Recent content by Staverton

Poplar Park appear to digging themselves into a bigger hole daily!!! How irresponsible can they get? To ask/tell a livery to leave a yard which has confirmed strangles is unbelievable! I understand P.P. have only had 'one' of their horses tested for strangles this is why they are...

There was an event held at P.P. the weekend after the livery horse tested positive!

There is an article in today's East Anglian Daily Times which states " P.P. are in lockdown" and "Yard partner Jon Hardwick says that there is only one confirmed case at the moment, with diagnosis confirmed by vets Ryder-Davies and Partners last Thursday". After all that has gone on they...

sizz - The test results for the livery horse which tested positive were known BEFORE the event at the weekend !! Horses are still being hacked out - P.P. are not closed.

Not much room at Topthorn to keep away from other horses!

17.2hh is a big horse - how heavy are you?

I had injections into discs and facet joints, I was sedated so knew nothing and felt nothing. The effects lasted about 6 months and was really good whilst it lasted however I had side effects - really bad migraines every few days. I had the same procedure a year later and the same...

I have a question for Ryder Davies: When strangles was diagnosed in the livery horse what attempts were made to try and contain the outbreak?

The vets did not let the cat out of the bag! They are unable to say anything due to customer confidentiality. The local horse community became aware when the livery horse was tested positive, BEFORE the weekend event, The vets had not...

As its the 'weekend' I'm surprised that poplar_helper hasn't updated us with all the latest information! The word locally is that there are now about 12 animals at Poplar showing signs.

Has she contacted previous owners or the breeder. This information should be in the passport.

From reading posts and from what is being said locally it appears that the owners of P.P. have tried to conceal this strangles outbreak. I would expect the owners of a large well established Centre to call a vet as soon as any health problem arises not to wait and see if...

I have read the facebook comments which actually confirm that poplar_helper does not know the facts! It is stated that strangles was confirmed on Tuesday, however, had the vets been called earlier (days or weeks?) who knows when strangles could have been confirmed. It is apparent that...

I have been told that 4 horses came from Ireland and instead of being isolated they were put straight on to the yard, one of these then showed signs of infection. Several horses on the yard have been unwell. A week ago at least two were, sort of, isolated with very heavy nasel discharge and...