Recent content by lhopkins_

I have been type 1 diabetic my entire life and it has never stopped me riding. My horse and I compete successfully at British Dressage and my diabetes have never held us back, and since getting an insulin pump 2 years ago is has become even easier. Unless there is other major issues that have...

Thanks for the advice everyone. After a long chat with the YO, going through every detail I have decided to move. The YO promises to get him out as much as possible in the summer, and we have a good routine sorted for when we lack turnout in the winter. I do generally believe it will be better...

I know these are a common occurrence on here but reading past posts have not helped me decide what to and I am getting quite stuck with what to do. Bought my gelding 18 months ago, moving him from 24/7 turnout to a yard which I had not originally wanted to go to buy it was the only yard with...

Looking for cameras to go in my horses stable that doesn't require wifi connection or connection to any sort of electricity. I know this would probably have to be a recording camera of sorts that will have to be played back the next day but I can't find anything that lasts longer than a...

I discovered back in April that my 17yo thoroughbred gelding had arthritis in his hocks. It had reach the point where it had fused naturally itself, so it would have been there before I bought him 6 months previous to discovering he had it. I don't remember him being as bad last year, but he...

Thanks for the suggestions! My friend suggested Time to Tango which I've decided to go with.

As title says, 15hh chestnut thoroughbred x gelding. No white whatsoever except for a small star and quite a dark chestnut, almost a red colour. I would post some photos but I can't manage to get them on here. His name on his passport is Tango and we have no idea of breeding or where he's come...

On Monday, me and my boy are going to my first ever show and his first show in 7 years, long before I ever owned him! It's only unaffiliated dressage at a local, laid back riding school but it's sudden dawned on me that it's in under a week and I'm suddenly very nervous! We're doing intro c...

I'm pretty sure he didn't come from a racing background as he is a thoroughbred cross and seems too small to be a racehorse, only being 15hh. There's not much known about his past, only that he was at the yard I bought him from (I bought him a year ago) for 7 years. Thank you though, the vets...

Just a warning, I've never had dealings with them myself but I know two people who have brought a horses from there which turned out to have strangles. Also, one of the women at my stables went to view a horse and was told it had no health problems, put a deposit down and then it failed the...

This actually makes a lot of sense! Thank you!

Same with me, he doesn't always do it when inactive though. He's fine in the field and stable but it's the minute he's standing in the sun on the yard, relaxed, he'll doze off and then drop.

My problem with that is he's not the biggest fan of his stable. If he is at his end of the yard by himself he will stand fine on the yard but if you put him in his stable he will stress and weave. Of course, if his stable buddy is in I could put him in his stable as he is fine with her there. He...

My thoroughbred gelding has suspected narcolepsy and likes to fall asleep and try to lay down on the yard, and I'm not going to lie, it terrifies me. I've talked to the vet about it and he says an attack, as I like to call them, can only happen when his brain in inactive, so it will never happen...

My 16 year old thoroughbred cross had farrier today and the farrier thinks he may have sidebone. He's not at all lame, he's never been lame since I brought him 7 months ago, but the inside of his front shoes have been worn away quite badly. He's never had back shoes on and I planned on putting...