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A story about a nice, but ordinary horse, who finds himself in a bit of a pickle because his person gets led astray by a fancy saddle and an ambition to ride like an Olympian. Are you sitting comfortably?   Then we will begin.... If we create a fictitious recreational rider it will serve to identify and discuss some of the common problems that saddle ‘fitters’ have to contend with when juggling the needs of the horse and the desires of the rider. In fact I am going to use other fictitious characters in this story to illustrate...

Stop the Bus ……. I want to get off! I remember saying to people at the end of 2021 ……… “It’s been a tough 2 years, but surely 2022 is going to be better”.   🤞 I really believed it too.  I thought that Covid would become less and less disruptive and that the fall out from Brexit would start to calm down. Yet, here we are, coming to the end of March 2022 and nothing about life or running a small business, feels any easier.  In fact, the challenges just keep piling on. Who could have imagined...

Joey’s Story, in which Chrissie Mason works her ‘magic’ again. Author: Teressa Pickford     Editor: L. Taylor-Brett   You might be interested in reading about examples of how Chrissie Mason Phd. has helped me to help my horses over the past few years.  Most recently with my husbands horse, Joey.  Lesley posted a Blog a few months ago about Chrissie if you are interested in knowing more about the way she works.  Odd behaviour was linked to nutritional deficiency!  I first used Chrissie when I purchased my skewbald cob some 6 years ago. His behaviour was odd to say...