Recent content by Chestnoot

She definitely would benefit from some straightness training, shes taken to drifting to the right. Is there anything specifically i should be looking at for straightness training ? Thank you :D

Thank you for the response this is very helpful ! We have a lot of hills where we are so ill start working her on the gentler ones and work our way up to the steeper ones �� Fitness wise shes alright doing a 40 minute hack - mostly walking with a varied amount of trotting and a...

Hello ! I bought a lovely mare about 5 weeks ago, Ive had issues with the saddle she came with not fitting, but saddle fitter and back lady has been out to see her. New saddle should be here in 2 weeks and other than some tenseness in her shoulders and neck she has no issues from the...

I actually found Bing maps was the best ad they have a built in ordnance survey map options you can track public rights of way easily that way �� but thank you for the help!

The wet weather has finally got the better of my riding boots , I need a replacement pair, any suggestions? My current pair are Toggi Calgary's. :) TIA! Chestnoot.

h id completely forgotten about the Farnley ride! Not something we can do all the time though as its £20 per rider at a time. But definitely something todo when the weather gets a little nicer. We're very near castle hill, do you know of any specific tracks that are good? :) I can find penty of...

Thank you Ill give that a look! I tried on the bridleways website thing but couldnt find any :F Update: checked on a Rights of Way website- cant believe how many beautiful footpaths there are around where I am but only 2 or 3 incredibly short bridleways :/ Ill ask around at the yard and see...

My old boy used to do this! Fine mounting from the ground , stood solid but you'd go up a mounting block/ wall/ fence and hed just turn and face me all the time. Weird. I dont know why he did it, but definitely get everything checked if youve had new tack, other wise it might just be you need to...

I must say pink ones are rather striking, seen a fair few people in them and you can spot them straight away but Im not a fan of the pink myself. XD But Id say pink or orange?

Hello! Nice to meet you :)

Hello! I've never been very good with forum type things but I thought I'd give this a go, it would be nice to make some more horsey friends :) I'm in my last year of university at Huddersfield Uni and as I'm only in two days a week ( 9K well spent...) I've started part loaning a lil...

Hello everyone, I've recently started loaning a horse in Huddersfield, which has moved to a new yard near Castle Hill. I only know of a couple of bridleways in the area but I wondered if there was any more anyone knows about? :) Thank you!