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Saddle Girth – How tight is too tight?
Are you guilty of doing up your horse’s girth as tight as you can in the belief it gives your saddle and you the best security? Well Australian researchers have found that a girth done up too tightly can have a negative effect on your horse’s per...
Horse Soring - Have You Any Idea What it is ?
As usual, it never ceases to amaze me how cruel owners can be to horses, particularly if there's some money to be made out of them. Horse Soring, until this morning was an expression I'd never heard. I thought someone had mis-spelt snoring or someth...
Its a Horse Life !!!
So, a friend with horses invites you to a horse show and you fall in love with the big hairy beasts, the atmosphere, the riders. The men are handsome the women look fantastic, sexy, glamorous. Big horseboxes, wine, laughter and that indefinable sense...
Earthquake Hits Lincolnshire - Oh God, My Horses !!
It's about 1:00am, I'm awake, the bedroom's rattling, the bed's shaking and there's a pressure in the air. I think the cat's been locked in the wardrobe and it's rattling the doors to get out. Turns out Kelsey’s Rodeo Queen Horse, Quest, WASN’T...
A Good Start to 2008 ??
A woman was injured and two horses killed as a result of a road traffic accident in Wales on Monday morning (7 January). On Sunday (6 January) two horses were stuck by cars and killed after straying onto the A20 in Kent A man was seriously injured an...
Overcoming Confidence Problems
Confidence problems or losing confidence is quite common after a fall or an accident and some of us recover quicker or better than others. Read how Amanda coped, in her own words, after a bad road traffic accident and how; despite injury, despite ...
How Cute is this ?
Can you imagine waking up on Christmas morning and finding her under your tree?...
Horse World Equestrian Centre
Horse world what a great place, took my mare to their show Sunday, inwhich we took 2nd place in the indoor show jumping only been beaten by 10th of a second. Had a fantastic time and what an excellant turn out dispite the weather. The Facilities are ...
VOTE - to spend your money
The public are being urged to vote for their favourite equestrian project in the Lottery Fund's - The People's £50 million Lottery Giveaway. Four projects — three of which have an equestrian element — have been chosen to go forward to a public v...
Win a Horse Competition
The Hand Equestrian Centre in Clevedon, Somerset is offering a horse, a two-year-old show jumping and dressage prospect, as first prize in a New Year's Eve draw....
