Recent content by MarniL

So I've had my boy for around 6 months now. I bought him from a friend that had him for less than a year before her circumstances changed. She was very honest with me about this 'quirk' he has. When being led he will occasionally bolt sideways; there is no warning when he does this, he can be...

Oh goodness that sounds no fun and then some! All my sympathy to the pair of you. Hope you're both okay. Good luck for the next time you get on x

Preloved and gumtree are often quite useful. Or see if there is an equine facebook group for your area.

If it's done safely then I think it's great. I think because of instagram and youtube more people, especially young teens, are tempted to try tackless without necessarily building up to it and teaching the horse to respond to body weight etc. I myself have wanted to try it but I'm not going to...

A solid-type (like an ID x) bay gelding that would improve my jumping and general confidence, that I could essentially trust with my life. Though there was a beautiful big black gelding called Banjo that caught my eye - he seemed just what I would be looking for. Ah well, a girl can dream...

So very handsome and beautifully decorated! Merry Christmas :)

I completely agree that I should be prepared to slip and fall. Perhaps I'm expecting too much, I just would have thought that the YO would be trying to make the yard as safe as possible for herself and the other liveries. There are a fair few who are slightly older and, not meaning to cause any...

The whole yard is just one uneven ice rink at the moment. I slipped heading down to the field this afternoon and saw my life flash before my eyes! Katie isn't the most balanced horse at the best of times so of course she was skidding all over the place. I'm actually very surprised the YO hasn't...

I never thought I'd end up with two mares but now that I've got them I'll be sad to see the shares end (hopefully not any time soon). The highland is a typical grump, but she was an RDA horse in her younger years so will generally look after her rider. The seven year old is not everyone's cup of...

After seeing too many of the riding school horses have to get pts because of colic I'm always super paranoid about anything remotely odd. In fact, the YO lost her gelding just last week (after several years of various problems - it was just his time to go, but of course none of us were really...

Can't offer any advice I'm afraid, only sympathy. There's a pony at the stables who insists on playing with his water; a tyre usually stops him from tipping the whole lot but he can often be heard noisily splashing around.

Decided one evening to ride the horse down to the field in her headcollar, she wasn't very convinced as I lined her up to clamber on (should have taken that as a warning), I had just got my leg over and she shot forward. I stayed on for about three metres and then went crashing down into the...

A hack on a friesian, a hack on a clydesdale, a jumping lesson at Gleneagles, new jodhpurs, some perfume and a few broadway books. Though of course I'll be happy to get anything! I've been quite desperate for the hacks for a while...

I share a highland and a highland x friesian. My go-to favourite is a Clydesdale, but Irish Drafts are also up at the top of the list. I seem to be attracted to Belgian Warmbloods too, not sure why (I've certainly never ridden anything close to a warmblood - yet!)

I usually wear contacts, but if I don't for whatever reason, I'll either put on my old glasses or just go without (but only if I plan on schooling - I hate hacking out when everything is blurry, it feels so unsafe). I've been tempted to get plastic lenses etc as mentioned by people above but at...