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Photos wonderful and horrific in equal measure but I can completely believe that H&H used the second one. It's what's seen in every...

Classical dressage is about developing the strength and balance in the horse over many years until the poll is up (genuinely up, not...

I do think some posters can take it very personally if they give advice and it’s not taken! I mean it’s daft really. Why would someone...

Total common sense and a non confrontational statement of fact, thank you for that @ Nasicus. Now if we can all give up with the...

Would you believe the stupidity of some of those offspring being gifted to the New Forest National Park - and then planted on open...

I refrained from commenting for a while on this as it's quite a touchy subject for me and I appreciate I will be pretty biased in my...

In the week she was in you really needed to get a head collar on and get her starting to lead. Taking it slow is all well and good, but...

Has anyone had any experiences with trimmers from HMI school? As I was trying to get a second opinion from a professional on the correct...

Keep well away from these people. They have some crazy ideas. Sometimes the heel does need to be taken back if it is getting crushed but...

I just wouldn't lunge him, especially if he is fine to ride. He was probably not taught to lunge correctly, instead just chased around...

Why do you need to lunge him?

Until last year you had never owned a horse before. Your imported mare arrived in January last year and spent the next ten months at a...

You’ve just weaned her foal and expect her to be happy about leaving others on her own. Nope, you do not ‘have’ to go tomorrow.

too much too soon and expecting WAY too much IMO as everyone else has pointed out she has effectively lost her foal (she doesn't know...

Is it really in her (or your) best interests to go to this particular event, at this particular point in time? Given everything going...