Recent content by littlewhittle

hi everyone, i'm looking for a bit of advice.... about 18 months ago, i was riding down a lane, me in front, and two behind me. it is a decent width lane, probably just enough room for two cars to squeeze past each other. There was also a 10 ft grass verge on the right hand side. a car...

Our first ever foal has just been born, 10pm tonight, to Hillview Farm Milling (IRD) A little filly, she is absolutely gorgeous (although i am probably biased) bay at the moment with three white socks and a star mom and baby doing well... PHEW!!!!!!!!! although i know we're not by any means...

i've been told that they lose appetite too when foaling is imminent is this right?

Hi yes muscles have def slackened, she is not running milk but bump i noticed this afternoon has moved more to one side... and seems to have dropped even more.. (she is huge...)

Hi there just wondering what others experiences are of their mares. How long do they usually wax up for before foaling? Our mare is an old hand but this is our first foal from her and she has been waxed up now for 2 days...... she looked very uncomfortable last night.. but no foal...... she...

Hi there my 17 year old has a few melanomas under his tail but i noticed the other day a very crusty lump which came away and was oozing black liquid, not smelly at all and looked to me like a melanoma that has come away.... has anyone else had any experience of anything like this?

my yearling has one exactly like it. The vet said that it is probably something in the grass she is sensitive to. He said to put sudocrem on it but it will eventually go....

Hi She is a TB, we bought her last year looking quite poor with a 4 week old at foot but she seems fine condition wise at the moment, by no means too fat but i wouldn't say she needs to put any on now either. Would you suggest a stud balancer then?

Hi Just wondering what i should be feeding our broodmare now she is nearing her due date? She is looking well, not too fat and on good grazing but i want her to get the right vitamins and minerals. Can anyone help me out? At the moment she is just having stud mix and alpha a... thank you...

Well i'm not an international standard rider but i'm not completely crap either!, i event at BE Pre Novice/Novice level dressage to elementary etc have brought on youngsters etc.... If the horse was for me, fine but he's not, (I already have two thanks!!) and all MIL wants to do is have a nice...

Thank you for your helpful replies to put a few things straight the actual advert we replied to was: 16hh 14 year old Holstein gelding, fantastic confidence giver. 100% all ways excellent schoolmaster, hunts, pleasure rides, SJ dressage to medium level and xc. no vices, suit beginner or more...

please don't get me wrong, i have not written him off at all but it is clear that he is NOT ever going to be what my mother in law bought him for. He would be a fantastic horse as a competition schoolmaster but he was not bought for this and the seller knew this. I understand that he may well...

thanks for all the comments but when we looked at the horse we stressed that he must be excellent in all circumstances, i know horses need to settle but he had apparently been on lots of pleasure rides, hunted, SJ, etc. We have since found out that he had been on loan for 6 months and only...

Hi There, My mother in law bought a so called school master, for hacking fun rides etc last week. She asked the seller all the necessary questions, vices good to hack/ in company etc, told her what she wanted it for and said that she was a novice rider. She rode him in the school and hacked...

Hi Everyone Wondering if anyone can offer me some advice?!! I have a mare that is due to foal at the end of june we also have her yearling filly, she is weaned now and is currently turned out next-door, neither seem too attached to each other anymore, i bring the filly in regularly and...