Recent content by EarlRonan

Hiya from Leicestershire! I have two horses that I keep at livery and they mainly hunt with a little showing!! Jx

Broke mine of Christmas Eve, of all days, hunting. I was in a figure of 8 which I requested as I was told this was the best thing to be in. I found a sling painful especially putting it in and out and the weight of it hanging on your neck. I had physio after two weeks and was back riding...

Hi All, I have to say I have always wondered what it the point of a Sports Psychologist. How do they help you etc.? I am sort of thinking when they tell you to visualize! For me, I think what is the point, as I know it will never go as well as I visualize and, therefore, I will be...

I used to boot and then not last season but the season before he got really bad rubs so he couldn't wear boots. Later on in the season he got lymphangitis (can't spell) not once but twice and we think it was because of the rubs. I haven't worn boots since and the girls in the yard all say he...

Could anyone help me!? I am looking to do an Amateur Working Hunter Class, I know they are very few and far between. There is one at Moreton Show and at the National Hunter Championships but I am really looking for one later in September. I have looked and the Berkshire County Show does not...

Will be interested to read what others say. As I too often feel that I have reached my limit as a rider, as I don't seem to have improved much recently and I am struggling like mad to move up to the next level.

Jen, That is brilliant advice. I too am a bit nervous of taking mine out for the first time this season. I haven't cubbed him as he doesn't understand, standing still or wandering from covert to covert. When we are waiting for first draw he will be a nightmare and will be waiting to explode...

Yes am attending! this is a very important meeting as we need to sort out the running of the hunt asap.

Thanks everyone. He was a good boy on Wednesday and actually behaved the best he has done all season! No snatching of reins and queued for the fences.

My horse gets terribly excited when hunting and for the first time on Saturday I decided to hunt him as a 2nd horse. The meet was near where he lives and we got quite close to the stables while hunting. Apparently he was a nightmare to tack up and then when I came to get him (hopped on at the...

Yes you will need to have deep pockets to buy one of his. Ladies horses 10 - 15k and gentlman's horses 15k plus. Steve will have 'get on and go' horses. Don't forget many of his horses are of the 4 - 6yr old bracket and therefore are still relatively green even though they will have show...

Here goes:- You are not a natural horseman You are not safe to ride You shouldn't be riding After a days hunting, when I fell off twice from a v. green horse a friend told me someone said 'they were appalled by my riding' 'you just throw the reins at the horse and don't kick' I...

I have just got a newish horse and have had about 5 days hunting on him. I am hunting him in a pelham which is what I was advised to do and have breaks on him! The problem is that he is starting to snatch the reins from me and throwing his head about to get a looser rein. We seem to be fine...