young horse

Hi all, I have recently purchased a lovely 4yo horse, she is super sweet and calm on the ground, I’ve taken her out for in hand hacks and done loads of groundwork and she is so good until we get to riding. Whenever I ask for a trot with a lightest leg aid she just shoots off with me in an...

Hi, I have just purchased a lovely 4yo! I’ve never produced a young horse before so it’s all a learning curve, of course working closely with my instructor and taking her at her own pace and listening to her but just want to know how often you give your horses a break? She will be for a general...

Hi all, My yearling (will be 2 this year) cob gelding recently saw the dentist for the first time and she discovered several diastema’s between his premolars on his lower jaw. Naturally I came home slightly panicked and googled what I could about diastema’s although pretty much all the info I...

Hi all, I've a 6 year old horse who is very green, only been under saddle 12 months and have had to take it very slowly. He is quite under confident in general and I've spent a lot of time building up his confidence and developing his confidence in me. I'm thinking about entering our first...