Recent content by keepitugly

I've been working in the industry for a long time and have been helping/teaching a few close friends and schooling horses for them. I'm now being approached through word of mouth to teach and ride for people. Where would I be able to get insurance that would cover me for this without having any...

I'm near Thirsk and it's open ended really nothing is set in stone just before the summer.

I'm looking for a retirement type full livery as I'm moving away and don't want to sell the horses, one of them is retired, the other I just want to turn away for a while. I want somewhere they will be checked and cared for properly every day. I've found one that looks lovely in Wales but it is...

The horse obviously jumps better off that lead.

I don't have any questions generally , I just want to see the horse move and stood up, if they put a proper conformation shot in advert in the first place it would save a lot of time. If I like the horse I'll go and view, if not we've saved everyone's time. I think in this day and age it's a...

Every day. Nothing changes, we have a small indoor for when it's really bad. I work with horses 7 am til 5pm (if I'm lucky haha) I ride one in my lunch hour, then 2/3 after work, then onto another yard to ride two more some nights. I don't even consider not working them, I just keep going. I...

I've been looking to buy another horse for about a month, let's just say I've never been in the position to buy a horse of this type before so naturally the first one I tried I loved but was warned off not to rush into it and try some others first. Well that one sold the next week to some other...

Have her back xrayed I would take an educated guess at kissing spine, your ulcers are likely secondary to something else. Kissing spine often gets worse after time off as they lose muscle. I'd just take her to a good vet for a full lameness work up and see what it throws up.

No they didn't test for that, we really don't think laminitis he's on such a small paddock there's no grass in there and he's not the type to be prone, and the pulse was only very, very slight. He's not actually my horse so I'm not going to mention anything about wobblers etc unless it happens...

Thanks for your thoughts. I can't think he's fallen or been cast as he's in a paddock right next the house so we pretty much see him all day and I think we'd notice if there was a struggle or a mad moment. He's only in a small paddock on his own at the moment. Hopefully it won't but if it...

It was indoors but it was bigger than our indoor at home and she's only 15.1 she hasn't got the excuse of being huge haha. I just felt a bit embarrassed because it looked like I hadn't schooled her to go off the leg at all, she felt like she was about to grind to a halt in the walk, can't have...

We've fully clipped out 5 of ours already, legs and everything, if your horse is getting hot and uncomfortable just go for it. Our clipped ones are still living out in middleweight turnouts overnight as it is getting chilly, stripped off through the day as it's still getting up to 17 degrees...

I'd make my aids very obviously different for the time being, I'd really knock the outside leg back for canter. He sounds like he's just thinking you want canter because that's what you've been doing and he's not actually realising you're giving a different aid. I'd ask for trot and if he...

I have a lovely 5yo who is schooling really well at home. I took her out competing at the weekend, only her second time in the ring properly although has been schooling a few places. She's quite an anxious type, she called and called and trotted sideways the whole way round to the collecting...

Anyone seen anything like this before, unfortunately don't have a video. Brought horse in from field, looked a bit quiet but walked over to me sound, as I was walking in went absolutely hopping in front, I thought he'd stood on something, immediately picked feet out, nothing, walked a few...