Recent content by nikkiportia

Should be in the catalogue, but you can get the horses racing and sales history from the racingpost website if you need.

Kuk Sool Won, a korean martial art. Took it up a year ago so that when I backed my youngster this year, my balance would be better and I would be able to fall without hurting myself, lol! But I'm hooked, I love training, and I'm competing in the European Tournament on Sat, nervous much!!

I worked at a sanctuary which had a lot of donkeys, and many of the older ones had collapsed crests like this. Didn't do them any harm, but this one is extreme, and I would worry about skin infections under it. I suggest you contact the Donkey Sanctuary or Redwings for advice.

I have just brought the black numnah with natural coloured sheepskin, and i absolutely love it!! Top quality!

I doubt Pete would pass the work onto Rob if he didn't rate him personally. I am certain you'll be in safe hands :)

We are surrounded by studs, and every field for miles in each direction is full of mares, foals or yearlings which is challenging enough when they have a hoon around next to you. But the worst thing has got to be the stallions! Can wind up any horse when they're screaming and hooning around!

At the moment, I wear one everytime I get on my horse, because I've just broken him in, and he's still unpredictable. I work with horses fulltime, and my boss would go mad if I didn't take every possible precaution to protect myself from injury and any subsequent time off work, lol :D

I've also received one today asking me to shrink mine, even though I've had it for months. So I've just removed it, I couldn't care less, lol! As for reading the T&C's when you signed up, who ACTUALLY does that and notes down the size they are allowed for a signature? LOL. People need to get...

Actually prescription charges are not cheap when you have to have regular medication. Thats great comparing us to SA, but we are in the UK and we pay for the NHS! I also had to recently pay for prescrption charges at hospital following an asthma attck, and was horrified. I get very angry...

Dig your nails in as you ask, and push her shoulder over with your shoulder, or just squeeze the chestnut :)

We call it 'Salt and pepper' on the teats, lol! And we often see it on in-foal mares.

I'm no expert on the subject but he looks like a Maxi cob to me! (And a very nice one too!)

Lovely to watch, thanks for sharing JG. You guys can certainly get the job done properly, very impressed. This is me on my boy yesterday, 4th time of the lunge, first time solo out in the big paddock. I've done a lot of groundwork, totally voice controlled before I got on board, and the...

I think I read in a book of Richard Maxwells recently..... 'If you have to use a dummy rider before breaking in your horse, then you are unlikely to be the right person for the job.' And I agree with that and JG on this. You don't need one :)

Blingy tack Anything pink! Gadgets, especially drawreins Nylon headcollars, hate them with a passion Haynets Rhinegold rugs Rubber riding boots, just yuk! Another vote for Solocombs, what a waste of time Rubber stable mats, a sure fire way to make your stable stink.