Recent content by freckle

Well, I seem to be paying over the odds! It's about £80 for a set with stud holes (includes VAT). He's very good though and patient with my horse who doesn't like being shod.

If you finished on a Novice, I'm sure you'll find PN fine for your first event. Try to pick an event which you've been to before, and preferably one which you found quite easy. That way you already know you can do it!

Have you tried a hanging cheek? There's various different mouth pieces (French link, single jointed, Waterford, happy mouth), but it gives a bit more leverage without being a s strong as a gag. I've used it several horses who usually work in a snaffle, but need a little bit extra control but a...

I was show jumping yesterday when a horse kicked mine in the warm up 6 horses before we were meant to go. The woman was trying to circle but doing such a rubbish job of it her horse's back end swung out and he took a pot shot at my boy. Missed my own leg by inches. Woman on the horse seemed...

Great success today! I can now lead him out to the field calmly in a bridle and with lots of pony nuts. We'll try the headcollar tomorrow... Started off stopping and starting around the yard, then I rode him back and forth across the field, stopping and praising him as we went. When he did that...

There's one thing learning HOW to remove a shoe like I also did for stage 2, but actually DOING it is something else. I'm going to ask my farrier if he'll teach me, I think. It's one of those things you'd always wished you'd asked when you're faced with a shoe emergency!

Thanks for all the advice. We're starting lessons in manners this morning! It looks like all the horses will be in for a few days as it's so frosty, so an ideal time to practice leading to the field with no distractions. I know someone who has a chifney, so I'll borrow that with lunge line...

Don't know where your are based, but Addington Manor near Buckingham does BSJA tickets for just £3 rather than the usual £6.

Yes, I was aware of the danger in potentially reinforcing the behaviour, but as I wasn't the one leading him out most of the time, I couldn't have expected grooms to spend extra time dealing with him when there was work to do! However, it does look like I'm going to have to take responsibility...

Does anyone have any advice on how I can train my horse to have some manners when being led to the field? He's 10 this year so should know better! He's on part livery and in the early autumn he started bolting when you tried to take his headcollar off in the filed, so we left it on. Then he did...