Recent content by KittyinAus

In Australia, riding Standardbreds is common. Very common. He's not my first one either.

Thank you for your support. My theory, though it's only a theory, is he's had a fall.

Going to leave. My stress levels are too severe to be cope with being attacked as I have been by some people.

I am starting to thing that I need to take a writing course because people are not understanding what I write. I bought him when he was seven. He did not race until he was seven. His racing career was very brief. He spent several years after his racing career at a rehoming centre and I bought...

That's great. Really impressed with your success. If my horse never does anything useful, I am fine with that.

It was a very frustrating day. Got this local horse vet out to start the process of rehabilitation and he tries to tell me that there wasn't anything wrong. What a waste of time and money.

Feedback on sacroiliac issues in horses please. Made a beginner mistake and posted about this in The Tack Room forum first. My horse has a sacroiliac issue. A local non-specialist vet tried to tell me that there was nothing wrong, so it cannot be a catastrophic problem. The specialist who saw...

Thank you so very much.

I think you missed the bit when a non-speacialist horse vet couldn't find anything wrong with him.

He's a Standardbred. He's never been ridden because he's never been saddle trained. His harness career was brief because he was a failure as a harness racing horse. He went to a re-homing centre after his racing career and stayed there for a very long time because most people who buy a...

There's nothing stoic about my awesome horse. He expresses himself very strongly. You had no way of knowing that. If my horse needs me to weigh 60kg while fully dressed and holding a fully mounted saddle, that's what he'll get. Thanks for the information. I have never ridden him. Neither has...

Thank you for the feedback. It's keenly appreciated. Really glad that you were able to get your pony happily back into work. I am aiming for him to carry a total weight of 15% (though not including his bridle).

Thank you everyone for your answers. He's going to be rehabbed anyway. If he ends up rideable, that's great. If he ends up not rideable, that's fine too. He is really a super horse and doesn't have to do anything useful at all.

Which percentage of his weight would be a lightweight rider including the saddle please? Am currently aiming for 15% but could go down to as low as 10% if that's nescessary. He weighs about 600kg