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When my old boy was poorly we could only get his meds into him with a pile of golden syrup sandwiches (80 tablets a day!). So sticky, but it worked. Tesco sells it in squeezy bottles which makes it much less messy.

Wow that was an old post! We ended up with a Kia Sportage, the heavyweight one that tows 2 tonnes. It towed beautifully. They don't make them anymore, all the new ones tow much less, as does the Sorrento. And as you say, we discounted the Freelander because it didn't tow enough. In the end...

Loo roll Do you use studs? Old towel for the horse\tack if the weather forecast is atrocious.

I tow with a Sportage. I have the heavy duty 4WD model that can tow upto two tonnes (and a B+E License). It happily tows my Son's 12.2hh and my 16.1hh with my Bateson Ascot. It wouldn't cope with 2 big horses in my trailer (max capacity 2,300kg), but until the boy needs a bigger pony it is...

I use Julie Andrews. They were really helpful and I could pick and choose the things that I wanted cover for: http://www.horseinsuranceservices.co.uk/ It came to about £300 for the year. I only teach part time though.

WRT speak to the judge in advance, I have a horse who is 1 tenth mechanically lame behind due to scar tissue left from when he dislocated his stifle as a youngster (we have a vet certificate). When I used to event him (unaffiliated), I used to ask the secretary to include a note to the...

The BHS Gold membership is good. My Son's pony is also insured with PetPlan and they cover any rider who has my permission as long as they are between the ages of 5 and 70. So if his friends ride, we are covered that way too.

We have a Bateson Ascot trailer which has a lockable tack cupboard built into the nose. Might be worth switching trailers instead?

I ended up with one of these for our Sec A: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002PDAA8M/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Thought it was going to be cheap and nasty, but its actually a very nice little saddle and fits him well.

We have 4 acres and a compact tractor. Its a Siromer, we have had it 10 years and its been worth the outlay. But with the exception of topping, which needs the PTO we could do most of the work with a 4x4.

LOL my son wants to call every pet we get 'Poppy' and or 'Suzi'. We now have 2 guinea pigs and 6 chickens called either Poppy or Suzi. No idea why he likes the names! You could use 'Kevin' as the stable name and have something else as her show name? Kevinna ?

Oh and BTW: The App is only available for IPhones, which is :( and more than a little short sighted, as the majority of handsets sold in the UK are Android ones (even if Apple is the biggest single manufacturer)...

We are camping for the whole weekend as normal. Pitch 457 - Hoping we are out of earshot of Custard Cream's 8 month old (only joking!). Already got the wine, walking boots and ski jacket (for watching the dressage) ready to go. My OH is bringing the boy up after school on the Friday and he is...

One of my favourites is trot shoulder in down the centre line to X, a canter transition and then a 10m half circle to the track. I've extended it to a figure 8 at x, with a more balanced horse.

I have one who has 'form' for this. I switched to using a corner manger, and it seems to do the trick....most of the time. It fits quite snuggly in the corner by the door.