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This, with bells on. Horses are strong around jumps because they are running from pain, 99% of the time. Sorry, @mariaandefe, this one...

Yes Europe is not all butterflies and roses. All you have to do is google Helgstrand! We have welfare issues across the board too.

I grew up/improved as a rider and owner in the wrong place. I know this and I accept this, I got my first horse from a safari ranch, he...

From their previous posts there is little or not turnout available for horses in Turkey, backed up by a long term poster who has...

If it’s a new behaviour worth a mention to the vet & monitor for other signs. I had one who stopped dropping when he previously had...

Piggy tv has just put a few vids on of an older mare that will not calmly walk over a pole on the ground but has no problems jumping...

Cayman JJ wears a lot of fluff but mostly just in a rubber Pelham or butterfly rubber bit with two reins. His noseband is just a plain...

Andrew Kocher received a 10 year ban not so long ago for using electric spurs in competition but he still has a thriving business...

Not looking forward to the big Geneva horse show.... Every year, some terrible pictures come out, last year, it was Cayman Jolly Jumper...

I use multiple liners all the time. I never do the shoulder attachments but clip on at the back. Never found a problem with them pulling...

That's rather unkind - to me the original post came across as genuine ignorance, i.e. it didn't seem to have occurred to the OP that the...

This, in spades. There is no other answer.

I'd be patient and keep looking. I'd suggest the "insanely strong" to jump is borne out of either fear or pain (or both) Personally...

I don't think anybody is 'dragging' you as you suggest. They are offering their opinion based on information you have not given on this...

Europe is as bad, I worked in a show jumping yard and saw far to many case of electric spurs being used even in warm ups. It's sad, to...