Recent content by SaucyMare

Again - thanks for the ideas to be tried. Pony is now being ridden a couple of times a week by a skinny older girl who doesn't take any of her nonsence. Lunging should now be able to resume as its stopped raining for a few days (touch wood). Pony is in turned out before 6am every...

Obviously getting rid of this pony and moving on to another would be ideal, but as we all know, buying and selling ponies is not like part exchanging the car and driving off in a new one. My daughter totally adores this pony (I must say the husband and I are not really sharing her views at...

Vet can find nothing wrong with her. We usually have a lunge ring available, but the rain has made it unuseable. 24 hour turnout is only available during the summer months. There are no other yards with any facilities in the area, and we need good facilities for our other horse, so we...

We don't have anywhere to lunge at the moment - not allowed to lunge in the school. But she trots around like an angel until the rider gets on. Some days are better than others and we think we've had a breakthrough and then a few days later she's wicked again. It's the fact that they had...

The pony will be 8 in May. She is only fed hay plus whatever she can find in the fields, but is still pretty podgy. I am at a yard with many experienced people and equine professionals, but everyone is totally baffled.

I have a 7 year old daughter and an 11:2 Welsh Section A mare. Last spring my little girl came off lead-rein (then aged 6) and spent the summer cantering around and jumping little courses all on their own. Although the pony is rather lazy (like driving a car with the handbrake on), with a...

Why do people buy horses without the first idea of how to care for them? I truly believe that you should have at least some proper equine education before being able to go out and buy one. Maybe a test or something. It should not be down to other owners to educate these people - they should...

I think there could be a dollop of something welsh in there too.

I went for metalic purple and silver - it now looks like a 7.5 tonne box of Milk Tray!! But we love it.

I carried on riding until a week before my now 2 year old was born - only stopping coz I couldnt get on any more, but was still mucking out and turning out on the day she was born. It all depends on how your body copes with what is happening inside - mine decided to ignore it! I was back in...

So how did the clinic go?????

I am going through a claim with them at the moment. They are friendly to deal with and are paying all invoices quickly. The only issue is the small diagnostics limit of £1200 - which my horse blew with great extravagance. Other than that they are very good.

East Anglian Horseboxes in Sudbury, Suffolk. They do an excellent job and are as honest as the day is long. Their boxes are well built and extremely sturdy. And not daft money either. Very sensibily priced. We are well chuffed with ours that we have now had nearly 7 years, and everybody we...