Recent content by Rouletterose

You can't compare a horse on box rest with no exercise to a horse that is stabled but not on box rest, I have worked on many hunt yards in the past and the horses were never turned out during the hunting season but they were very well exercised including if they weren't hunting that day they...

No whips at all means no using the whip one handed on the horses backside, carrying the whip down the shoulder for help with keeping straight of course would still be allowed, to put what I meant bluntly, no whacking the horses backside. As far as I am concerned up to 8 whips of the horses bum...

Yes of course the skill of the jockey counts, absolutely, but many of them use the whip too much, and the jockeys decision is often biaised because they want to win, and I am talking about a minority, not all, but you can't have a level playing field if some dont play by the rules.

If horses were given a smack with the whip in showjumping speed classes 8 of them, they would be disciplined or banned, probably uproar, the same for eventing, very few smacks are allowed as the horse is nearing the end of the course and galloping on to make the time, 8 smacks of the whip would...

Only have the rubber mats at the front and then a lovely thick deep straw bed on the floor. Nothing like a thick deep straw bed with high banks, I have two on straw and I wouldn't go back to shavings. Straw is so easy to muck out too, I remember wet shavings being so heavy. Then there's the...

Absolutely 100% agree with this^^^ he moves freely and is forward, rider is too heavy sitting on back of saddle, try to sit much lighter, slightly out of the saddle, lovely horse, thick pad, and he'll be fine.

Simple answer is to ride your horse yourself? If you have had that much anxiety/stress with his unsoundness issue and it's been so difficult getting him back on track, why on earth do you let someone else ride him? My TB ex racehorse has had a few issue through the summer, now thank goodness...

If you are riding a horse along a busy road then you are responsible for that horse and what it is doing and where it is going, it's no different to driving a car, you are responsible, it's nice that your horse really couldn't care less about traffic....how nice for you to have that knowledge...

Mine are both on baileys endurance mix and they love it, very palatable and seems to give just the right energy levels.

Are you honestly saying that you think your friends horse ended up with a fractured pedal bone because she fed bran?

As above Mine are scissor cut quite short, looks very neat and tidy, horses are happy, if it's good enough for the top show jumpers then it's good enough for mine.

I paid £69.00 each for my two and had to collect them from local saddlers, these are the original large size black ones, and that was over a year ago, I would say you have a good price especially if they are delivering to you.

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Well done you, what a lovely horse, it's always so nerve racking taking a youngster for the first time but she looked as though she was starting to settle at times, once the first one is out of the way it makes it so much easier as you know what to expect. You both look really smart, you can...

Luckily no one ever asks to ride mine, they've seen the way she can get at the drop of a hat. Just say no, I dont see why you are worried about offending her? tell her to go to a riding school as you dont give lessons and are not insured if your horse decides to be naughty......that should put...