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I am selling my reactor panel saddle and need a relatively quick sale so posting wherever i can. Please email me if you may be interested. Is in excellent condition and comes with the sheepskin numnah. I am asking £1100 for it. Its 2 years old and has not been used that much. All four girth...

I am looking for a new Trainer as i have relocated up to Bristol. My chap is a 16.2hh TB that has just recovered a bad barbed wire incident to his foot. He's 14 years and arthritic and so i'm just putting him into light work/hacking. I have had him for almost 4 years now and he was in a...

Well, where do i start? My best friend is a barefoot trimmer and maybe the one coming to see your horse. On that note, there are a few different types of barefoot trimmers and one imparticular you need to stay clear of. If you need some good advise then contact the UK hoof trimmers...

Hi, It could be all the factors that you've mentioned. If she's just moved yards then stress can be a major factor and of course the lushous spring grass. You can give her a little helping hand by feeding her a balancer (just a large handfull in her feed). This will also help to do around...

If your chap is only getting older and is not showing any signs of arthritis or anything, i would suggest using the ol' cod liver oil for some extra flexion. It all depends on what your horse needs and what they are lacking with regards to body chemicals. The suppliments like supaflex etc are...

I need to look for a new yard to move to in around September/October time as the yard we are currently at (even though is great and has lots of facilities) does not do winter turn out. It needs to be around Bitton, Warmley, Longwell Green area. Not to worried if the yard only does DIY but if...

To be honest i think that vets tend to go by textbook when it come to things like weight. They never seam to think that each horse is different. I have been thinking about how you can get your boy to loose a little bit of weight. What feed and supplements is he on? Also, how old is he? Could it...

Just read your notes again. 500kg seams a little too light for a mid weight 16.2hh cob. I have a 16.2hh TB and he is about 530kg at the moment and still has a little top line to put on so i would say your horse should be about 540-550kg. Maybe thats just the way he is. Does he caugh at all? Some...

Does he really need to be on a feed - in the summer? If he's having hay all day and is at grass he will be getting all he needs. He is sweating due to him being over weight and maybe unfit due to that problem. I would gradually over a week cut out his feed, keep at grass as much as possible and...

Silver cream from metobolics is great stuff. http://www.metabolics.com/store/search/product/silc/

We had a problen like this last year. Apparently the enzyme that causes mud fever also lives on buttercups and other meadow plants so can give them mud fever when they walk through it. We found silver cream the best thing to use and cleared it up a treat. You can buy it from metabolics. Or you...

Dodson and horrell do a mollassis free speedy beet. Thats pretty good stuff. If your horse is out 24/7 at the moment he will be getting all vits and minirals he needs from the grass and hedgerow. Is there any reason why he needs a feed in the summer if he is on easy work? I'd start the vit and...

Its interesting what you say as that does sound like my boy (wading through glue). He does enjoy hacking and is much more forward going then in the school and i wont allow him to jump, so i think we might just have to settle for that. Maybe he's saying he just wants an easy life. Seams like he...

[ QUOTE ] I'd get the vet out to do an equine MOT: bloods, heart, lungs, limbs. He could be anaemic which would make him sluggish and easy to tire. If he's come from a dodgy background, I'd also get a liver function test done on his blood. I'd get his heart and lung sounds checked out and maybe...

[ QUOTE ] i would have him blood tested? is he wormed? what feed is he on?x [/ QUOTE ] Because he wasn't well last year he went through having weekly bloods until about Feb this year. That last ones (May) were fine and his protein levels were baring on normal. I currently still have him on...