Recent content by jules9203

So I am currently riding a 7yr old horse. Native x tb. He has previously been used to hack and do some showing. Has come to me on loan 4 weeks ago. Came in a snaffle with a lozenge. When I school in this bit I feel the horse is "sucking up" the bit and doesn't take the contact down or forward...

So looking at booking a transporter from A - B. If I book a transporter (from A) to go from A, pick up in B and drop off back in A the lowest quote is £800. If I book a transporter (from B) to pick up in B, drop off in A, then return to B the basic quote is £350. Same distance, lorry size...

Thank you everyone xxxxxxx

20 yrs ago a little 5yr old TB x pony mare arrived. Meant as a project as she was cheap due to various issues. She went on to do whatever I wanted and more. She taught me so much and we had a lot of fun. Yesterday aged 25 her digestive system decided to stop working and we said goodbye. I'm 56...

If I'm buying from an owner that has had the horse for a few years I don't get it vetted but I do see the horses vet history. Having said that I don't insure mine either. I know of horses that have gone on and competed successfully after failing a vetting. Depends on what you want to do and why...

As a livery yard owner I do risk assessments and (being a small yard) change things to suit each horse as much as I can. Even so a horse can decided to jump a gate for many reasons. Not all of these are avoidable/manageable. I think you will struggle to prove liability (but it's not impossible)...

I don't remember shoes etc. but I started working with horses in 1985 having spent a previous year gaining my BHSAI . I worked for a top yard and was paid £50 per week (no NI/Pension/sick pay/holiday pay) By 1994 I was earning £100 per week (plus accommodation, own horse livery, daily lessons on...

As a YO I work out my price for livery, per stable, over a year. So the same price each month all year round. In the summer they can have 24hr TO but in the winter it maybe only half a day. Ad lib hay is included in my price. So in the winter I may be under priced due to...

Looks like you have found the solution but if not have you tried the Stubben String dressage girth? I have one on my dressage saddle and it is brilliant. Wide, grippy and soft xx

This will be a long post so apologies... In the last 10 yrs nearly every horse I have bought has been pts. That includes the couple I have sold. It's been heart breaking. I'm going to list them as I want people to understand the point of this post. One was lost to old age, one to SI problems...

Voting for you xx

Racesafe everytime - as has been mentioned needs to be a 2018 one xx

Yes they can change hugely. I've had liveries come here that were unruly at other yards and have chilled completely. Likewise I've had 2 mares that came here and really didn't settle at all and had to leave. The mare I bought last year had a complete personality transplant on arrival. If it...

Age, hormones, other stress all have an impact on confidence. I found getting someone else to ride my horse a few times helped. My anxiety came out of nowhere and had no obvious cause but HRT hugely reduced it. Not sure if that's any help.

I've been told that if I can't get praziquentel then to double dose with Strongid P. Its approx £13.80 (per 600kg weight) tube