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Also, sorry to be a pain, I work mon-fri 9-5. my journey time to work takes 25mins by car. does this make a difference to driving the HGV? I've read through your advice and just wanted clarification. many thanks

Hi Rog, can you advise? I am thinking about upgrading my 7.5t horsebox to a 12t HGV. I already hold my HGV license, have had it for a few years and I have the animal transport competency cert. I plan to use the lorry for my own horses, and for private use. I do compete (as an amateur...

sorry posted on the wrong thread

Sad news but you could see it was going to happen. there were hardly any entries compared to other internationals so it did look to be struggling. hopefully the grassroots will return, i have always loved Hopetoun

that does sound like a productive Blair! Our dressage is never going to win prizes but Mr Bear makes me laugh while we ride through it! I also love wearing my tailcoat :D :D

Hey folks, did you have a good time at Blair? I'm on cloud 9 just now, having had an absolute blast. What an experience it was, mr Bear was truly awesome on the XC and flew round inside the time. what a thrill to ride round the hills of Blair, wonderful location, wonderful people and...

I'll look out for him then! Is he in the eventing stabling or the Showing/BS stabling? :D No worries, have a great time. I think I might have enough helpers now anyway so all cool. as a helper you don't get to see any XC while I'm on course which is a shame unless they have screeens...

you going for BE or BS or showing? stabling usually absolutely fine. the are pretty used to the weather. take some empty plastic bags (or use the empty shavings bags) and string or stapler so you can fasten the bags up in case of bad weather and prevent the stable from being flooded. some...

Hope the weather stays good, have a great time. :D dressage thur or fri depending on the timetable, xc sat and SJ sun. its mostly xc finish but I think I have a few offers now :D do come and say hi though! we will have pimms ;) have a great day out. I believe the 1* xc is on sat morning...

Hi all, I am so excited that I might be able to achieve my dream of competing there this year and wondered if anyone else was heading up? can't wait, can't wait, can't wait! is anyone going? :D I may need help in XC finish (insert water, bucket, sponge, ice, buckets and a pony...

I agree with this. from your original post you mention veterinary too. do you know what you want to do with your career? there are so many options and you could waste time studying for something you don't want to do.

for BHS exams you can do the following: stage one complete riding and road safety certificate stage 2 complete then you can choose to do the PTT - this will mean you can register as an instructor and get insurance etc you can bypass PTT and continue with your stages, or do them in...

re: the girth. Me too! I have a sheepskin girth with no elastic which works brilliantly - so much so I now own 4 of them! I also have a new girth made for my heart rate monitor, stupidly I asked for elastic and its awful! I now need to get the elastic oversewn with non elastic material so I...

video on strapping here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVJEC89NdwA the main point is that you bang the muscle a few times, then stop to make the muscle contract which then over time builds muscle. you aren't hurting the horse - all of mine don't even move when I do it, usually carry on...

what level are you starting at?