Recent content by JW & MT

  1. J

    turning out in mud or staying in?

    So fed up with this weather, I would actually swap for snow I think! Like a lot of others I am trying to keep mine in if they have been ridden to save the fields a bit. But they are so wet I am not sure if it is making any difference. And trying to ride in the dry is proving to be tricky too...
  2. J

    How many times a week (inc weekends) do you ride in winter?

    Sorry to hijack post, but couldn't help noticing comment about in season - my mare has, for second year in a row, turned into an absolute madam in November, and I am convinced as she has been angel for the last 6 months, that it's something relating to hormones. Any thoughts / advice on this...
  3. J

    Livery West Yorkshire for a stallion?..

    Raikes Hall, Holmewood in Bradford do have a couple of stallions on livery.
  4. J

    Bone Spavin

    I have a mare that was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis in her hocks 3 years ago at age 3.5. She had a year off to have a foal, and then we x-rayed again after that & had one of the hocks injected as the year off had not resulted in the fusing that we had hoped for. She was then backed (at 5...
  5. J

    Supplements for arthritic mare

    I have been using premier flex for my 18 yr old gelding, he has been diagnosed with arthritis and this seems to be working really well.
  6. J

    would you ride on well lit main roads in the dark?

    I do it regularly in the winter and have never had any problems. Like so many others have said it depends where you are, I am in an area where there are lots of street lights and we stay of busy roads and we have a lot of lights and hi viz and I would never go out on my own. I have an arthritic...
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