fingers_crossed
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Following on from the post below I thought I would vent something that I have been stewing on for 3 days and get your opinions. My horse is on livery at a yard nearby. Im a medical student so I have him on full livery week days so I have time to ride for at least 30 mins at night. This means my feeds are mixed in their feedroom.
I have been there two years and repeatedly at regular intervals make it clear they should not use spoons/ share buckets with my horse as several of theirs are on bute/ various other things.
I even have bright yellow tub trugs so its clear which are mine. About two months ago one cracked and kept leaking joint supplement out so I got a new one. They took the old one out the bin and asked if they could use it as they were short. As they are generally pretty good I said so long as its kept separate.
Further to this two girls on the yard have come from college, dropped out to stay at the yard and have never had any formal training regarding anything and are allowed to mix feeds including those with bute etc. A couple of times this week the old bucket was used for my horses feed. I also saw them use my buckets for another medicated pony then just swish it out with water. I then saw and obviously scrubbed and threw away the feed already mixed in it. (What a waste!)
I have lots of personal stuff going on at the moment and this is the last thing I need to worry about.Its not been easy to see the head girl as she's pregnant and working less and i'm revising alot. So I left a note above his feed stuff saying
' Please make sure Mintys feeds are mixed in his buckets only and they are not used for anything else. If he is drugs tested and bute/any banned substance is found in his system I will be banned/fined from competing.
There is also no point me buying supplements if they all leak onto the floor.
Thank you.'
Before the next bit I will add the head girl always says address her not the rda centre owner who has nothing to do with the yard.
The next day the yard owner comes up and has a complete Benny at me for being so rude and implying they are stupid and ripped the note down and I should go to her. Not giving me a chance to say the girls have been told 20 times at least, the note was not directly aimed at the head girl, I wanted to make it clear to everyonre each times they mix feeds so they don't forget, and also show how important it is. The thing that really got me was that she then said if I continue feeding out the bucket off the floor and letting my horse drop bits out, rather than the manger which they do not clean before they use it I have no right to say anything about possible dope in the feed!!!! - I refrained from asking if this was because her staff left so many open bute packets on the floor they were treading it into my stable 50 yards away.
On the whole they are so good and now i'm questioning how wrong I was?
But how will a doping allegation look against a medical student - it will be to my name not theirs. Also are they going to refund livery/training money for this year if I can't compete for 6 months cos they are careless - I doubt it! I have been so fuming but not sure if its justified?
I have been there two years and repeatedly at regular intervals make it clear they should not use spoons/ share buckets with my horse as several of theirs are on bute/ various other things.
I even have bright yellow tub trugs so its clear which are mine. About two months ago one cracked and kept leaking joint supplement out so I got a new one. They took the old one out the bin and asked if they could use it as they were short. As they are generally pretty good I said so long as its kept separate.
Further to this two girls on the yard have come from college, dropped out to stay at the yard and have never had any formal training regarding anything and are allowed to mix feeds including those with bute etc. A couple of times this week the old bucket was used for my horses feed. I also saw them use my buckets for another medicated pony then just swish it out with water. I then saw and obviously scrubbed and threw away the feed already mixed in it. (What a waste!)
I have lots of personal stuff going on at the moment and this is the last thing I need to worry about.Its not been easy to see the head girl as she's pregnant and working less and i'm revising alot. So I left a note above his feed stuff saying
' Please make sure Mintys feeds are mixed in his buckets only and they are not used for anything else. If he is drugs tested and bute/any banned substance is found in his system I will be banned/fined from competing.
There is also no point me buying supplements if they all leak onto the floor.
Thank you.'
Before the next bit I will add the head girl always says address her not the rda centre owner who has nothing to do with the yard.
The next day the yard owner comes up and has a complete Benny at me for being so rude and implying they are stupid and ripped the note down and I should go to her. Not giving me a chance to say the girls have been told 20 times at least, the note was not directly aimed at the head girl, I wanted to make it clear to everyonre each times they mix feeds so they don't forget, and also show how important it is. The thing that really got me was that she then said if I continue feeding out the bucket off the floor and letting my horse drop bits out, rather than the manger which they do not clean before they use it I have no right to say anything about possible dope in the feed!!!! - I refrained from asking if this was because her staff left so many open bute packets on the floor they were treading it into my stable 50 yards away.
On the whole they are so good and now i'm questioning how wrong I was?
But how will a doping allegation look against a medical student - it will be to my name not theirs. Also are they going to refund livery/training money for this year if I can't compete for 6 months cos they are careless - I doubt it! I have been so fuming but not sure if its justified?
lol. 