Recent content by dill

Just browsing through the Chatsworth info on the BE site - can anyone tell me firstly why there are far more entries for the regular CIC3* than for the CIC3* World Cup Qualifier when the World Cup Qualifier has far higher prize money? Is the World Cup course different from the regular CIC3*...

I have a TB ex-racehorse who had terribly flat feet when I got him in June - his shoes fell off constantly and he only had to tred on a bit of gravel and he'd bruise and be hopping for three weeks. My farrier initially opted to put regular Stromsholm horseshoe shaped pads on him, partially to...

I have a mare who had this three years ago. Twice a day I washed the area with hibiscrub soln. Popped a bit of Animalintex hot poultice on it - held on with a couple of laps of clingfilm whilst she ate her breakfast/tea - left the poultice on til it went cold 15-12mins, then dried it off and...

I've used it on numerous horses with great success. I would suggest that you feed the powder and use the cream as well as it really seems to make a difference. I have one horse who had an inner thigh sarcoid cut off by the vet and the blood dripped on his leg and lo & behold he was covered...

Having tried all the 'usuals' - Superflex, Cortaflex etc. which did nothing at all for my horse who was recovering from a tendon rupture which involved an injury to the fetlock joint I chanced across the Horse Specialities (www.horsespecialities.co.uk) stand at Your Horse Live and bought some...

A friend of mine has 2 TBxCleveland Bay 3* horses - 1 to go 4* this season and also had a 3/4 American Quarter HorsexTB who went 3* before being sold abroad.

Where are you? There's Alan Franklin near Compton?

My horse lost a load of mane last winter and it just grew back enough to plait by the time it came to put the rug back on. I spray Mane & Tail on the bottom of the neck once a week and it's been fine so far.

Try the Virex Respiratory Relief from VetPro. www.vetpro.co.nz

Thanks for all of the feedback. I've done a bit of ringing around and it appears that the lady who used to run Watermans Lodge died very suddenly of pneumonia about 3 years ago and her husband was left with a very young family and so the yard was put on the back burner. Apparently it is about...

Does anyone know of a good livery yard in the Charlbury/Woodstock area of Oxfordshire? Preferably part-livery or assisted-DIY would be ok. Needs to have a good arena, an indoor school would be nice!, all year turnout, good off road riding with somewhere to do fitness work/gallops. Ideally...

Just got some of these and maybe they're just too technical for me (!), it says on the packaging that they can be used as a cooling wrap; un-trusty steed got a knock on his knee and it swelled up - hosepipe frozen. So having planned ahead and bought these wraps for the winter and put them in the...

I've got a spare barn with room for about 18 12x12 boxes. On average how much did it cost you in metal and boarding to build your own boxes?. OH is certified welder/fabricator so 'labour cost' is irrespective. Monarch/Loddon boxes are way outside the budget!

I used Sarc-Ex poweder and cream on two of mine with sarcoids for six months and they vanished. No sign of any recurrence either. Also using Airway Plus on a COPD mare for the past two months who has previously been on Becotide/Ventolin inhalers twice daily plus Ventopulmin powder and...

Don't suppose you know how many tonnes you'd need for a 20x40 or 20x60m arena?