Recent content by showjumper96

I used to do this a lot, tapping lightly with my lower leg every trot beat, my instructor told me that horses will switch off to your leg and become 'immune' in a way and just switch off to it, this made me think otherwise and not only have I stopped doing this but my position has become so much...

Thank you that's great, definitely will look at all those, using some rubber ones at the moment until I do some more babysitting and earn some money! Think it is worth getting some nice ones which are short but protective for my peace of mind, couldn't bear my boy getting hurt! Thanks everyone :)

think we will aim it at lower level as there are more people competing at that level, also think we will have a cheaper entry fee and cheaper rosettes, we have a lovely school which is going to be extended even bigger soon which will be perfect for warming up/if grass is wet/slippery etc. We...

I found my horse stuck in his haynet about a year ago with his hoof up by his muzzle and the haynet lodged underneath his shoes, he was very brave and let us cut the haynet off him however he was incredibly stiff for a few days and must have been stuck for a long time. Since then we have fed...

My first pony was overweight and keeping the weight off was always a fighting battle. However, we muzzled him and kept him in a small grass patch. We soaked his hay for 12hrs to get all the sugars out and we worked him hard, if you have an arena its worth trying to make him canter for longer...

Looking for some over-reach boots for show jumping. Problem is i've heard horror stories about horses back feet standing on over-reach boots on take-off and having rotational falls...could just be me overthinking but I have a jumper with a big trot and springy paces and he tends to over-reach...

great thanks everyone, definitely good things to keep in mind, thank you very much

thank you very much for your replies, we already have a large arena about 40 x 60 for use if the ground is slippy or for use in winter and for a warm-up area, there is ample room for parking also. We are going to make the ground springy by putting lots of manure down to start and putting down...

mark todd boots worked for my friend who had the same problem, worth trying lots of boots at different tack rooms :)

Hi all, the show jumping yard where I work want to covert one of their paddocks into a show jumping field with very smart show jumps, a small bank, show jumping water-jump. We aim to make it very smart with flowers by fences and spooky fillers with white fencing around the edge to make it very...