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I mean for shite sake If there is blood, it is an injury, a horse with blood should see a vet, if in competition at the time...

Well I'd like to join the queue and say In 60 plus years of riding I have never drawn blood whilst riding or training a horse If it is...

Yes Andrea Hicks are very good for short back round horses. I have two one GP and one dressage. Lovely well made saddles and not over...

But not as many limitations I think as a lot of makes.If I wanted a second hand one I would approach Andrea who is easy to talk to.Have...

Absolutely, adjusting the front arch one size wider is completely normal, you could easily widen two sizes, but there absolutely is a...

Fair enough.The one I bought is 2xw and Andrea told me that as her back develops it will need to be broadened to 3xw which I think will...

You can definitely get AH saddles second hand.Contact Andrea or look on saddle bank.One advantage to them is that the whole tree can be...

Yes to Andrea Hicks - just had one fitted to OH's New Forest who does have a reasonable wither & both pony & husband seem very...

I would second Andrea Hicks.

I know this will be hard as you obviously feel you have a bond with this horse, but taking it on would be madness. You could end up...

This is exactly what I needed to hear, I keep being reminded that my last young horse was supposed to be my last young horse!

At 32 I wouldn’t take much notice of the numbers, as long as he’s not actively dropping weight due to poor teeth or something...

At 70, with OH at 75 , I suppose we do count as 'old age' , but there are no plans to stop riding ....we have just bought a 5 yr old 15...

The last time I went horse-hunting I was 57 (in 2017). Like we all do, I had a fair idea of what I wanted: as in 14.2'ish, nice & narrow...

Which is exactly what I have had to do - 10 years with no horse contact then at 66 starting over - but we are a long time dead 🤣 🙈