Recent content by hantastic

Thank you, they came up on my google search I think I will give them a call.

As tital say's really, Im looking to get a horse vetted that is about 30mins into the vally's between Cardiff and Newport. Any recommendation would be greatly appreciated.

Just a suggestion, i used to have the same problem with my cob, i used to use an elasticated girth and a sheep skin numnah and mine slipped terribly. I now use just a plain atherstone leather girth with no elastic and a cotton numnah and dont have any problems.

Should always bandgae both legs as it it highly likely they are putting nearly all their weight on the uninjured limb, so that needs more support than the injured limb.

Firstly, dont doubt your abilities. We all know riding is not easy, its something that comes with a lot of heartache along the way. By the sounds of it you are doing the best by your girl. best of all you are aware of your weakness's and are working on improving them. Your instructor should be...

What girth do you use? My horse is also quite 'round' and i had a similar problem with my saddle until i stopped using an elasticated girth. Mine used to slip even out hacking. But it doesnt move at all any more.

hell yes, esp when you get on to more advanced movements or extended trot down the long side!

I have never really understood where that came from to be honest. There is no evidence to back that up. My horses would never work on a circle continously of the same size, they work in straight lines and of circles of varoius different sizes. I dont belive you can ask a horse to canter in a...

Out of interest why would you want to mount from the ground??? A saddle pad wont help that unfortunately

I have a 17hh section D, he is an awesome jumper and now he has decided the world is not against him he is almost a pleasure to ride. At the moment he is a happy hack and hunts and team chases/HT over the winter, his forte is Sj but i am a wimp at SJ dont ask why a xc fence is appealing...

I use mine twice a week max. Why do you only use it for 15 mins? that is by no means long enough for your horse to warm up or cool off enough? You should do a min of 5 mins walking on each rein with the passoa on a very loose setting before even thinking about trotting or cantering. Why not...

I completely agree S. A stable has enough allergen that horses are subjected to without amonnia for some added fun becuase people 'cant be bothered' or its 'not ecconomical' to muck out properly every day. Not acceptable IMHO

Have you thought maybe she doesnt need ''all'' the suppliments you give her as you say. Horses are not stupid, they have evloved to live off a very poor diet, maybe at the moment she is getting all the things she needs from the grass and her hay.....

Pilates. I have always had a really bad back, my spine is not straight. Which is not helped by the boy of fatness being so wide, i was forever out in my pelvis. I hadnt noticed the difference until i stopped pilates for 2 weeks as our instructor was away. It really does make a huge difference...

Alfa as a feed has more energy then most cool mixes and pasture miixes, but as it is fibre it doesnt have the hight starch levels like concentrates have. Its starch that causes a lot of problems for the horses digestive tract. The feed D mentioned with a vit/min suppliment would be a much more...