Recent content by 1stclassalan

It was always done in the old days to get them to mouth the bit - as they were so flipping dry it would stick to 'em! Travelling weight is no where near as important in eventing as it is in sprinting - what is it, 3/4 of a length for every pound over a mile? All things considered.

Sorry, but I couldn't help laughing at that! Funnily enough though - it ain't the money is it? Most of the folk we are talking about are near trillionaires and have put money into the industry beyond the bounds of avarice! It's just that some don't like losing and want a steady parade of...

What's the sponging their mouths before bridling up all about then? How many saddlings have you witnessed?

You don't have to administer steroids to cheat. What about the suggestion a while back that a consistently out performing yard was "blood doping" - the same practice that was rife in sport cycling? For those that don't know about this:- some time before a race, blood is taken from the athlete (...

Well, I see that this thread has deteriorated to levels of personal abuse - surprise, surprise! Reading through the rants I offer my twopenarth:- Despite me coming out in favour of poo-picking - I KNOW - it's largely cosmetic because any bugs and diseases in the poo have long since migrated...

Best tools for poo picking are on the end of your arms - just don't pick your teeth later! I've done my share - just for the sake of tidiness really - and keeping in with Y.O. who was dead keen on it. Ragwort needs a well made swaphook or mattock to remove properly - if you don't spray. And...

The only thing that I find surprising in these posts is the fact that some seem confused about hunt "monitors" and "hunt saboteurs" - when in reality, there is very little difference. I'm inclined to think that all sides of this sordid tale are being bigged up - why no injury to a horse's...

My thoughts are entirely with the poor girl!! Fertile ground for a lasting guilt complex - absolutely terrible. Love that Daily Fail insight to the life of these insects! Ripping a hole to lap the blood!! No mention of exuding anesthetic to mask their bite then?

As I said before - fairness under the Law. If there is doubious distinction between what is acceptable treatment of a "wild" animal kept "stored" for food and a pet - where are we? Hundreds of cases of mistreated non-pets? Me abusing a dog mate? Nah - I eat dogs all the time and found...

Oh oh - that one's going in my little book! Fighting legal cases is a bit like working on a pig farm - don't take anything for grunted! Don't forget - small claims court will only cost the plaintif £70 to get the summons issued - it only gets more expensive once lawyers are involved or the...

Even as a bloke I think you are completely normal - well, normal for Horseydom. Folk on here know that I was totally besotted with my dear old mare and every day of the seventeen years I looked after her was a pleasure - many's the time I've dragged myself to her injured, sick or exhausted...

As in all things - I like the Law and prosecutions to be fair. At the moment they are not because the entire edifice is base on adversarial combat - I'm 100% right and you are 100% wrong - grovel and die!!! Unfortunately, real cases are often just as open and shut which lends authority to the...

Well, looky here - we have yet another Wikileaks inspired spy drama hitting the headlines. A certain Mr Snowden, whom, we are informed, used to work for the American National Security Authority - which is rumoured to be a sort of superspook operation - so dark 'tis almost wicked! It's...

You are not the first to take note of that. Ah, the drivers that I've bashed are the extreme of a bad bunch - these guys don't understand anything else - the kind that have punch-ups in Tesco's over a car park space and believe that they alone have a godgiven right to an open road...

Yes, I never went anywhere without a 4ft dressage stick - used many times for bashing cars roofs and threatening their owners! The first thing I'd say here to the O.P. - you take your horse out from relative safety - it's your first duty to bring it back in one piece. Falling off after an...