Should a mare in foal be rugged? She does come in if the weathers really awful but mostly she's out in the field. If i put a rug on her now I'm worried she'll be to fat to fit into it next year :p would it be better to just go without from the beginning?
Does anyone have a horse by him? Really like the look of him and want to know if there's anything he throws/doesn't throw consistently?
I have a Connemara x mare with a fabulous temperament but hot to ride. She has incredible scope and nice conformation. She's quite stocky so don't want a...
Try spillers conditioning cubes? That's what my mum feeds her thoroughbred who was always on the skinny side. It gives energy but without adding to her stressy behaviour and she now has put on weight not to mention it's given her a fabulously shiny coat! Might be worth a try? x
Practise small jumps and don't over jump him. When you come into a jump keep him as straight as possible and don't expect him to jump keep your legs on the whole way also if he does jump big try not to catch him in the mouth so he doesn't get a yank in the teeth for jumping even if it's twice...
Both me and my horse struggle with parallels and it's becoming a real issue. I am nervous of them and I think she senses that so she stops which just makes me more nervous! Once she has stopped she won't jump the jump and I have to put it down to the tiniest cross to get her over it. We don't...