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Thanks Shay. I'll have a look at the places you suggest. Yes I should have been clearer, sorry. My horse is retired now so I need somewhere that provides the horse, not just the lessons! I do have a car so can travel and will be based on the Ewell side of Epsom. I don't think my airway...

I am in the process of moving to Epsom and am hoping that someone may be able to recommend a good place to have regular dressage lessons. I have previously ridden at medium level (albeit a few years ago now so quite rusty...I was last riding regularly about 8 months ago, but not to that...

Thank you! Really glad to hear both were OK.

I was just wondering if anyone had seen/heard what happened to Piggy French's round at Blenheim today? They are showing as eliminated on the results page, but I didn't hear what happened

I thought those of you who were originally following this thread might like an update on how George is getting on. He has been home for 6 months now and we've had a few bumps in the road but for the most part he has been doing well. When I last updated you all we were having big issues with...

George has been home for nearly 10 weeks now and I thought his followers might like a Christmas update on how he's doing. He has been putting weight on really well and now looks like just a thin horse with poor muscle rather than a charity poster. I used to take a sharp intake of breath when I...

I thought George's many well-wishers might like an update on how he is doing. George came home 5 weeks ago yesterday and the bumpy ride has continued, unfortunately. He tried to colic again on 22 October but my YO managed to get the vet to him before it really got going and they sorted him...

He has been doing OK at home, although we still have lots of problems to overcome. The vet came yesterday to do his post-discharge check-up and she was a bit concerned by a few things. He was showing some signs of low-grade pain, his appetite had gone down a bit, he has lost more weight...

Thanks for thinking of us and sorry for going silent, I was worried about tempting fate. George came home last night :). The move did not go as well as I'd hoped so I had a very sleepless night last night. He travelled fine, but then promptly dug up his whole bed (I've only ever seen him...

He's been OK again today. He poo-ed over night but hasn't poo-ed again during the course of the day which is a bit worrying. His heart rate and everything else has stayed stable today and he's up to almost full rations of a 'low residue diet' (basically almost no hay/haylege as we think this may...

He's been OK again today. I did think he was starting to colic again this evening as his heart rate went up and he started to paw, but he then did quite a large dropping and the pawing stopped after that and his heart rate came down. He's still not out of the woods but each day when he's ok is a...

He's been OK throughout today, although I'm still really anxious as he's still a long way from being out of the woods. He did one poo late last night and one this morning before I got to the vets (one of the lovely vets described it as beautiful...I never thought I'd hear someone use that word...

He's been stable throughout today. He STILL hasn't pooed and I am getting extremely anxious now as we got to 'day 4' of introducing food last time before he colicked again and tomorrow will be the new 'day 4'. If we get through tonight OK, I am going to be a huge bag of paranoid nerves tomorrow!!

George had a good day yesterday and has been Ok today. He's been quite bright in himself and we're starting to try to introduce food again. He's been looking at his stomach a bit which is worrying me and obviously I'm not getting my hopes up too much as we've been here before only for it to go...

He's still with us for now and we're starting today to try to reintroduce food again very slowly. We're basically back where we were on Monday but with a stronger concern that his guts can't cope with enough food to sustain him. My mum's little cat also went missing on Thursday whilst George was...