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I used to ride a sec D mare who had a horific chest impalement when she was 2yrs old.Not sure how long it took to heal, and although she had a slightly odd trot,she happily competed pc tetrathlon,HT,ODE,DR and would jump the top of the wings.She was an absolute star and was never lame and always...

Dream, bred by Acorn quarter horses, is very bold, esp jumping, hardly touches a pole.Started xcing him last autumn and he placed 1st or close to in almost every hunter trial !He does however explode occasionally in the warm up and gallop round making whale noises :)...

I compete a palimino Desired Vision as he was a local stallion, one of the best things Ive ever evented :) bit quirky though!!Currently breaking another and guess what?he did it again... another palimino!

My riding club too :)!!Hopefully if horse isnt to tired after pc camp.should be brill thou!

Several techniques work quite well,depending on how brave you can be, as napping can be quite scary. If he plants and reverses when asked to go forward,smack him. 1)If his response is to rear and spin,it is your objecive to keep him in the direction YOU want to go.If he spins left pop your...

Hmm yes he is (on proviso) you must be TELEPATHIC :eek: :p !!! Im sad to hear about everyones bad experiences, and glad to hear of those with good experiences. But its the mixed opinion which makes it hard to know what to do :(

The horse was for sale at 2k with tack and we offered 1500 with tack (on proviso that we are still happy when we collect him and dont change our mind if we are unhappy with sarcoids) and she said that is the lowest she would accept.He comes with his liverpool cream.My main worry is that my boss...

My pony that we bred had a clicky hock,the vet thought it had something to do with the ligaments but wasnt worried.10years later,still clicking,never been lame,no swelling,has evented and working med dressage.Doesnt make any noise on hard going.:)

Pedilia- do you mind me asking where/how big were the sarcoids and how old the horse was?

Hold on,think I worded that v badly. The flatter ones in my experience have been easy to treat.Had 2 with them,both dropped off in a month.

Folllowing from the earlier post,the other horses I have been to see have not been big enough/wouldnt be suitable . I had forgotten to mention that the dun I wanted to make an offer for had a small sarcoid,about the size of a 10p, on its belly that was being treated with liverpool cream and...

Im partial to the odd bay,my retired boy is bay.At the end of the day as long as it moves well,is sound and can do the job, it doesnt really matter. But I think horses have the edge if they have something about them ie well marked coloured, a big dun :p, a chestnut with stockings or...

Although I work ride ie school horses regularly for people,im also inbetween horses (searching for a newbie if anyone in the south west knows of anything!) and for the 1st time in a VERY,VERY long time Im wearing....wait for it....shorts!!!I would one day would like not to be teased fo having...

I cant and wont even consider competing until its 4yr old anyway,and when it is I certainly wont be BE-ing it.I think its v good experience for a 4yr old to be out at v low key events for experience, and with previous horses,we always found taking them to a grassroots dressage test or popping...

He has the attitude and a fantastic temprement,is just 3 and hacks out like a dream and popped small fences.I would like to go as far as possible, obv hard with a budget but I believe there are horses that cost v little with that ability,just hard to come across and take work to reach their full...