I have a mare with four white legs, very thin skin and prone to boot rub. I clean her boots religiously but after competing at isleham at the weekend, her right fore blew up like a balloon, turning out to be a skin infection. Shes had antibiotics and the leg has resumed its normal size already...
I cracked my rib earlier this year. I was thrown off on the wednesday, competed on the thursday, carried on going to work and riding and by sunday I ended up collapsing on the hay bales in complete agony. turns out by doing so much I ended up breaking my rib completly. six weeks off in agony...
I would like to know peoples opinions on vere/clea phillips young horses?
Ive heard they are expensive but im looking for a horse to eventually go intermediate or above. And does anybody know what kind of prices they are?
Any ideas would be much appreciated :)
Could someone please enlighten me as to why you break horses at different ages?
recently i spotted an ad for two horses both 4 year olds but one was broken earlier on in the year and one was just starting to be broken now. why wouldnt you break one later than the other? and why weren't they...
I have two horses, one of which is on spillers slow response and the other is on dodson & horrell competition concentrate. I have recently noticed that both have started to lick a wooden chair i have that is next to where they are tied up. One has also started to chew my wooden rug rack. ive put...
I feel your pain!! Horse and I fell in water last week, i ended face down in the mud. My air jacket went off, thought i was fine, looked up to see where the horse was, and got smacked in the face by her hoof! Typical! My face is still sore, and to top it all off i had just bought a new hat (good...
I have recently been having bitting problems myself. I contacted Bit World and and they sent me various bits on a two week trial for free. Each problem I throw at them they seem to have the answer! Would recomend them to anyone as they really know what they are talking about.