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[albeg]

I also enjoyed following 2 sisters, one was called Alice, she evented, and her sister wrote up about her progress on here.

Lolo?

 

[ester]

No baydale had all the bays doing eventy type stuff.

 

[JennBags]

Oh, one other slightly random poster that I miss is justabob. She could be quite sharp but I quite liked her. Just did a search on her username and looks like they last posted in 2016.

A few good posters disappeared around that time, was that when the forum change happened?
Little legs is another that just went overnight, as well as lots of others.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Justabob was properly scary

 

[chaps89]

What about Worried1? Her husband(?) Had some nice dressage horses and she had a nice coloured that came from clip clip traders I think.

Spotted cat is another I remember posting with the eventing crew that's been listed above, I also miss the hot to trot and lolo eventing reports particularly.

I also miss posts from ffion winnie (I wonder if she ever finally got closure with all those issues with her little girls dad)

 

[Fransurrey]

And, does anyone remember the lady that lived in Europe, I can’t recall where but she had no money, lived with her cat ( I think) and was desperate to get back to the UK. Was she training to be a vet? But couldn’t afford to do it in the UK?

I know Hollycat in real life and she now lives in the North West, still with her cats and now a dog, too (assistance dog for Autism). Don't want to say too much, but no, she didn't become a vet.

 

[JennBags]

I also miss posts from ffion winnie (I wonder if she ever finally got closure with all those issues with her little girls dad)

I think so, she has a nice new man in her life and her daughter is growing up very quickly into a lovely young lady.

 

[YorksG]

Little legs was also a prolific and knowledge poster who i miss. As was jm07

 

[ester]

fransurrey, thanks for that update.

 

[CorriegarthJ]

I cant remember her username but she does have a FB page about her horses. Her horse is King and she also had a little chestnut called Major who gave her a bit of a hard time! She has another horse now too.

I remember girl racer, used to love reading about her and her horses. Wasn’t she also the person that had a little welsh D chestnut with a big blaze....he had a really strange but lovely name. Did her horse king turn out to have KS?

ETA: she sold the chestnut welsh D if iirc

 

[Cornish]

What a brilliant thread!!! I was/am a 'lurker' for many many years, and this is reawakening many memories! But I have to say Ted is my favourite, and the 'penis beaker' was probably the one that made me laugh out loud. I also enjoy the horsey (and unhorsey) ghost stories that always reappear round Halloween. Thanks everyone!

 

[Pinkvboots]

I used to love reading about Fig the ex racer turned dressage horse, I know her sister still comes on here she has the most gorgeous pony stallion who is one of my favourites.

I also remember another girl that had some beautiful horses I one was a spotty horse she bred, and she often bought project horses to bring on, I always loved her pictures and videos she was such a lovely rider, I think her user name was Vicki something I can't remember.

 

[Roxylola]

I used to love reading about Fig the ex racer turned dressage horse, I know her sister still comes on here she has the most gorgeous pony stallion who is one of my favourites.

I also remember another girl that had some beautiful horses I one was a spotty horse she bred, and she often bought project horses to bring on, I always loved her pictures and videos she was such a lovely rider, I think her user name was Vicki something I can't remember.

Fig's owner is still here - nikkimarriett, she posts in weekend plans most weeks. Fig has not been well but she has a youngster now, Rooni hes rather smart and they always look fabulously well presented

 

[DirectorFury]

I used to love reading about Fig the ex racer turned dressage horse, I know her sister still comes on here she has the most gorgeous pony stallion who is one of my favourites.

I also remember another girl that had some beautiful horses I one was a spotty horse she bred, and she often bought project horses to bring on, I always loved her pictures and videos she was such a lovely rider, I think her user name was Vicki something I can't remember.

NMT with Fig (and now Rooni) still posts and they've got a FB page (Diamonds in the Rough dressage) too. I love following them!

Re: Vickie with spotty horse -- I can't remember her username but as she has 16k followers I'm assuming it's OK to link an Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/iamvicksie/ . She's got a gorgeous PRE stallion now too.

I miss HTT, she moved to either Hong Kong or Japan IIRC, and Lolo's posts about her sister with Reggie the ex-racer.

 

[Love]

Ah yes Riley Boy and the lovely photo of him taking his cob for a dip in the stream “on Christmas Day”....... when the trees were full of leaves, the horse had a lovely summer coat and he was in shorts and a T-shirt!

I also loved AdorableAlice’s thread on the lovely Ted and the Tessy Bear bogof thread. They stuck out for me!

 

[JJS]

I used to love reading about Fig the ex racer turned dressage horse, I know her sister still comes on here she has the most gorgeous pony stallion who is one of my favourites.

