Recent content by Caletto

I'd like to point out that I'm fourteen (only a couple of months older than you) yet I manage not to speak/type in such an incomprehensible manner!

My 17hh would take my leg better if he was skinny as a rake, but I wouldn't do it because I care for his health! Is the owner actually allowing her horse to get fat on purpose then? I'd report it for cruelty!

My horse wears a fly veil (yes it may be green and match my saddlecloth making it look pretty, but it also serves a function, stopping his head shaking and blocking some crowd noise), figure of 8 bridle (again, it might be 'fashionable' currently, but also serves a purpose, not impeding his...

I use a figure of 8 bridle and a slow twist snaffle, I know how they work and why they are appropriate for my horse. Although figure of 8 bridles seem to e 'the in thing' in JJ at the minute, I use it because it's what Callie is happy in, he goes nicely, no longer crossing his jaw or doing...

I won't go through what we have at my barn as it's in the USA so I don't know if it'd be relevant. But, my BO rang around all of our local barns when she was deciding on pricing, pretending to be a prospective livery, took note of their prices and then increased the most expensive by $250! She...

Cal finds flatwork boring so we do 2 jumping sessions per week, and then in our 4 flatwork sessions we end with a small grid or popping over one or two jumps.