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In the meantime, I'm all for embarrassing riders at a personal level. CplC are mostly very keen to stress that it's the system, which is...

It's such a complex and incestuous system. At the bottom, most people expect the judges to know more than them and although they may...

I had one who had an eye operation. The vet said box rest for her, but I knew that she would not tolerate it. I did a mooch and a munch...

Unfortunately not . He’s not allowed to have anything rub against his eye . The first couple of hours after he came home and the meds...

If I rode at Prelim level with that amount of tension, broken gaits and irregularity, I would be lucky if I wasn't told to leave the...

I'm sure there's some complex stuff going on with the judging. I bet someone else can describe it better than me, but I'll have a go...

I think the responsibility lies with the judges and the national federations / FEI because they pick the winners. And people are...

Yes. My 23 year old has had a strange pulse in one front leg all week. Farrier hoof tested around pedal bone and no reaction but did say...

That poor horse :( If this is how he is ridden in public, in front of judges, what does he have to endure at home? :( And I agree...

I blame whoever trains the judges , then the judges who mark up stressed unhappy horses.

Hoof Armor is fanstastic stuff for this - I apply a thin coat every couple of weeks in the winter. Mark Johnson did sugest that a...

Why do they assume all horses like apples? Mine has never liked apples (or mints) his whole life, so the plain flavoured bute is fine...

There's always someone who takes things to the next level of weird, right? (The fitness thread is hilarious - all the people sharing...

This. I have a rarely used late 1970s Mexican crackle, still in pretty good condition. Its been used on a few of mine over the years...

3 legged liver chestnut ( until I realised that 'stone' was a hoof)