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She is a new forest, are black trousers ok then? She has socks and has fairly light chestnut legs.

I am taking a friends chestnut filly in a forest class at the New Forest Show on wednesday, what am I supposed to wear for an in-hand class, I haven't done one in absolute years! Thanks in advance!

I ride out a lot, although there is a fair amount of roadwork to be done to get to anywhere nice, so occasionally box to the new forest etc for a nice long ride. Also take the pony and carriage out a few times a week, so yes, lots of going out in comparison to schooling time!

He is currently far too pushy to take anywhere/shows etc, and even leading out inhand is a total battle. Thankyou for the advice about the groundwork, and making things much more interesting/varied for him, thankyou, the reason he had the winter/6 months off is because he was getting stuffy and...

Thanks for the reply, I personally have either found foresters to be lovely, or as he is, really ruddy pushy! Any ideas anyone else?

My friend has a gorgeous 4yo nf, the only issue is that he is so pushy/boulshy! He has no respect for anything, if you want to get another horse out of the field you have to take a whip with you, and even then he pretty much takes no notice! He got into the feed shed and pretty much...

Yeah i saw that, thought it was slightly odd!

You shouldn't be hanging about all day, but if you are going in a lorry sometimes there is a lack of space! The indoor is a nice surface, outdoor for warmup as SecretSanta said, and a tiny 'lunging' school which you can go into which is covered which is nice if its peeing it down outside!

Thanks, thats great, I have read a few things on the net, but most things are 'historical' rather than informative... do you know what i mean?!

I ride a cob for a woman who is semi novice, and he is up for sale because he is only 4..5ish, and is a bit too green for her (hacking etc). She went to look at a Criollo, only imported a week ago, and got on really well with it even thought she is semi-novice, I think there were a few iffy...

I am helping out a friend by stewarding a show tomorrow.... what exactly should I wear? Jods and boots...? Thanks for the help!

I cant wear kids long boots because my legs are tooo muscly round the calves! I think I may have to get ariat kids short boots and gaiters, but I really wanted long boots, beggars cant be choosers!

Hehe don't I know it.. being little is good! I think I am just going to have to go to every saddlery possible and try on everything then get the ones that fit the best altered...hassle! I will let you know if I have any luck, I have been sat here with a tape measure looking up sizing charts for...

That sounds so good, but I don't know if I can realistically afford to get some tailor made. Yes this is my adult height (how depressing, almost 20 and under 5ft tall!) so any boots I get now will be with me until I kill them from overuse!

I have yes, but ideally I want something less chunky and a lot more showy if that makes sense? I am going to be showing a 12.2 bsp this summer, and slightly chunky boots I think would look out of place on him.