Do you consider yourself knowledgeable?

Technically when it comes to riding, confirmation, saddle fitting...not knowledgable really compared to most. I get an expert in if I am stuck...that is what they are there for.
But where my horses needs are concerned...I have got it right through trial and error and gut instinct...that may be the wrong way but it works for him and that is all that counts...it is more important to me to have a healthy happy natural horse than whether am an expert on something...
 
I know what I need to know and can care for, ride and manage minor ailments without having to ask for reassurance that I'm doing the right thing from other liveries.

I am not great on conformation but don't need to be, I am not a buyer and seller. I know my horses conformational weakness because I asked my instructor to tell me.

If ever I am in doubt about anything, I etiher ring or text my instructor. She is well qualified and has multi discipline competition experience. She is what I would call "somebody who has been round the block" when it comes to horses.
 
I don't really think I'm knowledgeable at all.
Any advice I am able to offer another person is based upon my own personal experience.
I'm confident enough in my own abilities to deal with handling and general management issues such as feeding.
But almost nothing about conformation and bitting.
I would class myself as a novice.
 
Theres also a lot of things I have never even heard of never mind know anything about. You know when you smile and go "oh really" then go home and google it.
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Even after 40 years of working with and owning my own I still learn new things. I don't think you ever stop learning.

My best knowledge is veterinary and feeding - I've been lucky to work in several very big yards - 100 or more horses to look after so have been exposed to many many veterinary problems.

Best thing is to read what you can asnd then apply it, eg - read up on conformation and then at shows silently pick each horse to pieces, start at the feet and work your way up, notice the good points and the not so good. It's all experience and practise.
 
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