Recent content by NicandLiv

She is amazing. Hacks out like a pro by herself. Have done solo hacks up to 28 miles across various terrain. Have taken her to dressage and done up to novice, sj clinics, le trec, showing where she did very well but wasnt my scene. Did a sponsored ride and we just went hell for leather through...

We did score 69.14% which i am over the moon about :)

Thanks for all your replies. She is a 14.1hh irish cob mare, fairly lightweight. She is ridden on average 5 times a week, 3 hacking, 2 schooling 1 of which would be a lesson. She spent the first 10 years of her life doing nothing basically, so she was never schooled and wasn't ridden for 2...

I have tried using it on her hindquarters, where my leg is and where her shoulder is, she is more accepting of it on her shoulder she just puts her ears back but we get less kicking out.

So at home when riding lovely lovely, most of the time, mare has a tendency to rush and takes a good 10 minutes to relax and settle down into work and listen to me. Sensitive to the leg, so most gentle of aids and she is off, I rarely have to keep using leg to keep her in a trot. Been...

1.) I do not believe she is, so I do understand that the scores will be generous. 2.) Yes she was a BD Judge, Heather Ashely 3.) She has been to one fun ride, we box out every now and again to go out on the new forest for a good canter and some fun. 4.) Schooling at home, we have to hack 20...

I am new to schooling and dressage, novice rider novice horse. ( I know what you're thinking, perfect combination:) ) Anyway, I have just started some more serious work with my mare, we did our first dressage test 4 weeks ago and got 63%, went again friday and got 72%. (These were 'have a...

Only local, flat ish no steep hills, just go to to some shows and whatnot. Wouldn't be doing anything long distance or up in the wilderness with hills left right and centre

That makes a whole lot of sense, thank you. :) Would you say it was safe enough to do this or would your recommend getting a b and e license and a larger car?

I would need - 1 - What licence they hold - B or BE B 2 - Unladen/empty weight of the towing vehicle 1584 3 - GVW of the towing vehicle 2320 4 - GTW and/or towing capacity of the towing vehicle 2000 5 - Plated MAM of the trailer or if no plate then the load rating on the tyres I dunno I can't...

My livery is £50 a month No shoes, so £20 for farrier every 16 weeks £50 dentist every year About £40 jabs every year No rugs No shavings No straw Ad lib hay in winter at £35 a month Food £15 a month Insurance is £23 a month Lives out all year If I add all that up for year and split the cost...

Did our first Dressage last night and we got 63%, she did some fantastic circles, it was me who couldn't judge 20 bloomin' meters as used to riding in a school that's 40m wide. Mistake on my part lol, got great feedback so know what I need to work on at home, mostly she was rushing into the...

Completely all down to my riding and not giving clear instructions :) I do put up a circle with cones and we can walk trot canter around them nicely, and inside of them, we weave in and out of them and do circles around the odd one its lovely. Soon as they are gone it all goes to pot and i...

There's a school available to hire, (huge, think it's 40x60 because the owners have driving horses so big enough for carriages) with a fab all weather surface (we are all weather proof anyway, ride out in all sorts). So think I will try and find an instructor and hire it out. I was having a...