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I had started to wonder about ulcers - I only bought her in August, she was ok all of autumn hunting and any funny/marish moments I put down to being green/babyish & new to her job. Upped her feed and introduced oats after opening meet as she was going well but needed some more oomph - all fine...

Hi all, Looking for some help/suggestions as I'm running out of ideas, I have a rising 6yr old ID mare who I hunt hard 2x a week, she is a typical chestnut mare and tends to be a bit cold backed & tense - I have her back checked fortnightly, saddle checked, teeth done etc. She rides well on...

I have an old 18inch seat/28 width Stubben Parzival that fits my mare (and me!!) beautifully, bar being a little too long :( any recommendations of where to find a smaller version?!? Thanks and jelly babies in advance!!! :) xx p.s which side of the rivet do you measure from for the seat...

Yep, blackthorn, and yep - ouch!!!! The landing is soft its the thorns that aren't - after falling off I've had to hide behind a tree, pull my jods down and dig blackthorns out of my legs before being able to carry on - real ouch!! Luckily it doesn't happen very often!! :)

You don't have to sit there looking for your stride - you can just let them fly!!!! That feeling on take off of 'oh my god we're going' and on landing of 'waaaahooo i'm still alive!!' is something you just can't beat... A few of my favourite hedge hopping pictures from over the years...

I have just bought Omega Rice instead of Equi-Jewel (as there was no ingredients on the bag and they didn't have equi-jewel) for my mare who can suffer from muscle stiffness when she gets tensions but looking online I have noticed it has wheat in the ingredients, surely this isn't good if i'm...

Hi guys, thanks for advice, will call Saracen tomorrow and see what they think!! I am increasing her feeds gradually and have now starting adding chaff, was just wanting to make sure she gets all her vits and mins as her coat etc has always been quite poor (I've had her since June and its not...

I'm currently trying my new horse on re-leve as she has a tendency to plant and stiffen up when she is worried, and she was also coming up with bumps all over her skin (mostly concentrated in areas where there was tack/she had sweated) which i wasn't sure whether it was due to barley in her...

The OSBWK hunt within the M25, and have several days where you have a clear view of London for most of the day :) however the only boxing day hunt i'm aware of within the m25 will be the warlingham mock hunt from chelsham common :) xx

I am organising the Jorrocks Hunt Club Horse Show for the Old Surrey, Burstow & West Kent Hunt and would like ideas as to where to advertise it online - I have done Pegasus magazine but wondered whether there were any other sites that everyone in the South East used regularly? Thank you for...

JenHunt - blue rinse? Where do I get such stuff? :) I've got a pony with a lot of white and never know how to get her sparkly the way other people do with theirs, could this be the magic formula?? :)

My experience of hound exercise & autumn hunting with the bloodhounds has been very steady with little to no jumping at the beginning, building up to faster with jumping by October time... its usually very relaxed with no pressure - just perfect for your first time!! :)

Which bloodhounds are you going out with? :)

Thank you for your replies :) is there a massive difference between the H2000 and the Fiona? I only looked at the H2000 Squared as it says in the description that it was designed for showing and hunting (and there is one on ebay in my size!!) but I've never seen one - is the peak noticeably big...

A lady who hunts with us has a little highland which she hunts both side saddle and astride, its a lovely little thing!! :)