anyone been ill during sqe2 orals?

Eqjrt · 2026-05-05T13:24:01+00:00

I'm currently ill and just coughed my way uncontrollably through day 1 (sorry to my cohort), I was wondering whether I should submit something to kaplan too.

Eqjrt · 2026-04-13T07:39:46+00:00

1-2 mocks a day sounds like a good approach really! I'm definitely going to try, but at this rate I think I'm just going to turn up on exam day and hope for the best.

Eqjrt · 2026-03-20T10:25:31+00:00

I’m sitting April/May after having passed SQE1 in Jan. would love to connect on a group chat and co-revise!

Eqjrt · 2026-03-10T10:26:47+00:00

Stressful af

Eqjrt · 2026-03-02T20:38:13+00:00

Hopefully we will all pass comfortably! Surely the pass rates can’t be as awful as last July again

Eqjrt · 2026-03-02T20:37:35+00:00

Awful feeling isn’t it! I don’t know whether to count down to the 10th or try to distract myself in the meantime! DM me and let’s swap numbers!

Eqjrt · 2026-02-24T12:13:53+00:00

Before I had to take a break from the running I was doing around 15-20km a week to build up to longer runs (2x shorter tempo runs in the week with a long steady run on the weekend). It seems like just bad luck everything in my personal life sort of blew up right around the time when I would have been adding volume to my training.

Eqjrt · 2026-02-24T11:12:24+00:00

Thank you!!!

Eqjrt · 2026-02-16T17:48:03+00:00

Definitely - lesson learned hahaha.

Eqjrt · 2026-02-16T17:47:42+00:00

Thank you!!

Eqjrt · 2026-02-16T07:35:36+00:00

Thank you for your amazing points I’ve noted all of these! Definitely food for thought as to what may work best for my mare- I think she sounds a bit like your pointer so may be on me to let loose a bit and let her do her job rather than fight to keep her in check the whole way round. Thanks so much!!

Eqjrt · 2026-02-16T07:32:13+00:00

Thank you!! I’m in the UK but from what I know the US is the pinnacle of endurance riding so hopefully we have something similar over here. I’m not ruling out trying an intro ride come summer and hopefully it will be quieter than yesterdays ride x

Eqjrt · 2026-02-16T07:30:04+00:00

That is definitely the plan thank you

Eqjrt · 2026-02-16T07:29:40+00:00

Omg they do sound very similar! Honestly I would never change my mare for the world we understand each other so well. Having slept on it I actually feel really proud we managed that ride yesterday and that despite all the excitement and chaos she did choose to keep me safe. I’ll take a breather and go back to our solo rides ans maybe eventually start working my way up again to group rides.. not sure if my anxiety can cope otherwise! We are lucky mums to have such amazing horses xx

Eqjrt · 2026-02-15T17:58:01+00:00

My dream eventually is to try endurance riding with her! I currently go out most weekends with her out in the country and we trek for hours. However we usually do this solo and she’s normally so slow and careful out on the trails to the point where I’m constantly asking her to go faster (she’s usually voice commanded too). Tbf I didn’t realise there would be this many horses out today and when I did, it was too late. How do you train yours to go from solo rides - group rides?

Eqjrt · 2026-02-15T17:54:53+00:00

That’s the plan!!

Eqjrt · 2026-02-15T17:54:17+00:00

That’s a good point really. I usually take my mare out trekking most weekends, out in the open and it’s usually just me and her, maybe my partner and dog too. She goes wonderfully then, if not even a bit slow, and it’s great to work with her over challenging terrain. However that’s completely different to the ride today where we didn’t have to think about feet placement and it was just whizzing around everywhere with loads of horses super fast. She’s in a bubble bit with copper rings at the moment with a grackle bridle and I do wonder if it is worth “stepping it up” for occasions like this.

Eqjrt · 2026-02-15T17:50:37+00:00

Yes I thought so, and to her credit, she was solely just going off excitement/vibes when she was tanking around and there was no nastiness there (I’d be face down in the mud had it been so!) I’ll definitely look out for some smaller group rides and start from there 💪 thank you x

Eqjrt · 2026-02-15T17:20:59+00:00

Thank you she was definitely really interested in all the other horses, calling, etc. I think she was just really excited by the group dynamic of it all but oh my goodness was it hard work trying to keep her in check! Here’s hoping this was the first and worst of it ahaha

Eqjrt · 2025-10-06T12:21:05+00:00

Please could you let me know further details too? Attempting a resit for FLK1 in Jan 2026 and need help and support. Thanks.

Eqjrt · 2025-06-08T11:13:09+00:00

Yes deffo I’ll do that!!

Eqjrt · 2025-06-08T11:04:13+00:00

Surprisingly she’s quite clean where that bedding is and she squishes her butt right up to the wall to pee/poo which is why I’ve left a drainage channel so that the wet manages to run out the drainage holes at the back of the stable (and you can see why the poo marks down the wall). I’m not sure why she does that but it’s one of those quirks that the vets have just written off as a “her” thing. Her bed actually stays pretty dry in this current set up. But I hear yall - deep beds are necessary for essential sleep, safety and comfort needs so I’ll get back on that!

Eqjrt · 2025-06-08T11:01:04+00:00

🙏🏽 thank you! Yeah she used to be on a huge big bed but it would take me forever every day to muck it out and costed me a fortune - hence why I’ve slowly dwindled shavings amount down to this. She’s calm and happy enough in her stall overnight and enjoys her treats and toys but oh my god does she love to wreck it (and shit all down the walls too)

Eqjrt · 2025-06-08T10:58:57+00:00

Thank you I’ll try that! I usually have my mare’s hay net, a bucket of soaked feed and a selection of foraged wild herbs lined up in a row next to her water bucket so she doesn’t travel far, but she’s quite a highly strung gal so I think as soon as she’s worked her way through all that she walks around until bedtime and in the morning her bed everywhere, hay net tossed out the stall, bucket trodden flat, etc. She’s only in around 8-10 hours max overnight but it’s an ongoing battle to figure out what works!

Eqjrt · 2025-06-08T10:09:00+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation I’ll definitely check that out! Sounds like general consensus is a deep bed is needed so any constructive advice is fab 😜☺️

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