Recent content by clairebearnz

Has he always been on MSM? My normally fairly sensible mare turned into a quivering mess on MSM then went back to normal when not on it. Her paddock mate (who was the more neurotic one!) was absolutely fine.

Blood in the mouth I think

Does anyone know which dressage test they are doing out of the 5* tests?

Lara de Liedekerke-Meie's was very very lame suddenly at the finish too :(

I had about 7 extra happy years with my darling old boy thanks to Prascend - he had laminitis while off grass and Prascend stopped it in its tracks. On Prascend, he regained his former bounce and sass which he kept until he was PTS at the age of 29 due to colic.

I live in the South Island, and quite frankly, this sounds impractical at best. Have you been to New Zealand? Do you understand the conditions, especially the alpine areas? Do you have contacts and support to rest horses, get shoes put back on etc? Would you purchase a suitable horse or two and...

I have a positive story - my TB had obviously had a tussle with the tape fence and was very stiff and sore and just looked odd to me but he had four stovepipe legs so it wasn't until I asked him to step around a gate and he got his hind legs in a tangle and nearly fell over that I realised he...

One of my OTTBs was really strong and leaned in a grackle and light as a feather in a cavesson with a rubber mullen D ring because he was no longer worrying about his mouth so sometimes less is more, depending on the horse.

A friend of mine had a phenomenal Volksraad - big chestnut who was a super jumper. He was a very popular event sire down here so thanks for that!

Just a clarification - Monica's not American, she's a Kiwi and the lovely Artist is a NZ bred OTTB who came through one of the OTTB rehomers here (Eventstars Ltd). Monica and her family moved to the States earlier in the year.

I haven't watched it because I don't want to provide income to someone I know mistreats animals. However, I didn't say anything about the information she provided, only that she didn't have formal training.

Overrstocked paddocks of broodmares and turned out horses with massively overgrown feet and limited feed primarily. A friend used to keep her horses on the same road.

Just FYI, she has no formal training in anatomy and also is well known in her local area for neglecting horses. Take that information as you will.

There's a Machno stallion local to me (in New Zealand) and some of his offspring compete locally, one crossed to a TB (I think) mare just stepped up to 4* eventing.

My old boy was suddenly extremely itchy around his back end. Turns out it was maggots in his sheath but it seems you've ruled that out.