Recent content by buzzles

Equerry conditioning mash. Have 3 oldies all over 30 on it and they are thriving on it.

Instead of pinning back partition, take it out altogether and just use front one. I have to do this with one of mine and works fine, although is in the 510 so the bigger trailer

Love reading your updates, sounds like you're making fantastic progress and fair play for sticking it out to get fit enough and put the work in to get that amazing feeling of when it all comes together :) Now you've got the buzz of jumping there'll be no stopping you, galloping and xc next !! If...

I have one who's very bad to shoe but then he's not great at other things either ie clipping, vey visits, worming. He gets about 4 sections sedalin to shoe him in a little bit of feed (can't syringe him) which takes the edge off him but he's still very afraid and I'm glad to have an...

Love your updates IrishRegulus - look forward to the next one :)

Novice isn't overly big - about 90 I'd say. I wouldn't go back to tatts though - absolutely crazy last time I went which was a few years ago- sending them out at 20 sec intervals and they did'nt even have time to run singles class. I did pairs with my sister and we picked up about 10 people on...

Bel Air Equestrian centre and hotel in Ireland

You're probably better off riding indoors with the weather we've been having - although was lovely out this morning so won't complain too much. :) You will find the rising trot gets easier as you get fitter and your muscles start to get used to it- you shouldn't feel like you're having to make...

What a brilliant thread - I used to do all those things from when I first started riding age 5 - brings back some lovely memories! When I was 11 we moved house to a place with timber stables, an orchard and paddock and all my dreams came true when I was allowed get a pony. So grateful to my...

Just read through this -sounds like you're doing really well and having fun which is the most important thing! Naked moonlight wrestling -brilliant! Don't know where abouts in Ireland you are but if you're competant enough now in walk and trot, does your riding centre ever offer hacking? It's a...

bags of carrots are 5c in aldi atm so might get them some of them! ID had his first proper hunt today and thought all his christmases and birthdays had come at once- he was fab and loved showing off his ditch jumping skills despite horrendous weather -l have never been so wet! The little lad...

l dont think he's bad, just picked up an annoying habit! l guess what l meant as not a vice is when l've seen horses with vices like weaving, cribbing or wind sucking it seems to calm them down when they're stressed, like its a way theyve found of coping with a stress amd it relaxes them or else...

it could've been pulled off and bitten by one of the other horses. l had this with a horse, his headcollar was off and buckled up though it was field safe and sliced in two places - looked like a knife but in middle of nowhere and horse very headshy so no way was it a person. Caught his mate...

Tiddlypom- love it, like your very own sat nav in the back! My old lad used to neigh when we turned off onto the lane to announce to the other horses on the yard he was nearly home and they'd all neigh back at him!

applecart- I'm 100% positive it's not the actual road. He's fine going out and was fine coming back until recently when he obviously started to recognise the specific undulations and bends- it's usually at one certain spot he starts and then keeps going. I drive really slowly and have even...