Recent content by Hocksy_Funter

I have a 16.3 fairly heavy ID hunter that broke one of his hind pedal bones (normally do fronts by all accounts). He was only slightly lame & for 6 weeks was being treated for an abscess, but when this never came out and vet finally xrayed, he was amazed to find complete outer third of pedal...

One of our horses has quite a few small 'under skin' lumps and bumps running all down the underside of his neck and one or two around the rest of his body. They showed up first around the time of the spring grass coming through and we put it down to a reaction to the new grass. They then went...

Thanks for replies, both look suitable on their websites. HF.

I am trying to find exercise sheets for 2 big horses. One is a fairly wide 16.3 ID with a big bum, and the other is 17.1 IDX. The largest exercise sheets seem to be 5'. I tried one of these on the 16.3 last year and it came nowhere near his back end. Has anyone found bigger than 5', or have they...

If he is not happy with the partition in, but travels OK when they are out, I wouldn't entertain trying it again. My 16.3 ID ended up upside down in the front of an Ifor williams when he kicked off, and after that 'bad experience' would never go back in the trailer again, so we ended up buying a...

Have just been through 7 months of box rest with my hyperacvtive hunt horse. I found it best when he had no company at all, and could not see the other horses in the field, as each time the companion was taken away he got upset. He did settle into it after a month or two and just switched...

Is there a standard format for a medical armband card, or does it depend on the organisation. I have a card holder on my body protector, but no card. I am doing the BHS XC at Eland Lodge and need a medical card. Being a cheapskate I was hoping just to print something off and put it in the...