Aleka81
Well-Known Member
Good people HHO I need some advice!
I'm taking my 18 nearly 19 year old nutty TB hunting next week. I've owned him for 11 years and have done a fair bit of Team Chasing etc on him. He has always been a bit of a nutter whenever hes been out somewhere exciting.
I have hunted him before but it was probably 8 years ago and he ended up getting over excited and going over backwards
Well i have decided that I would like to take him and try again with the hope he may have calmed down in his older age. I think this is probably wishful thinking. lol
Now my tack issues are really my own making. The reason being that after I decided I wasn't going to event him or do anymore dressage I decided to change his tack to something we both liked. So out went the snaffle for everyday use and the dutch gag was put away to gather some dust. The snaffle and gag were replaced by a Tom Thumb copper roller. In fact my poor boy looks like he is eventing everytime we hack the only thing he is missing is boots. lol
I ride him in the bit mentioned above a running martingale, breastgirth and sheepskin noseband on his flash bridle. This isn't because I think he 'looks cool' with all that clobber on it just suits him.
So do I leave him in the copper roller or whack the gag back in or totally change his bit?!?!
The last time all those years ago I hunted him in a snaffle and cavesson bridle. So I do genuinely prefer my horses to look more like a horse than a xmas tree covered in ornaments
I have chosen next week as his reappearance to hunting because it should be fairly quiet. I don't want it to be overly exciting!
So good people what are your opinions??
I regularly hunt other peoples horses. But I want my boy to have a purpose in his older years. Please no comments on him being to old to hunt he really is as fit as a fiddle and to be honest could give the pointers I ride out a run for their money
He did mildly damage his anular ligament last year but on vets recommendation i've been told to crack on with him and that hunting should be no problem!
I'm taking my 18 nearly 19 year old nutty TB hunting next week. I've owned him for 11 years and have done a fair bit of Team Chasing etc on him. He has always been a bit of a nutter whenever hes been out somewhere exciting.
I have hunted him before but it was probably 8 years ago and he ended up getting over excited and going over backwards

Well i have decided that I would like to take him and try again with the hope he may have calmed down in his older age. I think this is probably wishful thinking. lol
Now my tack issues are really my own making. The reason being that after I decided I wasn't going to event him or do anymore dressage I decided to change his tack to something we both liked. So out went the snaffle for everyday use and the dutch gag was put away to gather some dust. The snaffle and gag were replaced by a Tom Thumb copper roller. In fact my poor boy looks like he is eventing everytime we hack the only thing he is missing is boots. lol
I ride him in the bit mentioned above a running martingale, breastgirth and sheepskin noseband on his flash bridle. This isn't because I think he 'looks cool' with all that clobber on it just suits him.
So do I leave him in the copper roller or whack the gag back in or totally change his bit?!?!
The last time all those years ago I hunted him in a snaffle and cavesson bridle. So I do genuinely prefer my horses to look more like a horse than a xmas tree covered in ornaments

I have chosen next week as his reappearance to hunting because it should be fairly quiet. I don't want it to be overly exciting!
So good people what are your opinions??
I regularly hunt other peoples horses. But I want my boy to have a purpose in his older years. Please no comments on him being to old to hunt he really is as fit as a fiddle and to be honest could give the pointers I ride out a run for their money

He did mildly damage his anular ligament last year but on vets recommendation i've been told to crack on with him and that hunting should be no problem!