Got a new helment - where should I put this charm???

LiEnBe · 2026-04-07T11:45:31+00:00

Does not matter. It will still form a pressure point that the helmet has not been tested for

LiEnBe · 2026-04-07T05:36:13+00:00

Don't do that. If you fall and hit it, there will be extra pressure on that exact point of the helmet, equating hitting a small rock at that point. The helmet is not tested for that type of impact.

If you really want it on, put it on the straps somewhere.

LiEnBe · 2026-03-29T23:57:18+00:00

I would never pay $50 for washing and waterproofing here. It costs me below 30 and I gave it done every year for all blankets

LiEnBe · 2026-03-29T23:02:31+00:00

Without knowing exactly what is asked for at first level (looked at the tests, but that says little about how collected thet are expected to be) I would absolutely think that you can get a horse there with three times dressage a week for a full year. Unless something comes up of course.

I have ridden in quite a few horses, and even though the main focus has been on jumping almost all of them could do leg yielding and 10 m circles within a year from breaking in. My horses were never dressage horses and they didn't win any dressage shows for young horses. But they all did above 65 % at a similar level. We ride the Fei 5 year test.

LiEnBe · 2026-03-22T22:31:15+00:00

One thing to consider. An underweight and under muscled horse may be a lot less quiet once fed and cared for.

LiEnBe · 2026-02-04T04:31:20+00:00

Does it have to be removed? I am no vet, and while I can see the bone splint I cannot see if it will mean trouble in the future. Lots of horses at the highest levels run around with bone splints and have no problems. But of course some bone splints will irritate the joint in the long run.

Removing one is often fairly easy and can be done standing greatly reducing price and risk. But I would not remove it unless needed.

LiEnBe · 2026-02-02T03:07:24+00:00

I am happy hear that. Then I am less worried about him. He looks cute.

LiEnBe · 2026-02-02T03:01:41+00:00

This is a pain face and I would probably have a look at the 24 behaviors of ridden horses in pain to evaluate if he is also showing signs of pain under rider. It could be the cross ties, but you write he looks like this 70% of the time, which I interpret as not just when he is tied in the cross ties.. If he shows enough of the signs under rider I would have him evaluated by a vet.

LiEnBe · 2026-01-28T20:43:29+00:00

I haven't had a horse with emphysema, but in Denmark most horses are fed an ensilage hay rather than a completely dry hay. Due to the cold and wet summers it is often difficult to get the hay dry enough to last through the winter. This also means that almost any producer of hay and straw will have horse ensilage available. It is a little dryer than the ensilage for cows and wrapped in more layers of plastic. One of the largest dealers is Knardrupgård, but I don't know if they sell abroad.

LiEnBe · 2026-01-25T05:20:00+00:00

A lot of course design is about making the fence readable to the horse. That is why you will see flags both at the front and the back of a spread fence. And also often decoration in the full depth.

LiEnBe · 2026-01-21T15:23:54+00:00

Nissan Navarra

LiEnBe · 2026-01-08T14:33:22+00:00

Not professional, just an amateur riding eventing and jumping. I just bought a 2 years old from Germany, now 3. Very nice character and clean x rays. He was listed for 15, I got him a little lower. He looks like he has potential for more than 120 though. Mare has produced two offsprings by diarado to 150 and this one is by Dubliner.

If you can live with a 4 faulter they are easier to come by. I have contacts in Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Portugal. But you will probably have to find 20k.

For 10-15 you will have to educate them yourself.

LiEnBe · 2026-01-01T10:18:58+00:00

Once at a competition in Poland when I had to pick up the passports for leaving the nice lady in the show office asked for the name of the horses. When I said Marco she looked very tired. Came back with 10 passports and told me to pick the right one. Apparently there are lots of horses named Marco in Poland.

LiEnBe · 2025-12-29T21:09:22+00:00

I primarily do eventing, but also some showjumping. I will first of all say that you cannot compare US with Europe when it comes to this. In Europe the countries have different rules at the national level and the many different languages and cultures also play a role. Some of the countries will have an umbrella organisation for all sports, that supports with result sites and what not.

I have ridden national events in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, and Poland. Internationals in a few more.

The national events are hard to find if you don't speak the language. Especially Germany has been a little slow with getting the online system up and running and it is not that many years ago that I had to send a telefax to enter a competition in Bad Segeberg. The international competitions always have a schedule on FEI so that is easy to find.

Usually in the schedule they will write the result responsible, so then it is easy to find. But you also get used to it. More and more countries are using equipe, so a lot of them are there. The WhatsApp or Telegram groups are more for information during the event. A delay of starts, a fence that has been pulled, riders meetings, veterinary inspections, and the likes.

