Recent content by Annagain

Haha I saw that too and thought, "I bet that will end up on the cheeky posts thread". Especially because the work is managing a swimming pool. It's not even related (or close to, judging by the photo) to the land!

It probably will come the more cantering you do but if you want to help it along, a rider physio assessment certainly won't do any harm. There are lots of physios these days who treat horses and humans and look at the whole picture and establish what you both need to work on to help each other...

I managed my first before-work hack in months this week - only 20 minutes of walk (partly as my back is playing up and partly due to daylight/time) but these days are getting longer!

"Menage" really bugs me for many reasons. 1. It's manège not ménage. Ménage means "household". "Ménage à trois" literally means "a household of three" - a throuple. 2. Both manège/ménage are pretentious. It's just a school. 3. If you insist on using French terms, carrière is the correct term...

I think brown looks good on any horse. It's a neutral and natural colour - much like a tan handbag never really looking out of place. The only caveat is that if you want to do dressage and you intend to buy a second hand saddle most dressage saddles are black so you'd have much more choice. I'm...

I feel your pain. Two of mine have been tricky at various points. 99% of the time Ebony was great to catch but when he decided it wasn't happening he was a total git. He definitely saw it as a game, he'd trot round me in circles, just out of reach and then b$%^&r off to the far end of the field...

A friend whose (not old) horse struggled to keep weight on had very good results with Veteran Vitality. When my oldie suddenly needed a bit more help during his last winter (he'd always been a good doer until this point and ate Fast Fibre and bog standard pony cubes) I switched him to it and...

We're all different and whatever we choose to do is absolutely fine. I lost Archie in Oct 2024. I was lucky in that all he shared all his useful stuff with Wiggy as they were very similar sizes and builds so I didn't have to make a decision on what to do - Wig has even been using his saddle...

Is there any particular reason you want a single? A double makes more sense to me even if you only have the one horse to travel. If you're buying second hand, doubles are far easier to come by and therefore often cheaper and you'll have more chance of finding a good one. There's not a huge...

Give her time, she's young and had a huge upheaval in her life, possibly for the first time ever. Keep doing the basics quietly but don't overdo it. Feed her, brush the areas she's happy to be touched, work on lifting her feet (maybe fronts only to begin with), spend time with her and build your...

Leather is leather. Any decent cleaner will be fine. I've never found anything better than Oz's (Creme De Menthe on here) homemade leather conditioner. https://www.unicornleather.co.uk/leather_conditioner.html

No snow here just very icy. Passed a bit of a bump on the way to the yard, in the same spot as nearly every icy morning - there were two there saturday morning, one on the way out and one on the way back. It's an old railway bridge at the bottom of a fairly gentle slope with a sharp right hand...

I'd work out a weekly DIY rate and add £20 per horse per day on top of that for full livery. I'd supply hay but charge in arrears based on how much they actually eat - at cost per bale plus small 'admin fee' for ordering it in, being there for delivery etc.

I normally get about 30mpg in my old Defender. A 240 mile round trip would be a full tank of fuel for me - about £70.

I remember that post. I can't believe both that Ted is 15 and that I've been on this forum for that long!