Recent content by Fred66

I said potentially libellous and this portion of what TP wrote is.

It’s meant figuratively not literally, that the horse wants to run wants to win. With Gold Dancer the stewards looked at the video footage of the run in after the slip, they looked for signs of the horse not running straight, back end not following true behind the front end and concluded that...

Jockeys have a responsibility to ensure that the horse they ride obtains the best place possible, however they equally have a responsibility for the horses welfare. So continuing to push a horse that is obviously tiring and losing touch with the field (especially in jump racing) and is not going...

There were two being looked at Top of the Bill on course but he is up and walking back to the stable and Quais de Bourbon being looked at back at the stables he did get up but looked like he was stood on whilst fallen at the third so fingers crossed for him. Robbie Dunne has gone to hospital...

I would just give them the option of going more than once. So 6 or 12 miles.

I would say circa 30 minutes before last horse. Especially if it’s run by a hunt. This tends to be late enough to miss the larger groups but early enough to not irritate the organisers. Also there should still be refreshments available!! People who plan to walk the majority of the way should...

If you are going to PC competitions see if you can go HC and have the instructor with you.

I feel for OP as she is obviously attached and it came somewhat out of the blue, but in what way is it awful? The owners got in touch to say that they missed the pony and would like to bring the loan to an end. The immediacy of it reads as though it’s OPs doing

It’s possible that they lost interest horses and that mum put him out on loan rather than part with him. Also child may have been unable to visit without parental support. The perils of loaning a horse are that it can be recalled. The child now teenager may now be wanting to get back involved...

Out of interest what first hand experience do you have of hunt kennels? Certainly our local pack sounds similar to that described for bloodhounds and they definitely have regular vet check ups.

When looking at any issue then best practice is to breakdown the issue into smaller chunks and apply Pareto analysis to reduce the problem. So when looking at animal welfare then the priority should be the greatest cause of suffering being the priority. Therefore addressing welfare issues in...

Have you read the outline of what is to be looked ? It does mention trail hunting but also discusses CO2 of pigs. The bill is put forward as being about animal welfare, so the question as to why halal / kosher slaughter is not being looked at is totally valid.

Place 1 leave him there for at least a week without you being there, get regular updates. Depending upon progress then go up to see if your comfortable to carry on the training at home or leave him a little longer

You can use a SQP rather than vet, most feed merchants will have someone qualified otherwise they can’t dispense them.

The lunge enables you to focus on you and what you are doing, it is one of the best methods of helping relatively novice riders to improve their balance and position.