Recent content by Jinx94

Tbh the ponies were the least of our worries! The fences couldn't have been any more straightforward and the kids were having an absolute ball. Plus there didn't seem to be a level of competitiveness that lead to harsh riding from the children as I've seen at 80s 😬 admittedly, I was on XC so...

We did both!

It took me ages to get shoulder in with mine. There was a lot of frustration from both of us - I knew I wasn't communicating it in a way that he could 'get' but wasn't sure how to do that, and he got frustrated when I'd ask for bend through the body as well as his neck but wouldn't let him...

I love that it makes the sport more accessible but am quite relieved to hear that it's arena eventing. As a fence judge, my local venue held an UA 60cm event and it was absolutely terrifying. Give me an Advanced class any day! Kids on ponies whizzing round, overtaking nervous adults that were...

Totally haven't scrolled through these multiple times.... My picks would be lots 19, 42 and 56. Ngl, 56 is in there partly because he's strawberry roan, but also he's called Bill!! And I would LOVE to have Bill the Pony ❤ (Not that I would let my being a Lord of the Rings fan EVER sway my...

Oh my gosh @nagblagger, why do you do this to us?! 🤣 Some beautiful ponies there, and being able to look at them and bid online is dangerous 🤣🤣 have had to stop looking as I really can't afford another!!

I have experience with the activo med rugs and found them really useful. We sometimes used them for warming up but mostly for recovery. We had a physio at the time who used bemer instead and she reckoned that the two had the same effect but bemer had the advantage of being a lighter rug 😊...

The last yard I worked on, we would regularly have youngsters brought over from Ireland. Generally they came in pairs and would be isolated together so would have a friend. We would do this for two weeks. We kept an empty stable between them and the next horse whenever possible and marked feed...

I only clip my own now, but when I did clip for others I would charge £45 for a hunter. I charged silly money for a full as I really dislike doing faces and legs. Blanket £35 Irish/Trace £25 Bib and belly £20 If there were multiple horses, I'd negotiate a little.

Have trawled the the Christmas Lammfelle posts on here but can't find the info I'm after.. Looking into getting one as haven't ridden Tris for a while, he's changed shape and tbh I miss riding bareback. Avoiding going totally bareback as I'm concerned about him getting rubs from my breeches...

Big hugs to you and your new horse, you both sound very stressed xx Living space wise, this has been a huge, huge change for him and it will probably take a while for him to settle. Two weeks is a very short period and this change could be likened to us moving to a new house/school/job. Re...

Took me a while to track them down, but pretty confident that those are onagers (asiatic wild ass) 🙂

Apologies Skib. Those look far more donkey-like, not sure what went on with their enclosure labelling, but they don't look like any Przewalskis that I've seen 😬 got to see some very close at a zoo in Italy, and they were pretty much always the first animals I went to see at Marcel. Przewalskis...

Now that I'm running with Z, I definitely do 'rest days' more frequently. However, on those days she still comes to the yard with me twice and gets time to embrace her silly, spinny, bouncy side, plus we do 15mins or so of training each time. The training depends on how long i can maintain her...

Based on exactly what you've written, I would go with the NF. BUT the drawbacks to the welshie are manageable, just a bit more effort! I agree with @FieldOrnaments suggestion, and in my experience a coin toss is really helpful! If you're disappointed with the one that 'wins', then you have your...