Recent content by alinni1336

Uhm, they say a horse should get 1 to 2% of their body weight in roughage. At 5kgs of hay plus 3 kgs of lucerne plus 1 kg of hard plus 1 kg of balancer she is getting 2% of feed for a 500kg horse and that was worked out without the extra hay I am feeding her because I don't know how much it...

So my new horse (we have had her for about 3 months) has been eating 5.5kg of hard feed (I know it's a lot but she is slender and we were hoping to fatten her up) She is very hot some days with her jumping (I know, I know because we feed her that much) long story short - on the amount of feed...

First of all the vet in our town does not have the technology to do a scope. Second of all yes I can afford emergency care for my horse. I even have a savings account for things like colic surgery if it's ever needed. I just feel ulcer treatment is unnessarcy expensive and heard some success...

Hi - So my vet can't scoop my horse and I don't have the funds to pay for those expensive ulcers supplements for horses. So I need to "test" for the ulcers and wanted to treat my horse for a month with Ranitidine or Omeprazole ( you tell me which one to use ) and see if I see any improvements...

I have a new horse who likes taking off after a jump every now and then but she is chilled before jumps. She has a sensitive mouth, when you "pull" her she throws her head up trying to evade the contact. I currently ride her in a happy mouth Portuguese gag (3rings) with rein connecters but she...

Can someone tell me how the lock up snaffle works? Pros and cons? What type of horse does it work best on? Thanks:) *The snaffle that only bends to a certain degree then "locks" and can't bend further*

So many people say you need to look up and over the jump not at the jump but how will you tell your stride then? Should you look at the jump until you see a stride then look up? What if you don't see the stride lol? I think my old trainer said when have to look up and over the jump but now after...

My dad just got really mad when I explained to him how I felt and he said I should just give up horse riding as a sport if I am scared. Wow. I can't believe he said that to me. My dad has never been very invested in my sports. Never came to look, only my mom knows what I have done etc. He thinks...

So. Today in my lesson, I could not get my stride to this small oxer. Basically oxers freak me out because I have fallen into them one too many times with 2 horses I was trying out a couple of months ago, who would stop if the distance was long or stride was not perfect. Now when I don't see the...

So my mare gets very sweaty after each ride. Soaks the saddle cloth. Should I be supplementing her with electrolytes daily? I would like to say she is fit but we just imported her and she has been basically chilling 3 months, light work with all the quarantine etc. So she might not be as fit as...

By calm and collected I just mean she does not do the typical TB thing by charging at the jump :P but her previous rider did ride her in a forward seat, keeping her forward while I ride with a full seat the whole time - will try that on Friday. Pole work with her takes time because I have to...

So I have a new horse :D and I am very happy with her so far, she jumps fantastic! But I am having a slight problem when we jump a combination. She does not run when she sees a jump, she stays calm and collected but after a jump she just runs off or atleast tries to, I can handle her after the...

That is why I asked in your opinion what is a good jumping canter. I have no problems with my bigger jumps but I am one of those riders who stresses when I don't see a stride so I just wanted some tips as to what others do. Thank-you.

So it is basically the same as a jumping saddle and I don't need to worry about it bothering my mare as we do jump decent heights :P

I am from Africa actually. I am looking for a new jumping saddle and it is being advertised as a hunter/jumper saddle so I was wondering what is the difference. Yes sorry I mean hunter/jumper :P