I also remember another girl that had some beautiful horses I one was a spotty horse she bred, and she often bought project horses to bring on, I always loved her pictures and videos she was such a lovely rider, I think her user name was Vicki something I can't remember.

I follow Vicki on Instagram! She still has spotty Dottie as well as a lovely Spanish stallion called Ferdi. Her matchy matchy game remains as strong as ever!

There used to be a poster with a gorgeous little Gypsy Cob stallion, called Sparkles or something like that, who did a bit of everything with him. I always loved reading her updates.

Also, GG. I haven’t seen any updates from her in a while, but she was such a lovely lady.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

Re: Vickie with spotty horse

Was it Vickie Brennan? Rings a bell with me.

 

[milliepops]

Was it Vickie Brennan? Rings a bell with me.

Nope
Her username was vickijay.

 

[LeneHorse]

Remember gorgeous George? Lady got her first horse George and posted regularly on their progress. But then poor George had all sorts of problems. It was sad, she was so devoted to him.

 

[CorriegarthJ]

I follow Vicki on Instagram! She still has spotty Dottie as well as a lovely Spanish stallion called Ferdi. Her matchy matchy game remains as strong as ever!

There used to be a poster with a gorgeous little Gypsy Cob stallion, called Sparkles or something like that, who did a bit of everything with him. I always loved reading her updates.

Also, GG. I haven’t seen any updates from her in a while, but she was such a lovely lady.

christmassparkles - she’s on Facebook, she does a lot of desensitisation stuff now and trick training

 

[DabDab]

Justabob was properly scary

Haha, did you think?

 

[McFluff]

adorablealice Ted thread drew me out of lurking. Love that thread.
Flowers thread was lovely.
Milliepops Kira always brightens the day up.
I miss Ffionwhinney, GG (she was so welcoming to the forum) and I always liked DryRot approach.
This thread is bringing back lots of memories.

 

[OldNag]

christmassparkles - she’s on Facebook, she does a lot of desensitisation stuff now and trick training

I remember her cob, with a real "have a go" attitude and gorgeous markings.

I miss _GG_ - always had something interesting to say. I still use her Christmas turkey cooking technique and wonder why I'd not found out about this years ago - it's a game changer

Oberon's posts really helped me when I was first finding out about feeding for barefoot.

FfionWinnie's gutsy daughter - I do see pics on FB and she's still awesome.

 

[Caol Ila]

I miss Tarrsteps. Always such great advice. I also miss a poster who lived in Holland (I think) who had dressage horses, along with her daughter. One of the daughter's horses was called Breitlingh and looked stunning, although she was a handful, and the poster bought a lovely young palomino mare after losing a horse. I really enjoyed reading her updates.

Hot to Trot moved to the US, as I recall. I miss her comp reports. They were hilarious.

Does anyone remember the crazy thread started by an (alleged) nanny who wanted to buy a horse for the kid she was nannying, and neither she nor the family knew a damned thing about horses? Was that a troll? Was there ever an update?

 

[NLPM]

Gosh, so many names on here I remember but had totally forgotten. I remember following the story Tessybear and the foal (Dolly?) for weeks!

And I remember the stolen Dutch photos with the beautiful Fjord. Beautiful horses. I can remember quite a few beautiful horses now I think about it but can't remember a single username! I think one horse was Frodo? And Delicia was another.

And ebonyallen. Her posts about her very much-loved horse used to bring tears to my eyes!

 

[NLPM]

And someone with a stunning spotty, that I think they lost sadly. Grass sickness or colic, maybe? Another beautiful horse.

 

[Lexi_]

Firewell(?) always seemed really nice. Had a lovely chestnut and moved to America and seemed to be living the dream out there!

 

[Evie91]

Does make you realise how many posters have been lost over the years, such a shame as some really experienced people/good threads.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

I miss Tarrsteps. Always such great advice. I also miss a poster who lived in Holland (I think) who had dressage horses, along with her daughter. One of the daughter's horses was called Breitlingh and looked stunning, although she was a handful, and the poster bought a lovely young palomino mare after losing a horse. I really enjoyed reading her updates.

Hot to Trot moved to the US, as I recall. I miss her comp reports. They were hilarious.

Does anyone remember the crazy thread started by an (alleged) nanny who wanted to buy a horse for the kid she was nannying, and neither she nor the family knew a damned thing about horses? Was that a troll? Was there ever an update?

Tarrsteps is still very much around and also has a public Facebook page

 

[Leo Walker]

I miss Tarrsteps. Always such great advice.

Tarrsteps has a public FB page. Shes also one of my favourite FB friends.

Tarr Steps Services

And Delicia was another.

Sadly she lost D not so long ago. But she bred a stunning foal from her first, and shes now riding him. Shes another one with a public FB page, but for the life of me I cant find it.

Found it!

Westcote Delicia and Axton D