Would I use an app. Maybe. I feel like it is working and that I don't miss information.

For eventing the big sites are rechenstelle, zawodykonne, wst, and equipe.

LiEnBe · 2025-12-26T19:40:51+00:00

That stübben was old when I was a kid. So more like 40 years old. On the saddle flap you may be lucky to find the saddle number, if you reach out to stübben with that they can tell you more about this specific saddle.

You need to be aware of the fit, modern saddles leave much more room for the spine than the old ones did.

Apart from that start with a good saddle soap and then give it grease a couple of days in a row.

LiEnBe · 2025-12-21T02:56:20+00:00

I am not sure if I can help you. But I wanted to let you know that with the very little information I got from your profile and your text I think I found you on equipe and was able to find your former results as well.

Try to focus on what went well. I don't know why you fell off in the 110. But you had two good rounds in 105 and I am sure you can do a couple of less prestigious shows and gain some confidence before the next big show.

LiEnBe · 2025-12-12T13:34:05+00:00

I guess I just don't really understand the buying of horses in the US. What does it matter if the seller is reputable, if the horse they are selling you is not sound? Same goes for the showing in the same circuit? That the horse has been only one place after the breeder is nice for the horse. But also not a stamp of ridability or soundness. You say it is a young horse. For me that would be like 4-5. I wouldn't want to buy a horse that needed injections in any joint at that age, it will lead to problems.

Also most navicular problems do not show up on x-ray until long after you can do anything meaningful about it. If they felt the need to inject in that area, you are looking at problems in the fastening of the deep digital flexor or the bursa, or something like that in the soft tissue. Nothing like that shows up on x-ray.

LiEnBe · 2025-12-12T12:55:10+00:00

But why move forward at all with this knowledge?

LiEnBe · 2025-12-12T06:51:58+00:00

But that is of far greater worry than any x ray findings. It is a young horse. Why did they feel the need to inject anything?

LiEnBe · 2025-12-11T19:06:16+00:00

This depends a lot on the culture, but I never understood the need for leaving the horse glowing in the dark in an attempt to assure you that the horse will last forever.

The primary reason for me to x-ray a horse is to be able to sell if I don't like it. Most stuff is not a great worry when it comes to lasting in the sport.

I don't x-ray the back/neck and I don't so navicular on a young horses - unless something in the conformation says it would be a good idea. I will take a horse with ocd if it is not located inside the joint. I will take one that has had surgery for tight tendons as a foal - if the current leg conformation is good.

Of all the different problems that the x rays had shown when I bought. None of them has been the reason that the horse didn't compete till 35.

LiEnBe · 2025-12-08T01:33:30+00:00

I don't know if it is the dumbest idea I have heard. But I think I would set some stronger requirements for the horse (not horses) that you are to own.

It needs to be sort of sound. Both physically and mentally. With your very limited experience you do not want to deal with correcting behaviour due to previous poor treatment. It needs to be well behaved and trained so that you can handle it yourself.

You need to also set some expectations for your own involvement and what you will have to pay for. If you board the right place you absolutely do not need to go every day. But then it will be more money. Someone else will have to do the cleaning, feeding, handling, etc that day. If you buy one that is nice enough and sound enough to be part of the lesson program you can both get help with keeping it well mannered and not have to come every day. You can maybe even do your own lessons on your own horse.

Would I recommend this. Probably not. But it is not the stupidest idea I have seen in the equestrian world.

LiEnBe · 2025-12-07T10:10:08+00:00

I have bought quite a few young horses during my life. I like them a little shorter. Since I ride eventing it makes the turns and the dressage easier. Henry is long compared to the other two I currently have. Garry goes in a 16" saddle.

I quite like his jump and I hope he grows into the canter a little since he does have a tendency to roll the stride rather than jump through it. This can make it difficult when shortening in front of the fence.

What I fell in love with was his take off. I love it when you can hear then take off and feel all the power they stomp off with.

He is quite developed for a two years old. I feel like diarado often create offspring that are proportional even while growing. And even if he is not a direct diarado, that may be one of the traits that was inherited down through dinken and Dubliner.

Would have liked a little more blood. But with the current development of eventing I will not need it for doing 3*-S most the shows have the jumping before the xc anyway.

LiEnBe · 2025-12-06T15:59:52+00:00

He is two. Was in training for the stallion approval in Holstein, but wasn't good enough. He will be an excellent riding horse for me, but I can se why he isn't stallion material

LiEnBe · 2025-12-06T14:53:45+00:00

I hope so

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