Recent content by outinthefens88

Just caught this - trick with clay - get it bashed down with a good heavy harrow and don't roll it - many horse owners are OBSESSED with rolling and on damp clay its about the worst thing that you can do (unless its a Cambridge/crimp roll - flat rolls smear and 'seal' the surface). Just done 5...

My comments here....if the method suit the horse and the work load it is being asked to do, I have no issues. I regularly ride competitive Endurance alongside those that are using hoof boots and/or bitless bridles. They do well as it suits THEIR horse - would it suit mine sadly not, there's...

Echoing all of the above.... I ride endurance so often my horse is tacked up and ridden for four plus hours at a time at decent speeds. Needed to change saddle last year as he had changed shape, fitter bought several dozen to try ranging from moderate to high end - the one that fitted him best...

The scenery is gorgeous and the terrain is varied. I have been searching for photos of the occasions I have been but sadly I don't have any as on both occasions I have been we were covering the ground at speed and I have needed both hands on reins at all times!

By comparison when I rode the same ride last year it was 37 rising 38 degrees at re-vet at the end and big ginger lad was struggling to shed the heat despite having over 100 litres of water tipped over him...

Ridden Cannock under Endurance GB on several occasions. Last was a few weeks ago, lovely ride - a long 32 KM in sideways rain and four degrees though!

Where the monkey is is the middle of the livery yard I am on. Taken by Helicopter in early Jan. Yard is 20 odd acres and there wasn't a single blade of grass above water. There's mud and there's brick clay 'been under four feet of water for a week mud'. It drained as fast as it came in (mainly...

If you hire it out to multiple people and theres an accident or incident you can and WILL be held liable in court. A yearly service is not considered sufficient on a trailer used for 'hire and reward' - you technically need the 6 weekly inspections by a 'competent person'. Plus a 'on and off...

This correlates with what I was told also when i specifically queried the 'lifespan' thing - 5 years is the guarantee period etc not necessarily a 'discard by date' ..... I understand where some people are coming from ref the Point 2 servicing etc but I respect everyone has their own opinions...

Having spoken to Hit Air UK - not quite sure where you have got the 'five year lifespan' from? There's reference to it on the US site but it doesn't seem to be a thing in the UK - especially given how much they cost, one wonders wheter this is an American litigation thing??

I suppose its horses for courses... I run a LWB Landscruiser Commercial for towing - when it went in for warranty work, they gave me and all singing/all dancing brand new Hilux - which was a pain in the ass to get through gates I do every day and I got it stuck on a slippery grass field that I...

Avoid the 1.9 - you can and will rip the clutch out of it if towing.

Depending which side of Grantham... if Newark side I may be able to recommend one.... he's NOT cheap though!

Sideways comment on this.... 11 miles in 3 hours isn't particularly fast.... look at the speeds competitive endurance is ridden at (we regularly do 26 miles (32KM) in two and a quarter to two and a half hours target time even on hilly terrain - ie across the Derbyshire Peaks and we aren't...

Thing is... you never stop learning.... I was 'taught' about ten years ago - the basics and to what i would term 'riding school competent'. Then you buy your own horse and realize you aren't really that good at all so get an instructor and go to clinics etc. Then you try one discipline and your...