Recent content by termonlady

Yes, thats such a good point. A horse can do dressage very well AND ENJOY IT without using force, e.g rollkur, to ram them into an artificial outline. Our horse and ponies have GRADUALLY learned to take a contact and in particular, our horse loves doing dressage. She works in a Baucher and...

Our ex-racer was a hyper horse when we had her and was quite stroppy. She is now a dressage diva and wins prizes; she loves her work. She is also now, after a lot of work, great to hack out.

He was a happy horse with Gal; he is tense and looks strained now; that cannot be either kind or sportsmanlike. Rollkur or not: reunite Gal with Totillas

I quite agree and I HATA Rollacur

Fair comment

I totally agree with you. We should mount a campaign to have Edward Gal ride Totilas again

He was sold after his and Edward Gal's spectacular success. His new owners and riders seem to favour harsh methods of training and from the u=TUBE clips, poor Totilas is scared of being patted now

Your point relating to the "lack of recoverability of costs" being a bar to a small claims hearing fails to resonate with the fact that the origins of small claims hearings were that NO LAWYERS would be involved in the hearing. As with arbitration, unfortunately, the legal profession has...

Even if a barrister costs "around £5.00" to appear on the day of the hearing, which included dragging out a simple claim from a half day schedule to an entire day, s/he would be paid to be briefed and take instructions plus give an opinion. It is risable that the instruction solicitors cannot...

Its cruel to break the spirit of such a lovely, talented gentleman who loved what he did and was superb.

Thank you but it wasnt my case. I was only an observer

I have been involved in a recent Small Claims Court claim which was approximately £1,500. One party was insured whereas the other party was not insured. The insurance company paid for the insured party to be represented by a large firm of major city centre solicitors AND for a barrister...