Recent content by NNS5244

Am looking at getting a horsebox manufactured by Gray, Bordon, Hampshire. Has anyone had any dealings? Feel free to PM me. Thank you!

Looking for ideas or interested parties- my family livery yard has a really nice converted barn on the yard, currently used as a clubhouse with TV and kitchen for liveries plus locker rooms. We've just built an indoor school and will now have TV and kitchen facilities in there. So we have this...

Some horses don't learn to back off and I agree it's normally a strength thing. Very, very short grids with placing poles between every fence are good. You want her to crash through something if she launches so she learns to prop and look. The fence doesn't have to be big for this. But the rider...

Thanks for all the replies and am following up on the PMs. Yes I had x-rays done immediately and there's nothing wrong that shoeing shouldn't fix - just shows a low heel and minor changes to the navicular that most TBs have by his age, and could be improved with support to that heel. I agree...

PS he's entered up for BE100s now but should do a Novice this summer with a pro on him if all goes well, as he's very straightforward. Re the person above saying he should sell easily, there aren't that many people wanting a 16hh3 TB! I don't advertise that he's an ex-racer for the reasons you...

Hi there's no ligament damage as far as I know, it seems to be that his heel has collapsed and that is causing probably heel/foot pain when he turns on that foot. He's never been unsound trotting on the road so it can't be too bad - not that I will be trotting on the road any more until this is...

I haven't posted on here before, but am interested to know what others would do. I have a lovely 16hh3, ex-racehorse with stunning paces. He has won 5 out of 8 Novice tests and 3rd first Ele, working Medium at home. He would easily be competitive up to Advanced-Medium, though may struggle beyond...

Hi there, I can only speak from experience. My eventer was diagnosed with degenerative joints in both hocks when he was 7. He has hock injections 6-monthly, but has now had 3 and we have decided they don't make much difference so he has just had a course of Tildren. The purpose of these...

I will confirm the scoring system. Unfortunately I believe BE have binned the top hat and tails for one-star to make it more inclusive! I had these on my wish-list for Christmas but had to shelve it until I'm ready for a two-star now!

Hi there, I am one of the co-organsiers of Mattingley this year, working with Richard Clapham's tried and tested team. We are running at Mattingley affiliated for one year only, on 7-8th June, with unaffiliated on the Sunday. Classes will include BE100, BE100Open, Novice and the Special Star IN...

Everyone seems very happy with your description of the horse, but it could also be used to describe a dangerous horse. If he gets stressed on a main road, crosses his jaw and canters into traffic with the rider hauling on his mouth to no avail, he's lethal. If he's just a bit of a yob and needs...

Kim Barzilay in Great Missenden sold a young horse for me that I was having trouble with because he didn't like the sales procedure and became difficult to show. She had him 8 days, took him showjumping, he was sold and vetted all within the week, to a girl who absolutely adored him. Her rates...

You've had the horse 3 weeks and he's gone lame. The options are (a) something happened to him in those 3 weeks or (b) he has always had problems that the owner hasn't told you about. As you didn't have him vetted, you are up against a wall if the owner says that you must have damaged him since...

I was on a yard with 40 competition horses and would say about 10 of them had these at one time or another and I think they are sweat related but can vary in type. My horse got them for a while, the vet said he could inject them but if I didn't mind them being unsightly they were harmless as...