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I noticed this evening that my 6yo seems to be missing half of his left cheek! :O The right half seems normal but the half that's nearest towards his nostril on the left has disappeared! I can only think muscle wastage due to to favouring one side when eating but I brushed his face and I rode...

That's pretty cool. He'd probably be pretty good at that (apart from the log pulling, not sure what he'd make of that!). That horse in the video was really good. The one I saw was at a pretty fast pace and was more 'hilly', like a more extreme version of that

Ah I think I know what you mean, I've seen videos from the rider POV online. There was one on here a couple of years back from a championship in the States, I think, horse had ear covers on if I remember correctly. The course looked like a sort of 4x4 assault course, it was pretty cool...

Ouch Gloi, that sounds nasty! One saving grace is that I didn't get a shock, although am a bit sore today so feel a bit like I have. It's good to hear that yours did get over the shock, even if it took some time

Thank you :)

Hi Rhandir, what do you mean by trail gate? Good idea to get a bit of help, though, I will try myself and look in to it further if I have problems. As it happens I've been looking for an instructor lately as my previous one is unable to come to the yard I've moved to :( T is very good with...

I'm not sure tbh., I can't hear the clicking and it's a metal wire fence, rather than the white tape ones, so I'm not sure they click as loudly? But he may well have been able to hear something I couldn't. I think that when I shut the hunting gate it made the white sign on the big fence rattle...

Haha anna that sounds about right! Thanks all, I was quite upset last night but you've all made me feel better. He was suitably dratoc going past the gate when coming in this morning *eye roll* I will probably have a ride on him in the school this evening to see how he feels and check he's ok...

Thank you for the reply :) You are right about the fence; if it wasn't electric then we'd have had a bit of a tiff but been ok He is very good at turn on the forehand and rein back, will neck rein sideways on big gates, just being ignorant because he decided he didn't want to do it. In fact, I...

That perfectly describes him, down to a T, as it were. He's a piebald cob, made to look posh with hogging. I would post a pic but don't know how to do it off my phone

Haha I don't know exactly. He came from a sale in the north of England, given to me by someone who swopped a pair of ponies for him, but he grew too big for what they wanted. I was told that he was bred by gypsies (is that the term we can use here?) and that his father was part Welsh cob, his...

Ha yes, Mike007, he'll probably forget it a lot quicker than I will. I will try to just forget it happened but get some practice with gates to make sure he's still ok with them. I know what you mean re shouting at him, he's a lot bigger and heavier than me and I had no choice but to get him...

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated. I think I'm still in shock about it and feeling a bit guilty tbh. He's fine, physically, he was very spooky when I turned him out but he is a bit of a t*t when something upsets him anyway. It was dark by then so that didn't help! My lip has a whopping...

Am quite upset and cross with myself (and T for being so stubborn!) so want some thoughts as to how to deal with this. Had a bit of a nasty accident this evening. After a lovely hack around the fields, where my normally spooky horse was calm yet responsive, we got back to the hunting gate to...

Thanks again everyone. I'm going to try cutting out all feeds and upping the work first, I think. I don't give treats for nothing, just one when caught, one when turned out and when they load well. I'll try some apples as I know carrots are high in sugar.