Recent content by Jinx94

Yes, OP, my above suggestion was made assuming that he's fit and that your schooling has a focus on getting him forwards. It's amazing how much more oomph horses can get from improved fitness and a change up in their schooling.

Working on the basis that all energy requirements are met by his current ration, which I believe is what moosea is trying to determine, and knowing that you need to avoid things that are likely to be in a lot of feeds.. I'd be tempted to go old school and add a SMALL amount of flaked maize to...

I don't have experience with either of these bits, but hypothetically I'd say that a D-ring would help with steering/turning nose to bum. Are you going to have the opportunity to trial the D-ring?

Obviously cases like this are very individual. Tris had a really dodgy gut for a few years. Poos were rarely properly solid and he would wee SO MUCH. My vets at the time kept putting me off diagnostics whenever I brought it up and said it wasn't an issue. I was younger and wouldn't say boo to a...

Is it worth putting a non toxic branch in his field for him to chew on? Ages ago, the yard we were at trimmed a tree next to our field and left the branches in there. The geldings chewed on the branches a bit and left the fencing (which was previously being munched) well alone. Cant guarantee...

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...