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We are lucky that our practice if very much mixed, includes farm and equine and is still independent, and they certainly advertise that...

I'm still fairly new to horses, and being a dog owner I was really surprised that it's actually cheaper to sedate and stitch up a bloody...

In our experience , we’ve found that our bills for the cats and dogs are much higher than for the horses. Perhaps the VC’s are more...

Did you know that years ago it was common to put a sprig of Elder in your pocket if you were breaking in a horse - to keep him calm...

I think it might be easy to over/mis interpret. Firstly I’d distinguish between the backing/breaking stage and the riding away stage...

My over riding childhood memory is the long drop loos!

Well it depends on his experiences so far. If you have already got on, established steering and stopping in all gaits and met most of...

Since people have had horses they have raced them, all over the world. I think my horse is faster than yours, let's have a race to find...

There will be an enquiry to see if there were any common factors, like the ground, etc. But I doubt if they will find anything. What...

There were no posts like this over Christmas when the racing was really good, few falls and I wasn't aware of anything nasty. Of course...

Thank you Matafleur. I will keep an eye on the Facebook page for future meets. When starting at the very beginning it isn't easy to...

Of course there is, the racing authorities try as hard as they can to reduce falls and any injury. There are constant reviews, research...

The racing over Christmas and New Year was so good, too, with hardly any falls. Very sad for all connections.

I have a bracelet made out of tail hair and I have kept some things like my best show bridle. Most things I managed to sell at...

Well I totally agree with what you say. I used to hunt as a child and adult until I married. I never saw a fox killed. I never...