Recent content by HenryandPeta

Oh she is pretty! Glad you had fun despite the weather, and Molly sounds like a complete star! Yay!

Henry does this - he will drag me to the stagnant puddle down the road rather than drink from his clean water bucket! Would it be possible to turn out in the day and bring in over night instead? That way you could work him without worrying about his water intake during the day, and he might be...

Thank you Michelle. Charlton Park sounds nice but I would want to jump for that money! Did you go to the one at Miserden recently? That's always a fab one!

[ QUOTE ] Thank you I don't think we jumped anything over 2'9" although that Mushroom fence must have been the smallest at about 1' ish? [/ QUOTE ] That would suit me! Was it advertised anywhere on line? I am gutted I missed it!

How on earth did I miss this fun ride?!!! I would have gone! Bum!! Great photos by the way, you have a lovely horse there! What was the maximum fence height? I love Ciren Park, did the HT there for the last few years, it's a lovely course

Some good stories!! There's a funny video on youtube somewhere showing a judge frantically trying to give a rider a rosette, and the horse backing away from this evil object of terror...

ROFL!! They are all the same then! I rode my last horse (crazy unpredictable bolter) in the indoor on Bonfire night with fireworks going off and he was fine. Next day, it was the crisp packet in the hedge that was the terrifying thing!

That's fantastic! Well done you, I know how hard it is to get back on after a serious injury - you've done it now, it'll only be upwards from here!

Oh yes, we have those life threatening stones that lie in wait for you in verges... Terrible risk, walking past those things! Anna - Gulliver showed me what he could do yesterday! Was taking his neck bit off his rug to cool him off and he moved his head, causing it to go over his eyes! Doh...

I have a friend ride my boy once or twice a week. She will also then feed him and his companion for me, which gives me a day or two off in the week which I love. I don't charge her though, she is helping me out!

I took Henry out on Sunday for a long ride in the sunshine. He's feeling the spring grass at the moment and is bouncing a lot! We came across a group of motocross bikes having trials in a field next to the track we were on - you could hear them for miles around. As we approached the gate into...

My farrier will re-use the shoes if he can - sometimes just two of them, sometimes the entire set! Doesn't bother me in the slightest, I trust his judgement and he's been shoeing Henry for nearly 5 years now so really knows his feet.

LOL My Dad insists he went Western riding on "A really big bugger" out in Kansas and they spent hours galloping over the plains, yet when he first met my Henry (admittedly a 17hh HW hunter) he took a few steps back and hid in the feed barn!

The only problem is that 6 months isn't really a very long period of time. By the time someone has the 2 week trial, and moves the horse to where they want her, they only have maybe 5 months left, and most of that would be spent just getting to know your horse properly. On the other hand, it...

[ QUOTE ] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT-LDI_5XV4&NR=1 [/ QUOTE ] Absolutely disgusting.