daffy44's latest activity

Place 1 no brainer. Go up on any days off work you have but otherwise leave the trainer to do their thing.

You can't expect a young horse to learn and remain in a teachable mindset if you aren't able to offer it any downtime, so the place with...

I have absolutely no issue with buting horses to remain as comfortable and pain free as possible when retired. I have done so many...

Constitution Hill working at Newbury this morning. 3mins and worth watching to the end!

Went to watch some BD dressage yesterday.My honest opinion, for what it is worth,is that standards have risen.This was fairly grass...

I’m in this camp. Poor horse.

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...

A number of thoughts in no particular order: Your posting history shows you want a young rider horse. I have extrapolated that to mean...

My mare was 25 and I used to hack 6 days a week, I felt she wasn’t quite right one day when I walked round the yard so told my friend to...

Interesting we are all very different and I agree it is a difficult one to be sure if it is right or wrong. Depending on so many...

Today's hack was much less eventful 😅 Very cold and bright with delightfully behaved ponies. Lanes were busy but polite drivers and...

Bitless certainly does not equal kinder than a bit, in my opinion the kindest bridle set up is the one the individual horse prefers...

Not every horse likes bitless, it’s simply pressure in a different place. Some actively don’t like nose pressure and some need a...

Bitless =/= kinder. There's no harm in trying it, but I would take anything said by people insisting bitless is always kinder with a...

I never have. I totally understand and appreciate the point of keeping a horse on low level bute to keep it moving enough to build...