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    Getting a horse to 'measure in'

    Allowances are not made for fitness at the JMB measurments. Only at shows.
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    Getting a horse to 'measure in'

    I was suspicious it might be, though I wouldn't have used it anyway. Even if you ignore the measuring issue, I really don't like travelling horses that have been sedated so wouldn't have risked it anyway. Do you think it would be acceptable to use one of the herbal calmers or do those count...
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    Facebook Images

    You own the rights to those photos, so you can demand that they are taken down. Might make more enemies than friends though! Could you not get a right-click block on your website so they can't save them to their computer?
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    Getting a horse to 'measure in'

    I see why you'd question that guys. When I say it's close, I really do mean it's close. If he does measure over I think he'll only be 149, maybe 150 tops. I'm not trying to make a 15.2hh into a 14.2hh.
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    Getting a horse to 'measure in'

    Alright. I have been practising with a stick at home and he is beginning to relax having it over him. I know what the surgery is like as it's coincidentally my local vets who do it, and I've been down with a different horse for x-rays and stuff as well. Unfortunatly there's not a lot of...
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    Getting a horse to 'measure in'

    Ok, I want to start this by making it absoloutly clear that I will not, and would not ever, consider any abusive method of making my horse smaller. If it takes that, then he's not that height. To explain the scenario - I have a youngster who I'm going to be taking for his first JMB soon. I...
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    Y/Os - Advice Please

    Thanks for the responses! I'll wait until everything is confirmed then pop in for a quiet word.
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    Y/Os - Advice Please

    Hi all I was wondering if you could give me your opinions. I moved onto my current yard when I was 17 with my younger sister. My parents were non-horsey, but very much present when it came to rule discussions etc. They have also, I will admit, been signing the cheques. Due to a job...
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