Recent content by reynold

Whilst an indoor school would be lovely it's not the construction costs you have to worry about but the ongoing 'non-domestic' rates you will be asked to pay. Check on voa.gov.uk for the 'non-domestic' rates payable on indoor schools in your area (often referred to as 'business' rates). They...

Haven't seen this mentioned. What a different racing attitude compared to GE. Does anyone know how much they raised for this marvellous cause at the auction yesterday? https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/new-equine-therapy-centre-named-after-jack-de-bromhead-856848

Said the same this morning. My WHW pony who is one of the non-ridden ones will be my last. Even on the very good wage I used to earn in IT I would struggle these days to afford to keep a horse to the standard and horse/riding facilities I would want. I certainly wouldn't want to have a horse...

We were discussing this this morning. I foresee that soon livery yards will need to be licensed as riding schools are. The country is financially broke and whatever flavour government comes in they will be looking for tax £s anywhere they can get them and similarly local councils. Horse owning...

It's the Horse Trust that takes in these horses when they retire thru age or physical issues. In the last month they've taken in 12 ex service/police horses: https://horsetrust.org.uk/twelve-new-arrivals/

I wonder if someone used a lip chain on him when leading in hand? That would also cause an injury above the incisors.

Is part of the problem with over analysing now down to the equine info available by Dr. Google in a similar way to people googling their own symptoms (and no they don't do that just because the NHS is in a bit of a state atm - people have done that for years) vets and all these other 'experts'...

Yes I think there is an answer somewhere in between. One of the things I hate and see a lot of is joint injections. Yes the horse carries on a lot longer (so we can see longevity increasing and older horses still 'working') but fundamentally the horse is LAME. In the golden oldie days lameness...

Whatever the original reason for a supplement company starting up, once they have got a name/market they are not much different to 'big pharma' in that their focus is on making money. The only 'supplement' I've ever really used consistently is garlic in the summer as I for myself and my animals...

The RSPCA may want to change/adjust it's focus from purely pet animals to farming/wildlife but I must admit that concerns me greatly. There are any number of examples of poor handing of companion animals by RSPCA staff and yet there is plenty of opportunity for them to practice that handing due...

The thing that I noticed the most (and what Ruby picked up on) was that the jockeys used more of the width of the course so that the horses could actually see what they were being asked to jump and weren't going in blind. The reduced field size seemed to me to really make a difference along...

I worked at Wingfield for a while around 1970. It was then owned by Frank Pearson who I seem to recall was a bookie. The yard the last time I saw it was the same for the stable block as it was then but the board house was demolished (burnt down?) and replaced by the brick built house that is...

2 races over the national fences and no disasters. Just keeping fingers xed that all come home safely tomorrow.

Henderson runners doing well. Glad as it would have been so awful for the whole team to have Aintree as bad as Cheltenham. Jonbon great!

Love that Annie Power's son did so well. Interesting to know the full ownership