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15.2 warmblood, but VERY wide and with a very long wither - not high as such but long front to back if that makes any sense. Big shoulders. Daughter is tiny (size 6) so doesn't need a big seat but she has massively long thighs, shes only 5'3 but has a massive 33" inside leg. Currently in an...

Just a quick update for you guys who helped me out so much a couple of weeks ago - we ended up with a baby pelham with a curved mouthpiece and a little roller (wanted as similar mouthpiece as possible to the myler comfort snaffle he usually wears) Daughter has had lots of lessons, and picked...

Thanks so much everyone, you've been a big help. She already rides in half rubber reins, and we do have a pair of laced but I think they're shorter than the rubber ones. Ugh more shopping (although of course mini CWC never turns down a trip to the saddlery 🙄)

@VictoriaSponge thanks so much for your reply, we are only local/agricultural, going to Sunshine Tour in September types. Sunshine Tour obviously is a championship, but still unaffiliated so do you think he'd be better staying in a snaffle? He does go well in it (and frankly less tack cleaning...

Any tips on improving turnout too if anyone can see something obvious?

Hi all, showing isn't really my thing so thought I'd ask for advice 12 year old daughter has a WPB. They're doing a variety of classes, he's gone well in first ridden where he obviously wears a snaffle (he isn't really a first ridden but he can look like one under the right circs) but also...

@maya2008 His is bad enough that he coughs every other stride in trot at the moment - although he doesn't ride differently, he's still forward going and keen as usual. How long has your cough taken to recover from? Days/weeks/months? Please not months 🤦‍♀️ we've got so much planned this season...

@MiJodsR2BlinkinTite Thanks that's really helpful. Did your pony's cough just start out of the blue? Our pony is 15 and we've had him almost a year without a hint of a cough. Same bedding, same batch of hay, same amount of turnout - nothings changed. Can he just suddenly 'get asthma'? I'm...

Daughters Welsh B been coughing. Dry cough, no nasal discharge, no temperature. Still has plenty of energy and is otherwise the picture of health, just coughing! Already on shavings and soaked hay, minimum 7 hours turnout a day. Vet came, thinks it's viral. Lungs clear, no noises on...

Oh that was lovely ??

My retired NF doesn’t go out on grass full stop between 1st March and 1st November without a muzzle. It’s fine for him but he also stays on the same acre or so all year round so there’s never huge amounts of grass out there anyway. He’s out at night and in during the day in summer but we might...

My old ISH mare would NOT go through/over a ditch. Nope, never, nada. You could have beaten her black and blue (obviously I never did) and she still wouldn’t have gone. We tried groundwork, following another horse, everything but nope. Ditches just weren’t a thing, shame as she’d jump everything...

Very flat feet, will need a full set of shoes plus pads to stop me being crippled in a day

I've put a full set back on my 24yo forester because even walking to and from the field he was uncomfortable. He's back to his old bouncy self with a new lease of life - go for it if that's what he needs :)

I think this is quite a grey area. Most freelance groom insurance will only pay out if the groom is negligent I.e if the groom didn't shut the stable door properly and the horse escaped and injured itself. However if the groom was bringing the horse in, and the horse spooked and galloped off...