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I'd take a different tact. Can you turn him out in a large pen with overreach boots on? I have had horses who have usually been saintly to handle become akin to flying a kite when they have been on box rest. I don't blame them honestly!

I have a lovely boy available for loan - but I feel like most people are similar in that they want them to stay based with them where they can keep an eye.

Very much how long is a piece of string! I bought an unbacked 5yr old Connie for 3.5k and a backed 4yr old Connie x for 13k last year.

My horses are all on holiday...and will be till it stops raining!

Remembered some more 😂 Think I'd repressed. The ponies all going wild and trying to work out which pony or kid we should try and catch. Falling off 3 times in a row at the second jump in a bounce - and my instructor telling me "hold still, I want to draw around you like a crime scene!" Being...

When I think back, I must have been running around for atleast 2 hours on a Weds and then 4 or so hours on the weekend. Not surprising that when I stopped I suddenly had a hard time eating biscuits without putting weight on hahaha

Wait, there should have been PPE for ragworting? As a kid, I was just given a big builders bag and sent off around the fields 😂 Playing hide and seek on the stacked hay bales (slightly terrifying thought now)... equally engaging in some kind of parkour on said hay bales. "Sweeping" the yard...

Ahh, those were the days! I used to get dropped down to the local riding school from about the age 8 till I was 15 or so on a Weds evening 5 till 8 and a Saturday 9 till 5! Used to lead ponies, muck out, groom, all sorts. Had one "free" lesson a week for this. Probably about £15 a lesson back...

Gorilla tape!

Oo, PSSM isn't something I'd considered, though is something I looked into for my Welsh mare. Think I'm member of some of the FB groups so I'll have a looksee if I can see any mention of his breeding! His liver also not something I considered, I guess this would show up in standard bloods...

Have deloused to no avail sadly :( Definitely a vet job I think, but always like to have an idea of what to aim for specifically (i.e scoping, x-rays etc)...mostly to give myself an idea how much £££ I'm going to be down this time 😂😂😂

He's rising 6, and looks like a 2 year old in terms of both muscle and build! Looks awful :( He has a dubious history 😂 Came from Ireland in 2024 to a riding school, where he was then sold on from very cheaply because he "wouldn't suit" once they started backing him. He was v sharp then. Sold...

Any thoughts on next steps for pony in question would be greatly appreciated! :) Connemara Very poor, ribby, obvious hips Scabby/itchy everywhere Dull coat VERY reactive to everything (on ground and ridden, not currently safe to ride) Seems to not have any problems eating - is getting chaff...

19 - Semi retired Connemara. Now just jack's primarily. 6 - Lightly backed, has some health challenges I'm trying to resolve before doing more. 5 - In light ridden work, which will hopefully step up through this year.

I have 2. Both v sporty and sharp and "pony" - as in, they're cheeky and quirky.