evsj
Well-Known Member
I am currently seriously contemplating putting my mare into foal. Reason being she is off work again following an injury - this time to her check ligament in her near fore.
Up until this point she was being prepared for Borde Hill PN, had recently been placed at a pairs HT, so I have been getting her fit since January and now she's potentially off the road for another 6 months (another wasted BE Membership fee!!)
Because she is now 13 and and potentially won't be fit to event til she is 14 I am now considering whether I really want to continue eventing her as I have wanted to progress her to Novice for the last three years but due to her tendon injury and now this ligament in the other leg, should I really be eventing her? She is IDXTB 1/2 bred and over the last 4 years the Draught has really come out in her - maybe she is too heavy to be doing all this work?
I want to put her in foal but just got thinking whether I could claim for LOU as it is unlikely I will event her again (although she will be fine for jumping still). Does anyone have experience of this?
Up until this point she was being prepared for Borde Hill PN, had recently been placed at a pairs HT, so I have been getting her fit since January and now she's potentially off the road for another 6 months (another wasted BE Membership fee!!)
Because she is now 13 and and potentially won't be fit to event til she is 14 I am now considering whether I really want to continue eventing her as I have wanted to progress her to Novice for the last three years but due to her tendon injury and now this ligament in the other leg, should I really be eventing her? She is IDXTB 1/2 bred and over the last 4 years the Draught has really come out in her - maybe she is too heavy to be doing all this work?
I want to put her in foal but just got thinking whether I could claim for LOU as it is unlikely I will event her again (although she will be fine for jumping still). Does anyone have experience of this?