Daughter's pony found standing in field first thing in morning with hind fetlock caught in his leg strap to his turnout. Night before, leg strap had been fitted perfectly. 6 weeks off work, injections into soft tissue and £1500 worth of vet and physio bills later, he came back into work and that...
Well done! I rode in the 90 on the Saturday and I would say the xc was quite long for a 90 with quite a few gallopy bits and with 2 strong waters...jumping in AND out..so I think to get a baby horse around is an amazing job. Huge congrats.
Oh, how annoying after being in the lead. BUT if it is any consolation, that fence was in the BE90 the week before and my mare absolutely ballooned it (as an ex-showjumper she doesn't really get the whole "brushing through" thing!). The pro pics are NOT pretty at all and it was only by sheer...
Big week for me. Horse with a pro doing his first intermediate there after a break through injury. Time to prove he has recovered...or not....fingers crossed.
AND I am attempting my first event back after a bad horse fall in training last year. To say I have tummy wobbles already is an...
Felbridge has to be one of the most spooky of venues with the pond (were the frogs making a racket? ;) ) and the climbing teddy bears up the side of fences so well done you for taking her there as a first outing :). I too think you are being harsh on yourself...we all get caught out from time to...
I agree but was surprised at how many people were commenting on fb earlier along the lines of..."yes I have always thought calmers should be banned etc". I am neither pro nor anti calmers and know nothing about the science but the timing is ill-judged at best and horrifically insensitive at...
Good to see the Event Riders Association of Great Britain have formally requested a retraction and will be complaining to Trading Standards and Advertising Standards.