Recent content by LadyGascoyne

Buying a pony was the greatest thing I could do for my riding enjoyment. It's like being a child again, with a sturdy little sensible beast. It was like having a weight lifted off my shoulders. I absolutely love having horses with more sporting capabilities too, and I will add to that part of...

Dammit, I was hoping to see him for sale 🤣

Update! Her saddle is causing her pain for some unknown reason - it has been fine for years with regular checks and maintenance and she hasn't really changed shape much. She was short and stuffy under saddle, moving freely on the ground without saddle, moving really nicely bareback, moving well...

Following in desperate hopefulness as my saddle fitter has just announced to me that she admits defeat, and suggested we just look at Mim instead of riding her.

Oh how lovely! Having happy hack, easy ponies has been the best thing ever for me. Wishing you lots of fun.

Based on what we've been discussing on this thread, today we deliberately played around with dropping the contact with my horse that goes btv so much. After a little bit of llama and then searching down for the contact, she actually found a really nice place and was pootling about quite happily...

Thanks everyone, sounds like a vet job.

We gave this a try and she was sound as a pound but the hardest bit of the yard is very wet. I might have to take her up to the pub parking are like a total loon 🤣 Very good point!

I think walk work is so underrated. There are so many horses I see out with so much polish in trot and canter but walk has been completely overlooked.

Your posts are always so interesting. I think we can get trapped (particularly in dressage) in the logical fallacy that the horse isn't strong enough (yet) so we should hold it together to produce the shape. And of course, the more we hold the horse, the more the horse leans, and the horse...

So no signs of any footy-ness, heat or unsoundness in her fronts but I think I'll get them x-rayed for a foot balance check regardless. She went on a long slow walk hack yesterday, on a loose rein, and then I got a friend who rides exceptionally well to ride her in walk and trot in the school...

I agree. I think anyone concerned with people being entitled need to think less about humans and more about horses. The question shouldn't be 'what amount of space are people entitled to keeping horses on?' but rather 'what amount of space are horses entitled to?'.

Possibly a bit more than usual. Possibly less head down grazing too.

Worth checking, definitely! Thank you, I hadn't thought about that!

I don't know, I think unlikely. It hasn't been terribly cold here and she is used to spending winters out on the top of our hill at home whereas she's nicely tucked up in her stable or a sheltered field where she is at the moment. She's not a terribly cold horse either, she's very well covered 😳...