Recent content by JCbruce

In search of a full-time role as Groom/PA in South/South-East Devon/ Exeter area. -Previous experience grooming BE, BD & BS as head girl and freelance. Sole charge experience, dealing with fit competition horses, youngstock and stallions. -Excellent skills using Microsoft programs, liaising...

Looking for some jump saddle suggestions for a big warmblood who has a whither that slopes down into a flat back. I have my saddle fitter coming Monday and we will try a few on but I was wondering what makes peoples have found good for this? The two I like most that she has to try and the...

Not reliable enough for a mortgage unfortunately:)

A teacher but now I couldn’t think of anything worse 😂

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I’d like to be physio but I already have a BSc and student loan so wouldn’t be able to do another

What jobs do people have around horses? Currently I work in an office, it’s nice dry i work 8.30-4.30 however I am not the biggest fan of the sales aspect. I also miss being outside. I have a BSc in biological sciences and previous experience working in a veterinary lab but the pay in this...

Thanks I actually just asked all the liveries and someone has some I can borrow :)

Is it okay to use fleece bandages with no padding on in a stable over night? My horse has gotten some stable sores he’s a big fan of laying down kicks all his bedding around. I’m gonna make his bed unreasonably big and have some PE stable wraps on order with next day delivery. Is it okay to...

My horse come in yesterday had a scab on his fetlock gave it a clean and put some cream on it didn’t think much of it. Today it looks more like a sore and I was wondering if anyone else has had something like this and if it warrants a vet visit. It’s a tiny bit hot not swollen and not lame. It...

Hello I have a super baby horse who is calm as a cucumber. Hes starting to do things this year going to fun rides and in hand shower. Looking for preventative measures to reduce likelihood of ulcers as I am thinking preventative is better then cure. Obs got the usual chaff before riding but is...

Sounds nicer then the evening yards 🥹 I was at a top yard and was told to put a heavy weight on over night in September horse was dripping in sweat in the morning. I told them and they said I had to put it on again the next night. This 5* rider was once so rough on a new horse that the yard...

I think sometimes the problem on competition yards is the need to make money and age classes which encourages pushing young horses. No 4 year old should be able to jump a 1.10

Yeah there is this! When I was a kid my pony just kept chucking us off and my mum used to chase us on him untill the day I refused to get back on him and someone suggested his saddle. It had a broken tree and he had a bad back. My mum just kept saying he was a naughty sharp Welsh. I was only...

I am just wondering what peoples thoughts are on whether there is a changing mentality in the equine community on keeping and riding horses. I have completely changed my thinking from how I was brought up and trained. When I worked at a competition yard in the winter all horses were stabled...