Recent content by Stoxx

Paul's isn't far enough away from Wenlocks to warrant a move, I will find out about the Assoulines, thanks. I forgot about Church House Farm, I enquiried there about 3 years ago. At the time I thought the stables were on the small side, the surface was deep & the turnout situation wouldn't...

Anywhere in Essex to be honest other than Collier Row!!! Lawn Hall has a tiny indoor with a dreadful surface. I'm currently at Wenlocks & it's super, everything my horse & I need but I am possibly looking to move house & was looking for other options but it seems there aren't any!!

Does anyone know of any very good livery yards in Essex? My requirements are as follows: 7 day livery Experienced, knowledgable staff Large bright airy stables on good, deep beds Indoor & outdoor arenas with good, well maintained surfaces Horse walker Good off road hacking Well...

On both dressage saddles I have all three straps still on. On the mare I am girthing up on 2nd and 3rd as opposed to 1st and 3rd with her old girth. At the moment, the gelding is still on 1st and 3rd. So yes I agree, this could definitely play a part. I would also question whether the...

So I have the Fairfax girths and also the Prestige. You do need to check that you don't need the narrow version of the Fairfax. I had the standard on my boy but when I swapped him into the narrow one there was a noticeable difference, it sits better on him and he is definitely more...

I tried the Fairfax monoflap on my sensitive kwpn back in January. He loved it (we had to go wider than in other makes) but I just couldn't get on with the block. I'm 5'7 and a size 12 but quite long from hip to knee. I found the block to be very restricting and it made my leg sit too far...

Hi, Due to a number of reasons I currently suspect my horse to suffer very mildly with EPSM. He has a history of ulcers and is therefore already on a low starch and sugar diet, currently fed: Dengie HiFi Lite Allen and Page Fast Fibre 200ml of linseed oil per day. As I understand it...

Yes you can. As for the canter strike off... ride it to suit your horse. If your horse will do a beautiful upwards transition on a straight line and then a nice square turn as you reach the track then perfect. If rounding the corner helps then do that. I used to with my young horse and...

Anything that seems to good to be true, IS. Believe me! Interesting that the price is below the threshold needed for xrays for insurance purposes and also that a vetting has all ready been done on your behalf. How very convenient! By all means go and see it and if you like it, have your...

Spend some time establishing travers, renvers etc. So that he understands the aids and doesn't question when you use them. Once he is happy and confident with that then start to introduce travers across the diagonal. So turn on to the diagonal, ride straight and then ask for travers in...

Barge pole springs to mind. I know more horses that have come out of there that have things wrong with them than not. And yes the vet and x-ray scenario still the same as far as I am aware.

If I recall correctly Havens Slobbermash is very high in starch and I'd be eeekkk about feeding it to a horse prone to ulcers!

The arena walks that I took part in last year were very calm and I found them to be worth while. You can get in before 6am as long as you park in the general car park, you can then walk across. That is what I have to do as I'm also on very early. Good luck!

I am going. I will only withdraw after the times have been issued for reasons out of my control. I think it will be very unfair if people that really have no intention of going do not withdraw before the times are issued. With the measures put in place and everyone taking their own...

I only ever use the Eskadron all round boots. I think they are great. I hadn't seen the Schockemohle ones prior to this post and I wonder if anyone can say whether they are as good quality as the Eskadrons?