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My horses have the winter off every year. I don’t enjoy riding in crappy weather and putting pressure on myself to fit in riding during...

I'd be looking for a happy hacking loan home for him to give myself a break. I did it for 3 years with my 'horse of a lifetime' when the...

Couple of options, turn away for a length of time if his rehab permits, so look for a full retirement / grass livery yard and he can...

My young gelding was a handful with his first abscess and poulticing. The gaffa tape sound pulling off the reel seemed to really stress...

A good supply of gloves, it's very easy to rasp yourself and rasp scrapes are nasty. (Speaking from several experiences!). I like thin...

I would go for a full size rasp. When I started my farrier gave me any rasps that he was getting to the end of for me to practice with...

David Landreville Hoof Builders. There is an extensive on line library of trimming examples for a small fee. I am a 2nd year student...

She popped a small log on the farm ride but said a pretty decisive no to anything bigger, so we took her onto the Tech arena where the...

Brief round up of an eventful year. I got Myka toward the end of 2024 as a 3 yo, and rapidly decided she would not be one for me to back...

I hate to suggest it, but are ulcers a possibility? My young horse became part beaver when she had ulcers. She chewed my field fencing...

And not forgetting the little guy…. Joe lesson today. But he’s retaining everything and there’s nothing else he needs to learn before...

I'm honestly so happy with her. There have been plenty of times where I believed I'd made a mistake buying her. But I do love her, so I...

And I'd say this was a very successful first play in the tech arena at Somerford. Not with me on board! (She needs good...

Yeehaa we have 5th gear!! She is feeling AMAZING! Myka you are fab!

You sound like you'll be absolutely fine. I've had sharers before and currently, and the number of people who overstate their ability is...