Recent content by Potea

If I was platinum blonde and as fashionable as some of the showjumpers, I'd have my hair flowing in a pony tail too. As it is, i do wear my hair in a ponytail but I tend to come back from a ride with a knotted, tangled mess of a ponytail with twigs, hay and goodness what else caught in it...

I can't feed it it at all as my lad gets behavioural issues, becomes very itchy and it triggers his head shaking symptoms. However, he has issues regulating potassium, which causes a whole host of issues unless treated and managed!

Lucinda Green apparently camps in her trailer and I'd argue if it's good enough for her, it's good enough for any one :) Have an amazing time!

Thanks, that's jolly helpful. I shall attempt to recreate something similiar!

Has anyone tried using hot water bottles in place of a heat pad with any success?

If she's geniunely 110% safe to hack, non-spooky, good in all traffic and is the sort that could gallop in a field one day and hack across the same field in walk on the buckle the next and be ridden by all the family then I think she could be worth up to £2,500. If she's a bit...

I use flexi caged sturrups and absolutely love them from both a comfort and safety perspective.

I use Kramer hay cobs too :)

Wishing you lots of good luck for her recovery :)

It sounds like he is no longer trying to run from the pain. Hope you have lots of fun together :)

I've not had my saddle checked for about a year, but my horse has regular physiotherapy and they've done numerous saddle fitting courses and have experience in it themselves.

I'm another one that hates the term broken. In terms of early riding I'd generally say the horse has been introduced and accepted a rider in the early stages, largely to avoid the that word. The rest thereafter I'd just refer to as foundation work until the horse has enough hours on him or...

I couldn't have had a horse whilst doing GCSE's or A Levels. I'm one of three children (six years between all three of us) with two full time working parents, one of whom worked shifts. My brother played football, my sister played in two orchestra's and I rode. There just wasn't the time or...

With. I'm sure it is very sad that one of my favourite items of my grooming kit is my hoof pick with a built in wire brush!

7 1/2 years, it will be 8 in June. He wasn't what I was entirely looking for, but he's taught me too much to express in words. He's blooming cheeky but absolutely awesome :D I just love the bones of him.