Recent content by MidnightStar

Childhood dream - ride home and have my pony in the back garden! :) He was perfectly happy munching the grass until he found the herb garden... He raided the mint plants (as much as we'd let him have or he'd have taken the lot ;)) but also loved the chives. Are horses allowed to eat them? I've...

Ooops, sorry - saying she's not a novice ride - she's not that bad! She can be strong (but is ridden in a french link for everything with no gadgets excepts a flash for hunting) but is not the sort of pony you could put a happy-go-lucky, novice pony club kiddie on and send round a XC course but...

14.1hh mare. NFxTB (we think), around 15 years old or perhaps slightly younger. Jumps 4'6" for fun, competed at BN (juniors and seniors) and 1m (Juniors) on tickets and had double clears at 3'3" unaffiliated. Fast, fun XC and she has hunted although she was quite strong. Competed successfully at...

Thanks so much FFM! I'll definetly be writing that out and putting it up at the yard - it can't make anything any worse, can it and at least it will be my side of the story...

Thanks so much everyone! I've got no intention of taking her now and the poor kid with the pony has disappeared somewhere as she's so upset that she's been caught in the middle of all this I've tried to put my side of the story out but everyone has done the whole "Of course you didn't say...

I've got a 3.5 tonne lorry which takes my 16.2 warmblood and then has space for one other horse. I'm going out competing about once every 2 or 3 weeks due to various work commitments most weekends at the moment. A girl at the yard owns a mare who will not load for love or money. As soon as its...

I'm not sure sorry It was the 80cm class (which is BN i think?) and the 90cm class.

...would this pony be worth? I'm selling him in the spring and I would love to know what I should put his price up as... 14.1hh very dark bay new forest x gelding, 12 years old. Jumps 3'6" for fun, competed up to 3'3" unaffiliated, won up to 2'9". Double clears BSJA British Novice and Discovery...

I saw in the post below that some people mentioned that instead of freezemarking your horse, you mark them to show they're microchipped? Can anyone explain what this is please, where they're marked and also how much it costs to have it done? Ta!

...would this pony be worth? I'm selling him in the spring and I would love to know what I should put his price up as... 14.1hh very dark bay new forest x gelding, 12 years old. Jumps 3'6" for fun, competed up to 3'3" unaffiliated, won up to 2'9". Double clears BSJA British Novice and Discovery...

Not sure... and without stirrups my heels are usually at the same level as my toes so not quite toes down but not far off I suppose...

I've got dressage length stirrup leathers and I've only got four holes left on them ATM, if they went any longer I'd be reaching for them - they've gone down 6 (yes, really!!!) holes in the last five months and regretably I haven't grown any taller (still 5'3" )so my leg must be getting longer...

I know this is a bit of a silly question but does anyone have any idea on how to ride with stirrups? The thing is, riding without them I'm fine - more than happy at walk, trot, canter and jumping up to about 3' and I'm fairly sure that my basic position etc. is ok. The only trouble is, as...

Good for you ! I'm just not great a t standing up for myself and I know I will be criticised for not putting rugs on them. TBH, I don't think they'll need them but I wondered whther it was just me that thought they could go out W/O rugs. I just wish people would mind there own buisness...

The weather looks ok for tomorrow - dry and sunny with very little wind... I'm just worried that my mare will cook if I put on her MW rug (LW is still being cleaned - should have been brought back weeks ago with the other LWs ) She tends to sweat up anyway - last year when it was about 12'C and...