Recent content by utter-nutter

My 21yr Irish draught has just finished his 14th hunt season … every horse is different ,he feels and looks amazing and is on no meds. I have friends that have retired there’s, much much younger due to age related issues, totally horse dependent. The minute he didn’t feel ‘right’ I would stop...

Red back boots - worn them for hours on end never rubbed and take no breaking in

Freind has an ancient pony that is 42 (!!) it tootles about on the lead rein, does very basic pony club, and follows the hunt with her 2/4yr kids, it enjoys being busy and loves a fuss. Has very poor teeth so has chopped straw/chaff feeds along with hay/turnout. Would imagine hay/turnout would...

I had one on loan for two years before we brought him..we had the vet check his heart, eyes and did a blood test (someone mentioned he might have Cushings as his coat went curley when he sweated, this played on my mind as he drank a lot too, so for the sake of it we had it done) all came back...

I was recommended it by a vet to help put topline on tb, don’t think it made a massive improvement, (started it when coming into spring so hard to tell if it was the better grass or not!) but his coat did improve and he did seem to weight on ‘all over’ instead of just his belly, but this could...

Yes! my cob had a suspected fractured his Xmas 2019 out hunting and 8 months later he was out on hound exercise and been sound ever since. We were told as the horses shoulder was too much of a ‘muscley joint it would be hard to see anything on the X-ray. They initially x-rayed the elbow and...

Oooo any excuse to show off this chap! If could clone this guy I generally would, he’s by Grosnvenor lad out of lough lady. Agree with the constant need for food (gets seriously han-gry) never need for much rugs, and stubborn as they come, and the turning circle of a tank..just wish I had him...

Out of my 4, 2 are fully shod, one has fronts and one is barefoot, Ido whatever suits the horse. I open team chase and hunt this guy (tb) he has been barefoot his entire life (via 6 months ) he’s incredibly sure footed and doesn’t slip even in occasional boggy going, I agree with the comments...

I have the point 2, have had a horse run over me more than once (when i came off team chasing) got back on and finished the course, wasn't even remotely stiff after, and after two separate back fractures I am prone to a 'bad back! (had an impressive hoof print on the air jacket!). I have a bp...

lordy was that the reason why she didn't want to take them off?!

Too many gins and late night scrolling through Facebook :rolleyes:

sorry should have been clearer, meant the smaller type farms, whose profit margins are a lot less and have less of a financial 'cushion' that larger landowners might have. But agree with you, diversification is key, and agree our eating habits need to change! (watch david attenbough documentary...

For the record the few shoots I've been on, every bird that has come down is collected whether its easy to find or not! Thankful i had a good dog. Obviously I cannot speak for every shoot

Sorry i don't mean to rant, I've just seen so many 'farmer' friends and friends of friends struggling now more than ever, these are good honest people, and against popular opinion not all of them are 'pro hunt', pro tory, definelty not 'Toffs'! everyone just loves to put people in a box! Whilst...

if many of these 'rural sports' were to go.. i could see the countryside and farms begun to be run in a more commercial like way, with farmers farming up headland and woodland that would be used as game cover. Obviously this doesn't apply to the giant commercial shoots that put many 10000 birds...