Recent content by Pascal96

You can certainly break your Shetland to drive and another thing you could look at is horse agility. There is a web site Horse Agility UK.

I have the Solution Freestyle and both myself and my 2 horses think they are great. I found they were really comfortable, helped my back and I never got stiff even if I hadn't ridden for a while. The other thing that I noticed was that they really moved in time with the horse so that you got a...

When I was still riding I used a Solution Freestyle and loved it. I never got stiff and it did wonders for my back. My horses also went really well in it.

Another thought re saddle. Does he have big shoulders or big shoulder movement? I have had 2 mares with this and 1 in particular would not go forward and could nap and it was solved by putting her in a treeless saddle and wearing that she was totally different - happy and free moving. The...

As other have do get a vet to check her over. A friend of mine had a similar problem with a young horse absolutely fine until they came to try and ride her and when investigated it turned out that she had damaged withers and there was no way she could ever be ridden, but she made a lovely mum...

I love my Solution Freestyle and so does my horse. She is a warmblood with big shoulders and movement and she hated the treed saddles I tried on her - she just wouldn't go forward in them and became so much happier and forward from the first time she was ridden in the Solution. I also found it...

I am also a Solution Saddle convert. I found both of my mares who are warmbloods with big shoulders and movement loved them and go well in them. Another benefit was like Kat's husband they are great for bad backs. I also found that I don't get stiff either - I can have a break and then go for...

I am also a Richard Maxwell fan. I have been to several of his demonstrations and also have met him on a one to one basis and what you see is what you get at all times. He is very approachable and always prepared to help even when out of the public eye. I do not like MR or PP as I think that...

One of my horses hated the Smart saddle but loves the older Freestyle. We put it down to the fact that the pommel in the Smart is stiffer and more fitted whereas the Freestyle seems to be less rigid. All she needed was a front riser pad and nothing else. I am not sure if Solution make a...

As ycbm has said. Look at Rockley Farm. Nick Barker has and still is achieving great results by taking horses barefoot. It will require a lot of effort on your part but it can be done.

I have Shires Tempest Zebra rugs on my 2 girls and they do seem to be less troubled than in normal fly rugs. They also fit them very well except that as both of mine have big shoulders I buy bigger rugs than they would normally need.

Yes I have with great success. My mare had 2 big ones. 1 high up on the inside of each hind leg. She also had 1 under each eye and 1 on her ear. The 2 big ones were treated with Liverpool cream and the biggest under 1 eye had BCG injections. I did also feed Global Herbs Sarc-X and Immune plus...

I love my Solution Freestyles and so do my 2 horses who are both warmbloods with big shoulders. Both are dressage saddles so I can't comment on jumping however what I can say they are good for my bad back and I never get stiff no matter how long it has been between rides.

I have the Solution Freestyle - bought new and fitted to my horses by an official fitter and I wouldn't go back to a treed saddle. Both my horses are far happier and as others have mentioned it is far kinder to my bad back, and I never get stiff no matter how long a break I have between rides.

Gosh this brings back memories. I used to keep my pony at a riding school based in Berrow and we rode on the beach all the time. They used to take out big rides on a Saturday and we would go down the beach 18 to 20 horses line abreast. They used to run weekly courses during the holidays and...