Recent content by dollyb

I have a 17 year old arab x TB mare who finds life very stressful! When we hack out she feels on 'red alert' all the time and never feels as though she relaxes. I don't want her to feel like that as she does get quite worked up and can sometimes sweat up; her reactions to small things are 'over...

Also the ground is quite holding

She just doesn't go forward and trips a fair bit over the humps in the ground. I have been planning to ride out during the week but that involves main road work in the dark which I'm a little cautious of. Maybe I am being too soft?

I have a pony I wish to contest veteran classes with this season but am really struggling with getting any schooling in because of the ground. I am only able to hack at the weekends and the school we have at home is completely saturated and now just mud. My pony is 16 and relatively unfit...