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Not sure if you have seen the previous posts on this thread but she is turned out for 6-7 hours per day 7 days per week during the day - vet has put her on box rest from last Friday until he visits again this Friday due to her legs. Being out is the last thing she needs at the moment, we want...

If you cant afford to keep her then sell - she sounds like she is quite a rare find (not many horses out there who are successful at BD with good points behind them), especially if she is ready to move up. Even in this market you probably could get decent money for her, you'd just have to vet...

Just wanted to quickly update you all after you have given me such helpful advice - vet came out on Friday afternoon and turns out she is lame. This does explain the random couple of lame steps I sometimes feel on her - vet basically said that it isnt a hugely noticeable lameness but because...

She doesnt get much in the way of hard feed and no supplements at the moment - she has a haynet overnight (hay not haylage), token hard feed breakfast when the others are fed to keep her quiet, turned out for 6-7 hours during the day and then a token hard feed dinner again to keep her quiet...

Oh yes arguing with a mare is never the answer! I never kick or smack (I'd be sent into orbit if I gave her a smack!) and kicking just gets bigger bucks so I have to remain calm, bring her back to walk for example if she had a meltdown in trot, then pick up the trot again and carry on like...

Because prior to asking the question I wasnt sure whether I should simply cut my losses and move on, persevere or something else entirely I might not have thought of. Thought that was quite clear from my original post, I wanted advice on when to call it a day. I have also posted this question...

I do agree - I'm paying a fair sum of money each month (could probably keep a native on grass livery in a boggy field for what I'm paying!) so I should have something I enjoy riding. I think the nature of sharing/part loaning can often feel like the owner should be paying the sharer at times...

I am wondering if she needs a better rider than I am - while I'm not bad I'm certainly no pro and if she only ever behaved with a pro perhaps she is just more horse than I can handle. I dont think a new instructor will help, took me forever to find current one as all others I tried had no idea...

I'm a very light contact fan (aim to be able to ride with hands as light as Mr Hester one day!), hate having to be strong with my horse. So a bag of sugar (presuming we are talking about the smallest bags, around 500g) would be WAY too much for me. But then again I do dressage and dont often...

Being such a special creature she doesnt jump, hates it and either runs through them and knocks them down completely or she spooks at them :o Instructor has us doing poles (4 poles on a circle like a clock) and doing transitions between poles, instructor thinks she has a brain the size of a...

That's my biggest issue really - money. Cant afford to have someone ride her frequently or send her away to a pro for schooling (lets face it she was with a pro less than 6 months ago at the expense of her owner). Main reason instructor wont get on her is because she had a bad fall off a...

I really havent made my mind up - this is the issue. She's a lovely horse on the ground and I enjoy being around her and hacking her out. She has the most amazing floaty paces and her natural trot is a medium trot - all the higher level dressage movements will come easy to her if she could just...

I dont seem to have much luck with horses, and my run of bad luck is continuing! I cant afford to buy a horse (keeping it is the bigger issue really) so have been sharing for about 2 years, currently on 3rd share horse. 1st horse was sold after 6 months of me sharing when we were finally...