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Was it this one? Thread 'Find me a sculpture, please' https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/threads/find-me-a-sculpture-please.833840/

My PB Welsh is bolshy and a very slow hard work in progress and his go to is to pull away at any opportunity. I do a combination of groundwork, liberty and lunging before any riding and I have to rope off a section of the arena to do this so he can’t just pull away. I use jump wings and a wide...

Some riding schools won’t allow an air-jacket so check that out first. You do need to attach a strap between the two stirrup bars to clip the lanyard to so that can be a faff each time you go. I use an air-jacket on its own for all activities. Second the getting own stirrups and stirrup...

Ariat Tellurides and their Concorde chaps are a good combo. I don’t have an ankle injury but I do over pronate and they are supportive. You can also remove the insoles and put in your own if needed. Lacing means you can adjust the fit and tightness.

That sounds like the stuff we’ve just started using on my yard which I’ve been told is from Germany. I’m still on the old stuff so can’t comment on what it’s like yet. The bales look really small though and are £9 a bale 😳 - just hope they are super-compressed.

I always use these ones. Last for years.

I’m more worried that I won’t be able to get fuel to get to and from the stables. It’s a 15 mile round trip twice a day and my VW Polo only has a small tank. I’m filling up at tank half full each time so I have leeway in case local garages run out.

Our yard owner (farmer) has ordered wrapped hay in from Germany (His yield was down 30% last year). Today is the first day it’s being delivered to the liveries. It’s going to be £9 for a small bale 😳 although apparently they are big small bales. Not seen yet so don’t know.

I’ve recently watched a Warwick Schiller online seminar where he tackles this with horses that are anxious and distracted. His take is that you draw the attention back to you by doing something that voluntarily turns their focus to you rather than pulling them or distracting them by making them...

I had terrible service from them. Unfortunately I bought the boots at Badminton and couldn’t find the receipt or remember which store I bought them at which is unusual for me. I had to go straight to Ariat. I basically had to cut the boot off my foot on the second or third time of wearing...

I just use a rubber curry comb to remove 98% of the hair then a quick dandy brush whilst at the yard then bung in my normal machine. I’ve never had any blockages. If I’m worried about straggling hair I put on a yard clothes wash as a next wash before going whites or work non yard clothes. The...

Yes I’ve set out to buy a potential quality all-rounder WB types and I’ve got just what I wanted on three occasions although they had to adapt a bit from previous careers and did have their own challenges. Last time though I bought what I thought was a quiet future all-rounder a bit smaller...

I sort of get it, although I’ve never said I’ll only look at a certain colour each time I’ve been looking I seem to get drawn to a specific colour. First time it was bays - bought a bay, then I seemed to try a lot of chestnuts - bought a chestnut. Last time it was dun or buckskin - bought a...

My friend bought one with shivers and she’s had him 8yrs now. She’s jumped a fair bit and done some dressage as well as lots of hacking. He’s been pretty manageable and she’s had plenty of enjoyment from him but she did take his back shoes off and now uses hoof boots.

Thanks but I’ve already got a battery jump starter pack I only bought a few months ago. The one linked only goes up to 2l. My lorry is 2.5 or 2.8l All of the compressors seem to plug into a lighter socket but that’s no use to me as the cables aren’t long enough to reach the tyres. I think I...