Your horse live thread.......

I went there on Saturday & went straight to the main arena to see Laura B. She was announced as GB's best Dressage rider and a strong contender to represent GB i n the 2012 Olympics, etc etc & after that build up she wandered in on foot looking like she was half way through mucking out her stables. She then announced that all her horses were based on the Continent???????.....so none of her horses were there? She then gave a dressage lesson to a competition winner from Your Horse Magasine. To be honest I thought the lesson was quite poor, she was not very informative. I think many people had come to see her ride & for her not to ride was a great disappointment.

I can understand a person wanting to win a lesson with Laura B..........but do several thousand people want to sit & watch it?.....not really. We wanted to see Laura B ride!!

I wonder when Your Horse booked her, probably many months ago, did they know that she wouldn't be in a position to ride any of her horses? I think they need to take this on board next time they book someone to 'perform' at their show!!
 
kittykatcat said:
GB seemed half cut to me - OT really showed him up with his riding skills....when he announced to the World that the horse had a rusty bit in, as it made the horse mouth it better, I was appalled
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My horse also wears a rusty bit ;) There is nothing appalling or wrong about it! :cool:
 
lj0429 said:
sorry but you can consider the tack accessories as essentials when your worried about livery but dont think scoping is when you think your horse has painful gastric ulcers
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Actually the things that I bought at Your Horse Live were with the £50 Xmas money my Mum and Dad gave me and £20 Xmas money my partner gave me and £30 I had saved from weeks ago because I knew I was going. I got the ticket for £4.25 (was £8.50 as friend ordered eight or ten but she owed me some) so I got it cheaper. I always get my Xmas presents off other people myself and they give me the money. That way I get what I want and they are happy they don't have to rush around trying to think what to buy me. :)

I've actually been to sign on and make a new claim today. If you have ever had the misfortune to do that you will know how I feel right now. I spend a small fortune on my horse and would do anything to keep him safe. I also go without a lot of things others take for granted including going for meals out, buying new clothes, cinema, make up, etc, etc in order to keep him. When I am lucky enough to get work through the agency I try to save money but I have been hit thing after another recently and my funds have dwindled somewhat.

If I thought that I could have paid the scoping off in instalments as and when I would have done so. This is why I rang up as I thought it would be around £80-£90 as he was going in for something covered on the insurance so it would have saved me on sedation/examination. And they would have let me pay it off over several months as they know I am good for the money. But I can't afford £255 when I am not even sure this is what he has.

And finally as my post stated I bought slippery elm, meadowsweet, haylage balancer and spent another £12.50 (got vouchers from Your Horse Live for feed) buying new feed for him due to his POSSIBLE gastric ulcers. So stuff you.

Not quite sure why I feel the need to justify myself to you anymore than you feel the need to point out what you have pointed out.
 
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3Beasties said:
My horse also wears a rusty bit ;) There is nothing appalling or wrong about it! :cool:
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From ehow.com website:

There are many types of horse bits to choose from including stainless steel, nickel, copper, rubber, plastic and iron. Iron bits rust naturally (some call it "seasoning"). The sweet taste of the rust encourages the horse to accept the bit. The name "sweet iron" comes from this characteristic. If you want to remove the rust from a sweet iron bit, you can do so by following a few simple steps.

Read more: How to Clean Rust Off Sweet Iron Horse Bits | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_6141492_clean-sweet-iron-horse-bits.html#ixzz1diz1dfEr


I AGREE :)
 
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Didnt go this year, went in 2010, so understand the hectic activity shall we call it!
I think if you want to shop, you need to time it accordingly, ie, first or last thing in the day.
I would be interested to know, there was some suggestion as to retailers who werent present this year, who was missing?
and
Did any of you buy the £65 VIP ticket, and if so, would you do so again, and why.
 
I was surprised there was no H&H stand, they've been at every other horsey event I've been to this year and I was looking forward to picking up the current issue for a quid!

Also had plans to speak to thorowgood about their cob saddles as they're a possible for my coblet when he's backed next year but they weren't there either, and I know I've seen them there before.
 
I was disappointed not to see Laura ride, and glad that I saw Oil and Geoff first. In fact we left after about 10 minutes of the lesson. Not like when Carl Hester used to appear, that was always worth the entrance fee by itself. I should have watched the dressage to music, but was on the way out by then. (A rusty bit is the sweet iron - I guess Geoff was being ironic!)
 
Feathered said:
I was surprised there was no H&H stand, they've been at every other horsey event I've been to this year and I was looking forward to picking up the current issue for a quid!

Also had plans to speak to thorowgood about their cob saddles as they're a possible for my coblet when he's backed next year but they weren't there either, and I know I've seen them there before.
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Are you really surprised H&H weren't there? It is "Your Horse Live" an event sponsored by Your Horse Magazine, do you really think that they are going to lay on an event like that and then invite all their competitors to come along and poach their customers?
 
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