Recent content by shakia

My 5-year-old started doing this and it deteriorated in the space of a couple of weeks. She turned out to have a chronic issue with both hind suspensories :/ She had come over from Ireland just before I bought her and I had her vetted (five-stage). I'd only had her about six months. It is...

Catch a Falling Star Heavenly Flare (or Flair, I suppose, as a pun!) Cosmic Gift Hopeful Streak I only managed to come up with Inspector Craic for the Irish one, which is just wrong

I'm in Berks, so I think the nearest spa is probably in Lambourn? She went lame three weeks ago and has been on box/pen rest but I might give my vet a call and see if he thinks a few treatments before xmas might be worth a try. Do you know if they usually ask for veterinary approval?

Just wondered if anyone had any experience of using an equine spa to treat a hind suspensory injury (or anything similar)? I remember writing an article on spas six or seven years ago when they were comparatively new - I think they had been demonstrated as effective in clinical trials but I was...

p.s Guildford, do you know how much the stem cell treatment cost? Unfortunately I have an exclusion on my insurance but this was never offered to me as an option.

My horse was eventually found to have some lesions and areas of fluid in the supraspinous ligament following a history of bronching and muscle tightness through her back. It was picked up by my physio, who noticed some spots of heat and soreness and the vet then diagnosed it with ultrasound...

I've been looking at Wow but can't stretch to a new one and I haven't been able to find one second hand as yet. I'll certainly take a look at the others though. Thanks for the help.

Does anyone know which saddle manufacturers have a decent gullet width down the length of the saddle? (eg the gap between the panels the whole way down, not the angle of the tree/width fitting at the front). Just tried a couple of Jeffries saddles (I'm looking for a jump or forward cut GP)...