Recent content by jenni:)

Thanks so much for the replies, you’ve all definitely made me feel much more hopeful! I’ll have a better look at riding clubs round me - the 2 that are my go-to ones to think of are probably not offering what I want, but thinking about it I know there are many others - not really sure why I...

Hi, wondering if anyone has any wise words because I’m feeling at a bit of a loss. Have ridden all my life, used to event at 100/novice as a teen, but was never really ready for novice and probably pushed myself too far, too soon. Bought two horses of my own to produce/sell, the first one I...

I only worked in the USA for a brief while, at summer camps, so my experience is much more limited than some others here. But my experience was: kids came from expensive, East Coast 'show barns'. They could ride something and look very pretty. They were very correct and their position was...

Think about pushing the hips back over the jump. So you don’t throw your centre of balance forward and have you legs swing back to counter it

Thanks so so much everyone! I think my housemates are going to get lunged around the kitchen tonight ...

Hi all, Could someone who has done the stage 2 or 3 lunge exam recently please tell me what they are actually looking for? Have asked many people but all did it many years ago and it seems things have changed... Have heard it's notoriously hard to pass and I need to pass it as I've already...

Thinking about trying one of the fluffy nose and covers on my tb for jumping. He is better without a martingale but I still feel I need something to encourage him a head down. He has a tendency to be all yeeee let’s go !!! Then gets to the jump like who put that there?! Recently went to a clinic...

I have a navy gatehouse think it is called a conquest mk II or something like that? I love it but wear it everyday and it is starting to get stratched on top from tree branches etc (well I presume that's what it is as I always keep in it a hatbag).

I have some from Aldi, I must have had them 5 years and they are only just starting to wear on the crotch, soo comfy though! They have a brown full seat so don't look like proper jeans unless you're riding, but only cost £25. Wish I could find some more :(

Thankyou! It's gluten ataxia - I don't really know much about it (waiting for the dietician appointment) and by the sounds of it not many people do, but my understanding is that it's like celiac, but instead of my immune system attacking the intestines when there is gluten, it's attacking the...

Thankyou everyone for the reassurance!! Everything else I found on the internet suggested it couldn't be done but it seemed to mostly come from people who didn't really know what straw was. So happy to see that horsey people know it's fine!! :)

He'd still be able to see/touch noses with other horses during the day, when he is out in the field - it would just be overnight. He needed to be quarantined when I first got him because of a respiratory infection that we didn't want the other horses to get, and he didn't seem bothered at all by...

Hi, I've recently been diagnosed with a condition similar to celiac, which needs managing in the same way - no gluten or anything potentially cross-contaminated with gluten. I was so, so happy to finally recieve a diagnosis and more than happy to change my diet etc. But it has suddenly occurred...

Ooo thankyou, that is interesting - do you know what make your new grackle is please?

Thinking of buying one of the bridles with the shaped nosebands that avoids the facial nerves for my 4yo exracer. He sticks his tongue out which could probably be discouraged with a grackle but I'd rather train him out of it/make the bridle more comfortable for him than add in extra gadgets and...