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My daughter was having a jumping lesson on one of their ponies and she's nowhere near able to jump 1 metre plus. She's doing rounds of 60/70cm at the moment. I have previously heard another student at this riding school talking about jumping a 3 ledge straight jump, so I don't think it is...

I've asked around horsey friends and no one seems to know what it means. It seems to be this particular riding school as I've heard another girl talk of jumping a 3 ledge straight fence and she also rides there, but no one else seems to understand it. My daughter said a girl told the instructor...

So could anyone tell me what a 5 ledge or 7 ledge fence is please? My daughter had a jumping lesson that I couldn't watch and she said the instructor was talking about jumping 5 ledge and 7 ledge fences but we don't know what this is. I've googled but it hasn't brought up any info. Does anyone...

Thank you. I called Westgate and their advice was to use Equest Pramox but I don't know the history of the pony and I've read about this product causing colic in horses with large worm burdens. I was therefore going to use Equimax or Eqvalan Duo, but these don't appear to treat the encysted...

We need to worm our new pony, but it seems there are so many different ones and some shouldn't be used on a new pony because of the risk of colic? So, I wondered if someone could tell me which wormer(s) they would use for a pony with an unknown history and going forward, whether to stick with...

Hi, I'm looking to buy a fly rug for our new pony as the weather looks like it's perking up next week. However, we get so many rainy days, I was wondering whether it would be better to get a waterproof fly rug, as I won't always be able to rush up in time to bring him in or change rugs? I...

Thank you everyone for such helpful replies. I didn't want to post questions which probably appear very basic to many, but text books often don't give you a proper answer to things like this and we desperately want to get things right and have a happy pony - and child. Your help is very much...

Hi Shay, Yes we have help, but sometimes when I've thought of question and won't see anyone until the following day, I hoped someone would be able to make things clearer for me so I can get on with ordering rugs etc. I have done ABRS certificates and helped at the stables before buying this...

Hi honeypot, when you say a lightweight rug, do you mean a no fill one? I'm just finding it all confusing about what sort of temperature it needs to be for each rug and in particular, on odd days like we've had recently where it's been pretty warm and sunny and then wet and miserable in the same...

Thank you for such informative replies. They've really helped me to understand what to use and when. x

So I posted about which rugs to buy yesterday and how to get a pony dry after being out in the rain or bathing, but can't get my head around it. This is a new pony that only has one medium weight turnout at the moment, that he wears inside and out. My daughter is happy to ride her pony in the...

Thank you paddi22. Do you have any recommendations for a good balancer that won't make him fatter or fizzy? Does this need to be mixed with anything else, like chaff or can it be fed alone? Thank you.

Thank you for your advice. I haven't fed him any extra feeds so far as I wasn't sure if he needed it and didn't want him to become fatter or fizzy. It was just because a friend on the same yard has recently bought a pony and is feeding it all sorts of extra things. She asked what we were...

At the moment, our new pony is only having grass and hay, with the odd tiny treat from a bag of laminitic pony treats. He's currently slightly overweight and gains weight easily, so I don't want to feed him anything that will make him fatter. He's also a child's pony that is already...

Hi, My daughter has a new pony and we're first time owners, so still getting to grips with things and what we need to buy. Our pony only came with one medium weight turnout rug, which he has worn inside the stable and outside, but I'd like to know which rugs you would advise us to buy...