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He looks like my nearly 11 year old did. His colour has faded a bit but proper chunky head.

We do Milbemax and Stronghold (not at same time) - DH is a vet so obviously no prescription costs - because he wants the residual cover as we have children. Dog is a lab with a tendency towards scavenging rotting mingingness if he gets half a chance and we doubt neighbours' cat's are worked- he...

I guess some of the selection was based on the selected horses being much more thoroughbred type so more likely to cope with potentially soft ground in high humidity- none of Ollie's top horses look the type to make the time without pressure- looking at Burghley the selectors were making the...

Going to make the Olympic qualifying interesting as all 3 strong teams from groups F and G (AUS, NZL and Japan) are already qualified - so hope for South Africa and Hong Kong maybe. Pretty well guarantees qualification for Alex Hua Tian on the individual rankings as well... USA, Canada and...

Yay! Also thrilled for Padraig!!! Devon based after all!

WEG or World Equestrian Games thank you autocorrect

It's all on I player under wet

Are you breathing properly during the test. HR will increase if not...

The thing with out of hours emergencies is that it is impossible to predict demand - and Murphy's law means that you will be quiet all day then 3 emergencies come in at once. A fire brigade rescue can take 5 hours plus to the point the vet can leave! There's also the issue that vets do have...

P14 is the same test, only difference is collectives - there were 4 collective marks and there are now 5 - so the update doesn't affect the rider, only the marks.

To be boring 'confirmé' is used for intermediate as in between beginner and advanced - so it's a lazy translation...

And unlike NFU, E&L have started excluding from renewal date and not 12 months...

Likely to be a "hobby" so you can't offset the inevitable loss against your actual income!

Been working on this in lessons for ages. 1st thing is a horse you trust not to throw a cheeky stop which is a good reason to ride defensively as jumping the fence alone isn't fun. 2nd - are your feet in the right place in your stirrups. We put stirrup clogs on for a couple of lessons so I...

To an extent the RS instructors know their horses - and some of them will need to know that the rider will actually insist otherwise they will take the mickey. I ride a mare who can go really nicely but unless she knows you will be determined she will ignore you completely and tow you to the...