Recent content by honetpot

If you have ever sold a horse or even loaned one out their are people who over estimated their riding skill, treat it as a day trip, and I would never allow the anyone who in not buying the horse to ride it, because I need to know they are competent and usually the friend or family member IME is...

If you are comparing two groups of people, I think to look at why they do what they do. Racing is a very traditional sport, it was very slow to make changes in horse management and some management is detrimental to the horses well being, in the TB industry the 1st January birth date for a start...

Our local Wood Green who I re homed from has a lot of volunteers and some seem to have very little experience of real world dogs. The two people who I met who were employed by them were more pragmatic, but while they are trying to raise funds from a public that has perhaps the idea that love...

When I used to do my own at the start it was about 20-30mins ridden, perhaps five days a week. I was lucky I lived at the edge of the village, so a walk to watch the traffic, the children coming out of school or a walk down the fen could be done in that amount of time. I didn't have a school so...

I only ever had a hat, rode in jeans and boots with a heel. Working with horse in the 70's it was jeans, wool leg warmers an an oiled wool jumper for winter riding. Later when I had a job that paid good money I treated my self to dark grey cord jodhpurs and a Barbour jacket, but the majority of...

You could see that is another reason for withholding prize money. If the horse is not conditioned enough to perform well but the prize money is sufficient to take the risk for entry, is there the thought, should we risk it? If this altered training methods and even breeding, because race are...

You hope with any incident that there will be accountability, even if was an accident, reflection to see if anything could be prevented, and my preferred outcome is they lose the £67k and disqualified. This is a professional sport and no one should be rewarded for a horses death how ever it...

I would get advice from a agricultural solicitor and find out exactly what the tenancy consist of. If its not sold with vacant possession like house it worth less. https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/tenancies

Low value is anything that has not fit to race or not worth the training fees, as long as you can get someone to pay the training fee it has a value, its a business. Trainers unless they are very high ranked are constantly looking for owners. Once an owner refuses for what ever reason to stop...

I think low value TB's have never been treated well. The H&H used to print auction results and there would always be a few that went for £500. A friend who helped out at sales at the yearling sales the leftovers would be left, not worth transporting home, the Jockey Club does discount rates for...

I think this behaviour should not be rewarded in any way, at the end of the day money is involved and even if he didn't know or the horse had survived this injury there should be a penalty. The authorities have taken the jockeys word he couldn't feel that there was something wrong, but he has a...

I found a semi track system helped. Any strip grazing is a long thin rectangle just wide enough so no one gets kicked. the water is at one end, and any extension is done the farthest away from the water so they have to walk to the trough at least twice a day. Eventually it extends all around the...

Extra nutrition and hormones and I would think insecurity in the herd, where perhaps she hasn't got another to stands and watches her. I used to have a mare herd and they are funny things, like teenage girls who like being in a group with a girl boss, I find them sillier than colts. If she is...

My youngest daughters first horse was a 17 yr old TB, had done some showing and could jump, when spoke to the person that had shown him professionally before said he was a great hack. The reason why we went to look was he was £1500 with his tack and rug, and my daughter wanted to do some...

Young farmer came Friday to see about cutting my fields, he feels the price will fall for this year because a lot have put land to grass. I am not so sure because if you want a commercial crop you need fertiliser and have to factor in the diesel cost. There is very little home grown hay left to...