Recent content by Bec26

My gelding fractured his pedal bone play fighting over the fence with another horse, he had a month box rest and then out in very small paddock with heart bar shoes - took 4 months and he was sound and back in to normal shoes. We did 6 months of only hacking and then back to normal work.That was...

Pardlestone Farm is amazing (Somerset), beautiful cottages or B&B and grazing and stables are very good. The riding is stunning (but very hilly).

My 4 year home bred gelding seems to get anxious hacking in open spaces. He doesn’t nap or misbehave but seems tense and changes from his normal big stride to a choppy Shetland stride. He will canter but is reluctant (it doesn’t make any difference if he is in front or behind) He is excellent to...

My vet recommended them for my mare who had mud fever and multiple courses of antibiotics, steroids, flamazine etc..... They were a faff but worked absolute wonders, you probably want spares as you will need to regularly change them to wash and you need to make sure you get the right size. they...

I know they have a bad rep but i have used E&L and had 3 big claims which they paid out with no problems.

Someone recommended looking back over my outside shoulder when asking for the transition which has helped but would look a bit silly at a competition!

Does anyone have any tips to help me make better trot to canter transitions. I've watched videos of my dressage tests and I tilt my upper body forward - once in canter I'm fine and downwards transitions are fine. I don't do it in walk to canter.

I second this - its amazing stuff

I keep a Shetland and 2 horses on just under an acre. It is doable if you are prepared to hay all year and keep on top of maintenance, I have split it into 3 paddocks so I can rest each one. The Shetland has to be restricted and the other two are good doers which helps and it also is good ground...

I battled this with my mare for year and like your horse she was worse in the summer - I tried steroids, antibiotics, flamazine and in the end I stopped everything and used Silver Whinnys socks and within a week the improvement was huge - I cant recommend them enough and my vet was really...

I've used Equ aide and its amazing stuff. My mare had proud flesh after cutting her leg open on fencing, I had the vet out and she had antibiotics and flamazine and once it was healing I starting using the Equ aide. My instructor recommended it as she had used it for a similar injury on her...

Thanks this is really helpful info :)

She came with a Kent and Masters GP but it just moves to much, will have a look at the Ideal. I think you are right about the shorter panels which is probably why the monoflap saddle seems to fit her well.

Hi My ISH mare is built downhill and has a very slight roach back, luckily she has decent withers but she is also narrow at the shoulders. Trying to get anything to fit that doesn't move forward is a nightmare, I have found a lightweight monoflap jump saddle that fits for hacking/jumping but...

My TB mare did this and it turned out she had hock arthritis and SI problems