Recent content by AHarley

Hey peeps, Looking for a new coach in West Midlands, I'm currently competing BS at Discovery/Newcomers and want to advance. Ideally someone who instills confidence but is very details 🙂 Thanks!

Thanks for all the advice everyone! Really helpful and appreciated, I've heard of the condition but never come across a horse with it before, especially not brought one back into work before! She was out of work due to owners time constraints, she has been a foot perfect competition horse...

Thanks for replying both. View - I'm not sure if she has been tested but my best guess is probably. I know she has problems with the high sugars at this time of year. She is your typical big athletic competition horse, long limbs and a bit hyper-mobile which seems to be a trait of her bloodline...

Hey peeps, I've recently started riding a lovely mare who has been off work for about 6 months and is prone to tying up, I have been gradually increasing the workload over the past 4 weeks introducing canter and yesterday a pop over a small cross pole just to keep things different however last...

Prestige every-time. They are beautifully made and so well balanced, the most gorgeous saddles to ride in. Though if you're going to be doing lots of XC I would probably go for a saddle where the where the balance is further back in the saddle with bigger knee rolls (Albion are pretty good for...

Please please please do not give up. I made that mistake 5 years ago when I started facing some health complications, it was one of the biggest regrets I've ever made. Find your passion that made you fall in love with horses again, ask yourself, what made me love doing this in the first place...

Have you tried a sheepskin sleeve to go over the poll? I used to have a mare who had terrible pain around the poll which was recurring and difficult to correct. She also came in a three ring waterford and a grackle, we changed her into a plain nose-band and rubber pelham. She was much more...

How exciting! Good luck on your journey in buying your first horse, the number one thing I learned was to buy something that I wanted and not necessarily what my instructor wanted as even though should definitely take their opinion on board, I got completely scammed the first time I bought a...

Pic of a beautiful mare I used to ride

Okay peeps so cutting a long story short I've been searching for that gold dust of a horse that is both a great jumper with potential to win 1m+ and has a good temperament but here's my dilemma -- I don't have the money to buy something that's already been produced and due to disability no...

Will do, thanks for the heads up I'll check them out. What saddle did you get to support you? I'm really interested to hear this as I've noticed because the way my spine has changed shape it's thrown me back in the saddle a fair bit. If you have the name of the company do please let me know!

He was an absolute sweetie as it turned out, but was my first time on him. I was 15 and didn't speak a bit of Portuguese, it was all a bit of a worldwind experience for a wet behind the ears British kid like me! :P

Thanks for the reply, what injury did you have? I'm currently riding a Welsh sec D with the RDA who is very choppy but has come on quite a bit in his balance in the last few weeks. I have to work pretty hard to get a tune but we do get one, and then he is like riding a jumper pony. Any tips on...

I don't think I could ever ride without gloves and have only ever ridden without a hat once which was in a European competition where it was mandatory to wear one of those fancy Portugese hats instead of a protective helmet, fair to say I was shitting myself as I was riding a stallion!

I used to ride in them all the time but switched back to breeches as wasn't keen. They're great for the summer and especially good for layering up in the winter. However I've found they can be quite slippy and difficult to jump in so I switched back to breeches. I think stick to jods, the...