Recent content by Leviticus

How awful it is to be male and have dominance in almost every area of life! Ever notice how it's so hard to find mens jods etc, but the majority (certainly in my discipline) of famous riders are male? Men are never expected to cook for their family, man pro chefs are men. Most cosmetics...

Do you have photos? In a word, yes, I'd be very worried and very cautious. When you say under where do you mean? Like where the joint meets the cannon, or the backside of the joint?

It's more than just looking similar that makes a show driving pair, it's length of stride, temperament paces etc (and of course whether you can essentially tie to two together and not have them kick 7 shades out of each other)

well considering you haven't offered us his current height, age, growth rate, breeding etc...

I only know one properly, but have met a couple in passing (considered exporting one to the US for my wife, hence the research). Very pretty foals, but as adults the only one I know struggles to hold muscle, and starts losing form after just a couple of days in the field. As a result he looks a...

Shelby as a pup At 7 months adult A face only a mother could love?

The goal of pulling a tail is to make it seem seamless and just flow into the rest of the tail. The images you've posted don't, note how in yours you can see the transition from pulled to normal, but in the pics I posted you can't?

Not like that :rolleyes:

$9 (~£6) per hour, plus $20 (~£13) per day Average weeks earning would be around $550 (~£360), plus we pay most expenses when travelling, e.g. food and drinks, good living accom in wagon. This is waaaaay above minimum wage in my area, in which case they'd earn £130 less, which I don't think is a...

Neither is particularly acceptable. What color is your saddle? If it's black you really ought to have a black closely cut numnah, if it's brown it ought to be brown, you can get them or £12.50 at Robinsons so it isn't really a big outlay for something you can use everyday. Half pads are...

For the jump phase, martingales and dark colored boots are permitted, but boots must be removed before the flt portion. if you wear a martingale to jump, you keep it on for the flat. Jumping should be from a free and consistent canter, showing correct changes of leg within the gait rather than...

If one of mine refused to be caught reasonably, yes, I would keep them moving round the field. Not chasing per say, but a flick of the rope towards them, or using my body language so that they can't stop and graze or interact with the other horses. After 5 or so minutes, if they haven't already...

My wife and I met on pony teams, we now - with the help of our 3 kids - produce horses, including ponies to the level you're discussing and higher. Lolo is 100% correct in what she says. The safe, point and shoot, but limited to jumping 1m - 1.1m I could sell over and over again, blank cheque...

The first thing, if I was instructing you, would be teaching you to release, and give you your hands. That looks a fairly substantial bit - though I can't quite make out what - is he strong going into fences, because this is something else to work on. Until you're jumping from a controlled...

Showing is the subjective opinion of judges. In a coloured class, honestly, for the limited pictures I seen I would be tempted to move him down the line too, as I'd rather see a typier horse in that class - i.e. a sports horse or a traditional, rather than a trimmed cob, as that's my personal...