Recent content by saltpetres

Depends on the horse's colour for me, but I almost always prefer brown. Black is nice on blue roans and greys with dark points though! My grey is pretty much totally white in winter so could go either way, but in summer he has a few fleabitten spots and brownish flecking on his points rather...

This is something I adore about horses! My last boy was just like that, obsessed with kids and just beautiful with them. Taught quite a few to ride on him, but beware if you already knew how to ride :P I got him when I was 11 and clearly he didn't see me as a kid, lol!!!! My current boy is...

Precisely, ycbm! I live in a very horsey area here, and within an hour of me there are none at all! There used to be one which was part of a large agricultural college, but it closed down several years ago and is now a private breeding facility that just hires out its indoor now. Within 2 hours...

Ooooh, I'd love one of those! I'm glad they're finally being imported, taken long enough! They seem much more manageable than a great blooming truck!! Pity they're so $$ :( However, the second paragraph is pretty close to what I said, plus wouldn't you say that the only thing I possibly could...

I am in a very rural area currently, but Warrnambool is only an hour away from me so it's...well it's a rural city so not that small! Plus I've been to heaps of large horse events. Maybe there are agistment places but I'd say the vast, vast majority of horse owners do not use them! I don't know...

I'm in Victoria and agree 100% with what other Aussies have said. We don't have livery yards at all really, maybe some agistment available for private horses at riding schools nearer the city, but most are so expensive it's not manageable. Most people agist on paddocks around town, or at home...

What a magnificent Donk!

I've changed both my horse's names! Definitely no bad luck as I had my first one for 11 years, he was 100% perfect for me and never got sick or injured ONCE in the whole 11 years! Plus he lived to 35. My lease is named Frankie but I call him Charley (short for Charleston, thanks to my mum) as I...

Yes, that's a good plan! I think he's just been allowed to get away with it before and needs a little reminder to listen to me :) I've got him on quite a high dose of the mag ox, it's made a DRASTIC difference so I'll keep him on the high dose for a good few months I think. I've gone from being...

Oooooooh good lord, the second one looks dreadful! Thanks very much! Beautiful, thanks so much for your help, everyone! :)

Thanks everyone! Seems like the Kimblewick is a unanimous choice. I shall see how he goes on the top slot! With the ports - is low port gentler?

Hi all, I'd love some advice! I've been told that I need to change bits on my boy by three people now - today it was a riding instructor (not my riding instructor, just *a* riding instructor) so I think maybe I should take their advice. My boy is a 19yo ex-eventer, clydiexTB, so he is strong...

thank you so much for this thoughtful response, I really appreciate it. I will absolutely try all these tips. I think I ought to give him a bit more of a chance to show me what he can do in his comfort zone (in an arena!), plus we're still getting used to each other and he's been in poor...

I actually bought a running martingale to use on him, because he does a giraffe impression quite a bit, but then I read that it can stop you from doing an effective one rein stop, so I've been too scared to use it on him in case it stops me circling him when he goes to bolt/rear? Do you think it...

this is a good point and one I've been thinking about...I want to give him a proper chance, but not to the extent that it's going to be stupidly dangerous for us both. I just have to decide where that line is, I guess! yeah, this is exactly what happened, and I feel like if those horses hadn't...