Recent content by floradora09

Woohoo! :D Ru does a really smart test doesn't she :)

OP have been following this as procrastination from my AS revision. Just wanted to say good luck, and even though you'd been hoping for a summer's riding I think this might just be a little bit more exciting ;) I've always had geldings but would love the experience of having a foal (not...

I bought a synthetic Wintec Isabel for £350, has probably been one of the best things I've ever spent my money on! Cheaper brands aren't always the best way forward but this saddle has been fantastic and I will be keeping hold of it as I adore it! Think they're about £800 new so there's always a...

My TB had evented to PC open level in his prime, and then spent a few easy years doing showing/fun rides/hacking. When I bought him aged 15 he'd been out of regular work for about 6 months, and was building up fitness gradually. It worked well as the first year was spent getting to know him and...

Oh gosh! On the scale of things Win's been extremely good, but he's just got to the point now where the smallest thing sets him off and there's no reasoning with him! Very very much hoping he can be allowed to go out this weekend, will be a relief for all of us. Not sure what level of work he'll...

:D :D :D Is pretty much it! So pleased that he's back on such good form! And winning is always nice... Minnie looks super too :) Hope Rudi's coming back into work a little less excitingly than Winnie has- we met the hunt meet finishing up on saturday, he'd been really silly all the way out so...

Hopefully Win will be allowed to start going back out in a couple of weeks, and I've been trying to do a few odd jobs round the field. A couple of years ago part of the field was fly tipped on and weeds left to grow etc. The weeds have been cut back and most of the debris removed, and the ponies...

I've never heard of ultrasound being a treatment, usually it's used to diagnose soft tissue injuries by looking at fibre pattern/holes etc (the white stuff is tissue, the black stuff fluid). Shockwave as star said is high velocity sound waves, it helps to stimulate cells to heal in areas where...

Sorry, last matting post from me I promise! Do people with 12mm mats find they move about/do they do the job? They're to go on an earth floor in the field shelter. It's not heavily used but just want a decent/clean surface to be able to stand him on and clean easily etc. Will be used for the...

As title really, looking to get some proper matting to put down in the field shelter (it's not concreted but floor stays dry and level). Is it best to keep checking ebay or are there some places that aren't a total fortune?! :o Thanks :)

Thank you very much :) it is so nice to get a bit of support from others who've been through the same as it is quite daunting. I will keep updating, probably with more worries, as we go along. Was shod today and took him in the school after, he feels so much more comfortable and forward than...

Thanks, and I do see where you are coming from with regards to shoes perhaps not making him straighter etc. If we're looking at his whole body it wouldn't surprise me if there is something going on in front that could be contributing, and longterm my goal is to improve his feet as much as I can-...

He has been ridden out in boots for the last few weeks, which has helped in that he doesn't get footy. However he lands with the outside of his foot first, which has become much more pronounced without shoes and his outside wall has become slightly shorter and more upright whilst his inside wall...

Thanks for the reply; did your horse have surgery? I think my vet is keen to get him out and doing a bit more as he's lost so much muscle already, and most of the improvement would have been seen over the first couple of months I'd have thought. (Sorry can't quote more than one person!)...

Thank you very much :) I'm so pleased but terrified at the same time!