Recent content by Ambers Echo

For me 'wanting for nothing; should be a statement of the obvious. And it totally meaningless Like 5* home. I mean who is going to say "will receive adequate care in a 3* home"! I am a fan of loaning. My YO's daughter has a 2* event horse competed by a pro on loan. She also has a green mare she...

I must admit those posts do grate! "I'm sick of producing' At 17! Wow poor you given all these horses to produce. And had an ex intermediate event horse for 7 years? What from 9 or 10?? Who gives a horse lile that to a young child. The scent of entitlement is pretty overpowering on that one. As...

Gosh Red you've added another reason for why vettings are a double eged sword! I tried to refuse to let a pony be trotted on a slippery hard surface but buyer threw a strop, vet said he'd stop the vetting and state I refused to continue, I saw FB abuse in my future! So I figured syrely vets know...

Yes some questions at Eland often takes people by surprise. The ditch hedge is also a rider scarer as it looks big at all levels. It rides well but some horses back off because of the shift from grass to gravel a few metres out. So that's worth bearing in mind too. Not sure which way round it...

Unless it's changed, 2 stage is fine for up to 10k. And no vetting fine for up to 5k. I did not vet Myka as she'd had a vetting and passed. But buyer walked away. Buyer let me see the report which I was happy to accept as it was only a few days previously. But for insurance purposes I did not...

We’ve done both Solihull and Eland. Eland is the more testing track of those 2. Generous use of the brush rule to create imposing looking jumps, very undulating & pretty steep steps. And in the 80 there is an island you jump onto and off - which is straightforward but does involve ditches, so...

You can’t hide much if you are open to a 2 stage and there’s no way I’d let Myka do the testing wind part of a 5 stage if I were selling as recently backed. Maybe some vets are sensible but you can’t control which vet a buyer uses and I’ve been pretty surprised in the past at how hard horses are...

Time to measure her….. currently 15.3 I’m sure she’ll grow a fair bit more but she feels a really nice size so hopefully not too much more!

Do you mean Philippe Karl - Legerete guy? Not Karl Phillipe Karl? Spanish/Vienna school. Yes I think Approach 1 is aligned well with Phillipe Karl, what little I know of him. Not at all with Karl Phillipe Karl though. Who I think sits firmly in the leg-into-hand approach. Again from what little...

I bought Lottie because she had similar breeding to Amber. She is so like Amber and it was a joy to have another horse who gave me that bold, enthusiastic feel combined with level-headedness. I definitely have a 'type'. And I don't think there is anything wrong with knowing what you like and...

That looks great! Joe does keep talking about the horse finding the sweet spot. Maybe that's what he means? I am happy with how Myka feels. I did put a clip on her own thread of her trotting and a circle of canter. She is very light in that whole clip. And at points she is on a loose rein and...

I'm actually really cross. I contacted their advice line, made it clear I wanted a mineral balancer and was given the advice to use TE which comes nowhere near RDAs. I honestly thoght they were one of the good guys offering optimal nutrition. From their marketing they seem so convincing. Urgh...

Big milestone today. And she continues to polish her halo. Boxed her to a local venue for a jump lessons. First time she's ever travelled somewhere new and then been ridden immediately. That felt like quite a big ask and I had no expectations beyond traveling her somewhere, getting her off the...

Yes they are! Pm for details if interested x

Super happy with Myka today. She had a duvet day yesterday, and with the wind still blowing a gale I had all those annoying, pesky thoughts creeping in: what if she doesn’t like the wind? what if she’s fresh? what if… blah blah nonsense. As it turned out, she was foot perfect. One day I will...