Recent content by independentthinker

Shame this is turning into a "bash all other nations that keep horses" thread. We really ought to start on our own doorstep. Anyone ever got any stats on the attrition rate from horse racing in the UK? Right on your doorstep people. What are WE doing racing horses as 2 year olds? Horses...

thanks everyone for the support and encouragement. I have had a good response from reporting this to the BHS welfare folks so we are going down that line for the moment. I had to do something - this woman is evil. thanks again!

I don't know who the dealer is - if I did I'd call him myself. I am trying to think of a way to find out. I've emailed the BHS so will see what they say if anything. I doubt it would work approaching this person direct. I think you get the idea of what she is like from the dialogue, the...

Just noticed on the Horse and Hound main news page that Carl Hester was eliminated from a competition at Hartpury because blood was coming from his horse's mouth. Want to comment on that horse lovers? A horse in a grand prix test bleeding? I'd love to see this video of the whole Catwalk thing...

I am aware of an individual who until recently owned a horse with chronic choke. The horse chokes when fed on normal hay or haylage and had to be fed either on grass or on finely chopped hay. The horse had been treated by our local vet on more than one occasion for choke and it was the vet...