Recent content by Barlow

I know a great way to cook a Christmas turkey

Clare MacLeod is based in Somerset and will travel. I found her to be very good and she even saved me money!

I used to feed the gut balancer until a visit from an independent equine nutritionist who pointed out that a good vits and mins balancer included the protein gut balancer ingredients.

I’ve had this dilemma with an event I’m organising - it’s with a world famous trainer who rarely teaches in the UK and there are limited spectator places available (no more than 10 a day). I’ve decided to charge £40 per spectator place as I think it is a fair and reasonable price to spend the...

Plus ça change…

I just take mine to our local commercial tyre dealer and ask them very nicely if they’d mind checking the pressures and topping them up if needed. They are normally pretty good about it and I try to ring in advance to make sure I go at a quieter time

Not quite the same but I went from 3.5 to 6.5. I stayed away in it for the first time this weekend and it was fantastic! Mine takes two herringbone (prefer a rear ramp over a side ramp) and then I have a decent living with kitchen, wardrobe, L shaped seating and table. Overhead cupboards mean I...

Duplicate of #25

I don’t normally use fly rugs but on vet advice ahead of some forthcoming treatment they’ve recommended using a fly rug. So far we have tried a lightweight mesh rug in a couple of different brands but they have rubbed him in weird places (along his flank) as well as around his shoulders...

I have one for my dressage saddle and horse seems to love it. I went up a size as that’s what the website suggested and I also bought some buckle covers so there is no chance of the buckles pinching my horse. Mine is from Kramer and I’m pleased with it, although haven’t washed it so far!!

I had this issue with mine. I went through so many blister plasters it was unreal and my skin would be marked for weeks at a time. I was glad when the zips broke for the third time as I then decided not to replace mine. Another factor in my decision to move away from them was whilst the guys in...

A friend of mine (who I also have lessons with - full disclosure!) has recently launched a podcast focussing on influential dressage figures. The first episode is an interview with Stephen Clarke and I thought I would share it here in case others are interested. It got some coverage in H+H too...

It’s the bit over the top of my foot so hopefully I’ll be able to sort something out..!

They don’t make Konigs any more so there’s no more stock and no alternative sizes…I’m stuck between trying/hoping they will fit or putting them on eBay/vinted!

Over the weekend I succumbed to an offer which made a new pair of discontinued Konigs only £200. Having never had them before, I did some research and saw that they tend to come up big in the foot sizing, so I bought a half size smaller than what I would normally be. The boots arrived today...