Recent content by 3OldPonies

I've just finished the task of labouriously pulling up every sycamore seedling I can find by hand. It's a right pita, but at least know I now my boys are safe. The trees I have are actually on land belonging to someone else though, and they also don't pull their their ragwort, but the field...

That kid has an amazing seat!

I see another jockey has a ban now for failing to pull up in a timely manner on an injured horse that was subsequently euthanised at vet hospital. 8 days and will miss the Guineas festival. If these stewards can issue a ban for what is basically the same thing, what the F was wrong with those...

£50-£100k isn't that much for a racehorse, especially not if it has top quality bloodlines. My point was that syndicates unwittingly do dilute racing, it's not that long ago that they barely existed and certainly not in the numbers or with the quantity of 'owners' that they gave now. Put...

To the person writing about the small trainers and syndicates, and I know this is going to open a new can of worms. . . I confess to having my doubts about syndicates, as I see it they are/can/could be a way of actually diluting the sport and leading to a proliferation of unnecessary breeding...

While I agree with most of your sentiments, the jockey did make the wrong decision and it should have ended his career. Indirectly he caused the death of that horse by not putting it's welfare first when surely someone of his experience would have known there was something wrong before the...

Oh wow, walked out of the boys shelter just now and saw two Swallows! Summer must finally be getting here 😁

I guess the really big question here is - is it ok in this supposedly enlightened age to still find it acceptable that animals are being bred specifically for monetary gain through entertainment and that's it is also acceptable for them to be injured or die for our pleasure? If we're not...

1970s, jeans, anorak, hard hat with one chin strap that fastened with a popper and wellies 1980s, beige jods that cut off the circulation behind my knees, stylo boots with the inner liner cut out after it started following my feet out of the boots, jockey cap with chin cup, polo shirts and wax...

Rather than being defended he should be losing his licence and warned off all racecourses. I can barely believe that a 'top' jockey can even begin to think he did the right thing. Surely there's a case for bringing the sport into disrepute at the very least given how many people saw this...

Why not? The jockey was in charge of the horse at the time, he should have pulled up immediately. I've been a fan of racing and horse sport all my life, but increasingly I'm looking at it and thinking this is wrong. There is too much money involved be it in eventing, dressage, jumping...

Not assuming at all that not building it would solve the problems, but they're not cheap to build and that money could have been spent on rescues, feed, vet, farrier bills, staff etc. I'm honestly not knocking what they do just pointing out that there are essentials and lovely to have...

So very sad to read this news. I confess to being a lapsed supporter owing to my own equine commitments. So much for 'the horse welfare issue being over'. Mind you, did they really need a new indoor school? Perhaps a revaluation of how they operate is needed.

Absolutely loved the stuff, used it for all sorts, mainly sweet itchy related problems but small wounds on pony and me

Sorry everyone, misread the thread and now can't delete my post ☹️