Recent content by Annagain

I like these ones - I use the throat clip quite a lot for putting them on and off and like that it's a flat clip. The dog lead style clips never sit flat against their cheeks and I always think they must dig in...

This. I have a camp in May and will be keeping topped up until then. Luckily, I work from home most of the time and can catch the train to work if I need to so if I really have to, I can leave the car parked up until then and cycle to the horse. The only issue with that is it's up a huge hill...

I'm a big believer in the horse choosing the mouthpiece he's comfortable with and you choosing the cheeks you need to give you control. My old boy Archie was the perfect lesson in that. He was just as you describe - great until he wasn't and when he wasn't I stood no chance. We couldn't...

I'd get a Discovery 4 or another Touareg. The X5 is great on road but useless off it (when you say you need a 4x4 for access I assume it's tricky terrain). A Shogun could be the other option but having driven a couple, I don't like them. There's nothing wrong with them in terms of driving I just...

They're nice and deep and good for wide horses. I've always had chunky boys and other rugs look like mini-skirts on them but the PE rugs (they've all shared the same rugs, I joke that the first thing I look for in a horse is fitting in 6'9" rugs and a 17 1/2" wide saddle) fir them well around...

I have Premier Equine ones - a 0g and a 50g turnout and then 100g and 200g liners. I've had them years and they last really well but since Wiggy's been here, I've never used the liners as he's an incredibly warm horse and even clipped he's not needed more than 50g. Two top layers is definitely...

I mean this with a massive helping of kindness as I know how hard it is but loving him and adapting to him as much as you can isn't necessarily the best thing for him. Having been in a similar position (with a horse there wasn't much wrong with but I just didn't get on with) and not being one to...

The narrow section wouldn't bother me but I can see how others might not like it. Is it very long? Could you marshall it so you let horses through in turn or would that leave others waiting too long?

Wig is a couple of years older than I'd have liked but it otherwise perfect - well almost, his two white socks on his back legs are more white than I'd have liked. After 20 years of greys, I didn't want any scrubbing but I suppose 10 minutes rather than 2 hours is ok 😆

A lot of hip pain, particularly with riders is actually nothing to do with the hip per-se but a result of a tight piriformis (a muscle in the bum that controls hip rotation / stability) I'd get a physio to take a good look. I suffer with it every so often, never when I'm riding but almost...

I've lost faith in eBay having bought 2 saddles in the last few months that never turned up. It seems to be the go-to scam on there at the moment. I've had my money back from eBay but still annoyed that those scammers have profited from it.

I don't suppose one of them is a 17.5", wide, Ideal Jessica, preferably in brown, by any chance? 😆

"And woah" is usually enough to make Wig come back to walk even from a flat out gallop. You can imagine my surprise at the weekend when we were having a little trot. He either didn't hear me or was enjoying himself a bit too much as I ended up nearly joining my friend on her horse when she...

I'd go last, in my experience, everybody tries to be first so it's really busy early on. It's much quieter at the end and you won't have anybody fast trying to overtake you.

I did the opposite - bought a very suitable horse. He was everything I wanted and everything I needed but we just didn't work out. The first few months were great, if slow, and then it all went wrong and we lost trust in each other. He was a head purchase - I had spent over a year looking and...