Recent content by ShowjumpingPrincess

Totally agree. I understand accidents happen and what happened with Unexpected Depth looked like an unfortunate accident with him clipping itself on the horse next to him (which had also been impeded). However Clashabreeda was very clearly a tired fall. A red hot fit horse over good ground...

I agree with others saying it's a bad deal, but also have to add- how exactly is that full livery? You are still doing the bulk of the work every day (aside from, I presume, bringing them in and feeding etc at night). Sounds like overall you'd end up paying £35 per week per horse for DIY/part...

And I completely missed poor Al Roc who (at age 11) has made 25 starts this year. And just incase he hadn't worked hard enough was sent over the National fences in November for the Grand Sefton?! Raced again a week later and looked like he was about to keel over (as he has in all his starts...

Abaya du Mathan on 21 starts for the year, Dindin on 22. Both also owned by the Wilsons. Bare in mind Abaya made this many starts even with a wind surgery halfway through the season (and is 10 years old?!). I can't even imagine how those horses' legs look... no summer/winter break, hammering...

Horse riding is quite unique to other situations in that fat shaming is not black and white. In most scenarios if someone is being singled out or denied opportunities solely because of their weight that is pretty evidently fat shaming. If someone is comfortable with their weight why should...

I adore Legrande himself, he took my breath away when I saw him and is really quality! My only concern is that I wouldn't really know what I'd get- I've seen offspring of his out of a huge range of mares (ponies, cobs, ISH, SJ warmbloods) but nothing out of something with dressage bloodlines. I...

I do really like a lot about TI2TL, only concern would be whether he may be a bit TOO different to the mare and end up with something a bit average in all departments. As I'm breeding for myself I would rather get a really quality grassroots horse to have fun on than something that may have the...

That's super helpful thank you. Not really bothered about how commercial the foal is (for once!). Out of interest what would make you say TI2TL wouldn't be one for breeding an upper level horse? I find Leprince himself a gorgeous individual and ticks a lot of boxes. But I wouldn't really know...

Having given up trying to breed anything to sell for the time being, I'm going to focus next year on breeding my own dream horse rather than someone else's! Any event stallions recommendations for something that would cross nicely to a dressage mare? The mare is an outstanding mover from a...

A lot of good points. I would add that my observations from dipping my toe in the world of breeding (on a very small scale!) and observing the dressage/event breeding world from afar that one of the big problems seems to be lack of knowledge amongst buyers about what is a horse with good...

Whilst this topic has likely been done to death and to a degree varies on an individual basis, can anyone advise me on how quickly I should bring my horse back into work and how much, if any, fitness he will have retained. Whilst I’ve been away he has been turned away with a couple of other...

Thanks all, I'll enquire tentatively about the horse (ie. how significant was injury and what is true prognosis, would they consider lwvtb etc) but atm no more than that. My budget is significantly more than they want for him (though less than his value before injury) so would probably be better...

Thanks for the replies, lots of points of view to consider and very helpful. Forgot to say: He is owned by a vet (hence why no expense was spared on his rehab) and they are very open when it comes to the horse's condition, history and prognosis. I haven't yet had the chance to speak to...

Horse is in light work (due to obviously being unfit, not because it's still lame) and i'll have the opurtunity to see it plenty before committing to anything as it's coming to the yard i'm at for sales livery in the next couple of weeks. I've been told that it's been given the best possible...

Hello everyone, I'm aware that the responses to this situation will vary hugely depending on people's experiences and i'm aware that the person I should be (and will be) consulting is the vet, but what would you do in this scenario: I'm looking to buy an eight year old eventer that has...