Recent content by AlanE

With the current interest in barefoot riding and the special trim involved (different to a farriers trim). I wonder if anyone is currently using this system and would like to say how they are getting on?

Normal hunting breastplate would be better. On Exmoor almost everyone uses a standing martingale, but we have little that is jumpable. I used to hunt in a jumping country and always used a running martingale which allows the horse to stretch his head as necessary. Personally, I would be...

Boudi, you have to realize its ignorance when you get antis saying things such as ' people only hunt because they want to see animals killed', or, from Hobday of LACS, 'the Hunting Act has stopped cruelty to foxes': just how ignorant do you have to be before its recognized!

Ask them just what they object to about hunting! In most cases opposition is based on pure ignorance and the remainder on pure bigotry!

Its always startling to find just how ignorant of the behaviour of hounds some people can be! Surely the government should be spending some of the money it is currently wasting on busing town-dwellers to hunt kennels in order that they may learn something of the natural world and animals?

Celt, you seem unaware that democracy has broken down with this government. The Hunting Act 2004 was NOT democratically arrived at: it was the bigotry of Labour MPs who pushed it through because they were prejudiced and spiteful and irrational. There own Tony Benn once made a statement that all...

Actually, the green ribbon only applies to your HORSE, not you! So it might be worth it if you are unsure of horse's behaviour when galloped at by another score of horses, but also its your responsibility to keep him away from the other horses and more importantly hounds if you aren't a hundred...

Err..Endy, I wasn't talking about antis 'shouting abuse', but about them talking a load of codswallop, as typified by many of the anti comments on this board!

Endy, personally I find that anti-hunters fail to give due and reasonable consideration to the distress and ire they cause to hunting folk when the antis shoot their mouths off in ignorance and prejudice. Would you not therefore agree that the antis should be held responsible for causing...

Typical: could just as well have been a car backfiring which caused the incident. Would the owner have taken the same line in those circumstances? Come to think about it, I was riding a young horse once, which spooked at some hedge cuttings and cut its leg on some railings. I think I better get...

Jerome; of course I respect your right to NOT like Surtees! Its rather typical of an 'anti' mentality, though - the inability to recognize humour etc. But you can't help being what you are, now can you?

Jerome, I'm afraid you've missed the whole point of Surtees, and taken him right out of context. Surtees is generally acknowledged by those familiar with Victorian literature to be on a par with Dickens, and some would say even better! I would say that in your rather weak attempt to hang a...

I'm dead against such a move, which only plays to a gallery of the ignorant and prejudiced. Whilst true that to some people - actually a tiny but vociferous minority - a red coat is a 'provocation', I would never feel that I had to placate such idiocy. The Winnstey would have been better off...

Being serious for a moment: a leather thong relies on the weight in the 'belly' of the thong, in order for one to be able to crack it properly. I've used a heavy nylon rope to produce a reasonable 'crack', but generally not as good as leather, so am mystified on your whip & huntsmans...

Jeepers, what an exciting thread! More please..!