Recent content by minesadouble

Definitley send him away if it's affordable for you. He needs a period of consistent work now. As for whether you'll ever be a good match no one can say at this stage. However, just to add my experience of owning one NF pony was that, like many native breeds, they are opinionated. Ours...

I hope the Prducer session goes well, but honestly if your Cob jumps well give it a go! Get onto your BSPS Area page and get him in some Training Stakes and Novice M&M WH, my daughter was doing these classes with her Connie for the last few years and had a whale of a time. Jumping is the vast...

I honestly don't believe the jockey for one moment thought his mount had a catastrophic injury. He may have though he'd tweaked something but the horse was still running on, at speed and in a straight line. I've never seen any jockey hesitate to pull up and dismount if a horse loses it's action...

My Vet said overnight after Steroids but 48 hours for Arthramid to maximize the effects. If yours is stressy in his stable I'd be tempted to just do the 48 hours

Pretty blurry and you'll have to forgive the forelock plait as he's very sensitive anywhere near his ears so it's a 100mph job and will take a bit of patience to achieve stitching rather than banding 😂 So pleased with him!

I've watched the video shown on this thread and from the clip there is little difference between the action of the winning horse and that chasing it, the second didn't even really look to be closing the gap. When I read the comments saying the jockey would have known I was expecting a real...

This happens in jump racing and 99% of the time to no I'll effect. The rider isn't looking behind the saddle and only feels the loss of momentum.

Yes I am! I've seen a clip on the evening news and the horse was by no means in any kind of obvious physical distress on the clip shown of the run up to the line. As I've said before I want to watch the race before I comment fully. The jockey made a split second decision in the heat of the...

I haven't seen the race yet so I'm making no comment from a personal perspective until I've watched it myself. As an aside I do think many others could take a lesson from this approach. I've spoken to my mum who said the horse looked wrong as soon as it pulled up but not before. However as...

We had our novice ISH out on Good Friday to a local BSPS area WH Festival. Just did a couple of WHP stakes classes and he rolled an unlucky pole in each and just managed to squeeze into the placings,. but we're over the moon with how he handled the occasion as he can be a bit stressy and is...

The one bout of laminitis would not bother me at all, and almost a bonus point that they've been open about it. To concur with the poster above when I viewed the 15 year old I subsequently bought I spoke my daughter's coach and said I was a bit perturbed at paying 5 figures for a 15 year old...

If he does the job at the level you want to compete and your daughter likes him I wouldn't hesitate to buy him. I bought a pony of the same age for one of my daughters a few years ago and I never regretted my decision for a moment. Our pony is still going strong at 18 and I've no doubt if I...

I'm another who is unsure of the motive of many of those who are vocal against hunting. When they are speaking of the possibility of Trail Hunting being banned they don't seem to be expressing joy in what they see as the possibility of protection of Wildlife, all I'm seeing is glee, gloating and...

Having just retired my old BMW X3 with over 180,000 on the clock I was also looking at dog-friendly models and ended up with another X3, plenty of dog room in the back and a lovely car to drive. If you don't mind heavier fuel consumption I'd imagine the X5 is even roomier.

Then I would probably go for WHP, jumps not to exceed 95cm in novice 15hh classes. Rider not to have had their 20th birthday by Jan 1st in the current year. If she's measuring 14.2 at home with shoes on she may get in as 14hh which would be preferable provided you are age appropriate for that class.