Recent content by Amelia27

A friend of mine owns a lovely young stallion who is out of a mare called Wolfgangs Little Madam (by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), he is very nicely put together, has a lovely temperament and has started competing BE. His mum also competed BE and is completely stunning I visited the stud...

I thought that only the top 8 teams go through to tomorrow's round 2/final? The commentators said all 15 would go through. Although to be fair the commentators have a said a lot of rubbish!!!!

Skelton not skeleton obviously!

Oh sorry obviously not allowed to have my own opinion - this board is ridiculous, the whole idea of discussion boards is to discuss one's opinions on a topic. I didn't say any of you are ridiculous for your opinions so how dare you have the audacity to say my opinions are ridiculous? Oh and...

Once again I ended up seeing very little of the jumping as too busy spending money :-( I did see the awful fall of Mandiba, awful rider judgement, he should have been pulled up before it got to that, the rider didn't even look bothered that her horse was in a bad way! Some seriously bad riding...

Totally agree with the OP - the horse would never be able to associate that smack with the refused jump, either it should have been done immediately as the horse refused, a quick tap on approach the second time round or not at all (which I think would be a lot better all round). the most...

There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that horses can copy windsucking/crib-biting nor that it is hereditary. Horses that are all in the same stressful environment or have been subjected to the same stressor (trigger) start the behaviour as a reaction to this stressor or as a coping...

I have a wonderful rising 5 yr old by this stallion and wondered if anyone else has one of his babies or if they know of anyone who does? I know that he has a few very successful eventers out on the circuit but would love to hear about others. He's a lovely stallion, so laid back you'd...

My 20 yr old Arab mare, Sunny, has recently affiliated in BSJA ponies. She's being ridden by a girl at my yard who depserately wanted a pony to take to the Towerlands Halloween show. They didn't get any placings (the class numbers were insane at 100 plus for most of them!) but I am SO proud...

If I was buying a 4 yr old I'd have wanted it to be well handled, bitted and maybe long reined and lightly backed. That, unfortunately, is difficult to find as many people feel the need to back at 2 or 3 and be competing by 4. If someone wants a horse who has some experience under it's...

I'll second that. If the mare is very fine and it will be her first time foaling then I'd steer clear of anything with too much bone as it could make for a difficult foaling. A Connemara should give a little more substance but shouldn't be too heavy. I know of many really really good...

You could try Claire Mills at Westlands Stud, Charlwood - I know she's meant to be installing the necessary facilities this year

I saw him at a stud in Kent about 4 yrs ago. He is a very sweet stallion who passes good temperament on to his babies but a MASSIVE warning about the stud - it is a complete disgrace. Stallions standing in a bed of their own faeces and that wasn't the worst of it. I'm sorry if anyone knows...

Sar Fadl Halim (the great great grandsire of your horse) was bred by Robert E. Cowling, Houston, Texas according to allbreed so looks like it's the American stud.

Yep you're right he's buckskin and white. It's amazing how often buskskin's are referred to as duns. Many people are unaware that it is a colour in it's own right. There are other colours that are commonly mistaken as well such as Smokey Black. A friend of mine has a smokey black...