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I do believe that there's usually a good reason for a refusal to do something, be that pain or lack of understanding, fitness, lack of...

Over the years, I rode mainly in treeless saddles and absolutely loathe my share horse's treed saddle. With the treeless saddles, I used...

Ive been using a treeless saddle for about 20 years now. I have only used the Barefoot Cheyenne and a Torsion. Prefer the Barefoot...

Ooh that reminds me - many years ago I backed a fell pony who I had bought at 2 just off the fell. I first bridled her loose in a very...

I am far from an expert on the history of saddle design, and relatively new to fitting treeless, but it's more nuanced than that and...

Mine is big and chonky too. Was supposed to make 15/15.1 like his full siblings but he’s already 15.3! He turned 3 last week

I faced a similar dilemma. Used cheap DIY livery. It was easier when they were very small - more portable and biddable! But it stopped...

I don’t know the person in the Fb link but Liberty is no more an expression of free will than any other trained behaviour. This article...

I use a hip saver to give the Torsion the right twist for me. Without it my position would be (and feel) horrible.

Treeless saddles vary as much as treed, and bear in mind that western, English, Wow, flexi panel, leather trees (arguably), changeable...

I have been riding in a Torsion saddle for many years and my pony's back is always found free of tension or sore areas by the physios. I...

My vets have an in house clinic, which I probably wouldn't use as they had my horse to x ray and scan and then when he was referred to...

Just on the RS licence - if I remember rightly, the one thing that isn’t considered under it is the actual quality and welfare based...

I find it interesting that you are defending racing while continuing to denigrate dressage and trying to drag Charlotte, once again,into...

Diy/grass livery if you have anything around you where horse can be out 24/7 if you only have time to check on him for 5 minutes some...