Recent content by NinjaPony

Horses are being funny about eating the hay at my livery yard, even my greedy Welsh. It’s worrying for me because he’s ems, Cushings and can’t go out on grass at all so we are very reliant on the hay. All the same supplier, all decent quality but some bales they eat and some they don’t. He’s...

This is why I have zero patience with people defending her behaviour. That horse has been abused and will have permanently lost trust and confidence in people. It’s totally unacceptable and no one has shown any interest in the horse who experienced the abuse. As someone who owns a pony who was...

I’m not always a Ben fan but I do think that making the time super tight was detrimental this time, hindsight is a wonderful thing but a couple of extra second could have made it more competitive. Good jump off though, Max Kuhner made it look easy.

I was at the show today, same Irish rider who I hadn’t seen ride in the puissance and honestly was appalled, chair seat, hanging on the horses mouth, really horrible to watch. Generally good standard of riding overall, plenty of riders choosing to save their horses rather than pushing too much...

Really glad I decided not to go to the dressage freestyle like I normally do, I don’t think I could stand to see the public hero worship of CDJ like nothing ever happened. For me, it’s fundamentally changed how I view the sport after years of dressage training and spectating. When I do...

I use progressive Earth lami balancer, and use their vitamin forage supplement too because mine has ems, Cushings and is on an all soaked hay diet. He looks very well on these at 25 and I know he’s not missing out on anything with such a restricted diet. I mix the powder in some soaked high...

50g rugs are great, wish I’d got one years ago. I have a 50g amigo and it’s perfect for those horrible wet and windy days where it’s still mild (mine is fully clipped)

Really really sad news, I was so lucky to get to see both of them in their peak at London 2012 and I’ll never forget that day. CH has never done anything to make me question whether he would put the horses first, so I won’t speculate. 23 and 25 for horses that competed at that level is probably...

Connie prices are mad now. I don’t want another one because no connie would ever live up to my much missed and practically perfect Connie but even if I wanted to I couldn’t. When I bought him 13 years ago it was £8.5k for a 10 year old with excellent breeding, who had been around WH tracks at...

Fabulous victory for Ros, she really makes it look smooth and easy, the partnership is very special. Generally I feel like the quality of the field has really diminished over the last few years…. So few European riders now attend, it feels much more limited to the Brits, New Zealanders/Aussies...

I’ve always fancied having a few lessons on a trained western horse, as I’ve never ridden western before and it looks fun. Does anyone know of any decent places with well trained horses in southern England? Don’t mind travelling for the right place, I’m not a beginner and would want a reasonably...

My EMS/cushings boy has had lami a few times and my treatment is always the same: immediate box rest on a very thick bed, no movement as far as possible, anti inflammatories to control pain and heart bars if needed to support feet. Box rest until sound on a hard surface. He’s recovered from all...

My Welsh A LOVES big horses. The bigger the better! He was great at cozying up to a big placid horse, annoying another horse and then hiding behind his enormous friend. Never came to any harm, he was an excellent companion to my 14.2hh connie for years too.

It would be helpful to know which horse brands are using parent income accounts to sell their products, and which accounts they use. It’s all publicly available, it would just be handy to know who we need to pressure/contact/boycott!

Under 16s should be banned from having public social media accounts or a public social media presence, including monetised content. It’s absurd how many z-list ‘celebrities’ share every detail of their child’s private life on their own public Instagram to make a quick buck. By all means share...