are far more portable than a Eurociser. I have seen them at Turfway Park assembled with portable panels around the outside.

Madelyn,

Actually, I am American. I do try and explain this isn't what a walker is back home.

I'm not sure of the construction of the ones in the States, but have had happy horses kick walker before with no damage to either. As my husband and I are a 2 person operation, we would be lost without our walker. But at the moment I only have 2 getting legged up on it 4 days a week, one of which is a warmblood and the last 2 breakers cool out on it. The warmblood filly did try and put her teeth on the grill in front of her while she was walking. That only happened once as I stood at the electricity panel and when she went to do it again, she got zapped. Might sound harsh, but it's there for a reason and it prevents stupid things from happening.

Terri