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I go to a particular shop which is an hour's drive. They have fitted me with hats since my original saddler closed down. But I dont just...

Spiderpig2009 said: In the old days we used the peacock irons for kids with the rubber band and I don’t think they have a weight limit...

I ride on a yard which does not allow riders to attach themselves to the horse.

Race safe was always wrong for me, but fitted OH well. I had a champion bp years ago which laced up the sides, (as Race safe do) but I...

I wear Sprenger stirrups. They are expensive but are a conventional shape. I like them because they felt the samer as the conventional...

Our daughter's Irish terrier has a UK made but Danish designed dog bed. One at home and one with us. https://www.danishdesign.co.uk/...

My only fall from my current share was when we halted at the junction where the track crosses a tarmac road down which I was going to...

I dont know if this will work for you . It is a variation of and preparation for riding canter trot transitions going large. I was asked...

I am sorry for both the loss of your horse and your deciding that you havent the time and energy to start over with another. But let me...

I think there are definitely different teaching styles and horses being clever can often cope with being ridden in more than one style...

Depends what you mean by conventional. Not only are there different styles of riding, but those styles change over time. I started with...

It is possible that we all long for the dog we had as a child. I grew up with a wire haired fox terrier - a wedding present to my mother...

I went to man Mark Rashid clinics over the years and he showed two different ways of mounting, that is of teaching a horse to standstill...

How high are your blocks?

I admired the black boots worn by a retired army officer whom I follow on Twitter and he replied they were short boots worn with...