Recent content by Ladyinred

YO's 11hh pony got out (door not closed <sigh>) one night. Ate whole bucket of soaking Fast Fibre and sugar beet designed for two 15hh horses, pigged out on the chop and then tipped over the bin of her own feed and demolished that as well. Got her back in stable and she immediately lay down and...

Totally agree. We had to take ours off it, one got super sensitive skin issues and itched all over and two of the others were hyper as you describe. Very hard to find feed free from alfalfa, it's even in some supplements.

Silly old fool that I am.. your daughter's reaction to this pony actually brought tears to my eyes! Wishing you the very best of luck with her x

This ^, or a tiny treeless saddle which will give the rider a bit more support. We have a treeless for our hard to fit Dartmoor and Grandson is very stable in it plus a comfortable pony. She is 18 and I don't think her previous owners ever had a saddle that fitted her and made her comfortable...

We start with a teatowel across their back, progressing slowly to a bath towel and then a light rug. Then we go back to the beginning and add a surcingle into the mix, followed by a fillet string. We usually do this in an open field with no restraint, somehow if they know they can get away they...

I got this on my FB newsfeed this morning and think I sat for 5 minutes with my jaw on the floor! There are no words to describe it...

Brilliant! Shame you chose such a hot week lol.

I am old enough to remember a famous International showjumper being outed for rapping his horses with poles covered in hedgehog skins. I thought after the outcry the practice had been made illegal?

That's where my mind was! Brilliant idea.

This, in a nutshell.

Seems to me he has a good quality of life! I suppose you can impose a tough regime to make him lose weight and see if that is the answer to his stifle problems. Or.. you can let him be a happy (naughty!) horse with a shorter lifespan. I know what I would do but would probably be slated for it...

You have no sole... it's very shellfish to use a plaice this way. No need to carp on about it, eel get his comeuppance.

Well done Spotty Botty lol. I missed the nail in the foot drama. You have been incredibly lucky, as I am sure you know. Friend of mine was out on her stallion the day the Tour de France came through Kent. He stood on a nail in a little used bridleway and the race organisers wouldn't let a...

Many years ago when we had a fierce storm I was leading in a tiny show pony, with her first (priceless) foal running free with us. I went one side of a massive puddle and pony went the other. Believe it or not, lightning struck the puddle between us. Never in my life been so scared. Very sadly...

Huge 'well done' to both of you!