Recent content by RobinHood

We paint our working hunter jumps with external wood varnish. I can't remember what brand but the staff in the paint shop are the best to advise. It's worth bearing in mind that nothing you treat them with will stop them rotting if they're always out in the wet, and the worst thing to do is...

My lurcher is being strangely well behaved ATM so he's loose on runs (with loud jingly bells) but he does go through phases of disappearing after prey. If we're running somewhere there could be deer then he wears a canicross harness and line, and somehow that actually tires him out faster than...

Aigle Parcours ISO. Mine are on their 6th winter and still going strong. I wear them for around 12hrs per day and they're warm, comfy and good grip in the ice/snow.

I wish they did a thicker version of the gel-in. I like mine but it's not quite thick enough and I don't want the stickiness of the comfort gel-out.

My sister and I went on our own not to a camp. We did the farm ride the day we arrived, then hired the show jumps the next morning, XC in the afternoon and then farm ride the final morning before driving home. We stayed in the back of the horsebox and the horses had stables in one of the barns...

It cost the same amount so I just did the cat C. It turned out to be a good decision because I was offered work driving a hiab lorry on long distance trips. It's handy extra money and queuing for the tunnels in the Swiss Alps makes a nice change to the M25. I need to do my C+E next so I can...

Bedmax is too dusty for my COPD horse and wood pellets would be a definite no go. The vet hospital said paper or cardboard bedding only. I use cardboard squares which I prefer to strips. I completely empty the stable once a week and wash out any dust or cobwebs.

If it's taking over your life then you should get help. Otherwise I wish more people were that careful about checking door bolts because I'm fed up of having to get out of bed at 2/3/4am to put a loose horse away! It would be fine if they'd just wander into a field and graze until morning, but...

Done, however my version of lunging involves using an entire 30m x 60m school and constantly moving up and down with plenty of straight lines, not the BHS perfect circle. I think you'd fail a lunging exam for running alongside the horse while it canters large!

We have to cross a motorway bridge to reach our grazing and our hacking routes zig zag across the motorway. Consequently our horses are completely unphased but I have never had anyone hoot at us. If it's one particular bridge perhaps there's a reason why people are using their horns, maybe...

My mother's lurcher is the most wonderful dog. Everyone that meets him wants to take him home. He hangs on your every word, loves kisses and cuddles, makes funny noises if you pull faces at him, brilliant ratter but you can call him off any prey in an instant. My lurcher is entirely...

I find the instructions rather ironic as an ulcer prone horse, or any horse for that matter, should never have an empty stomach. I give it first thing in the morning before breakfast as I think that's when his stomach is likely to be less full. I'm currently trying a different regime of...

I think a mixture of colours is best. I use the following: Yellow and orange tabard Yellow hat band Yellow leg bands Orange ear covers Yellow ex sheet. I have this yellow and orange tabard which is cheap at £7 and it has 2 big pockets...

Laziness? Would you seriously faff about with those straps multiple times a day? Beyond that I'd just rather not have plastic things in an area that the horse could potentially feel. I also have 2 saddles with wide panels where the straps didn't even reach the gullet. I ride multiple horses...

Yes it's exactly that. Venues book them for festivals as per normal BD comps and for regionals they're selected by BD.