Hey yall! After many horse shows of packing my belongings as well as my horse's into the cab of my beloved truck and sometimes camping overnight in a tent in the bed of it, I have decided I need a different trailer(currently have Kingston 2H BP no tack room). I would like to get a 2H Gooseneck trailer with a small tack room to store stuff and sleep at night for away shows. However, I have a 1/2 ton Dodge 1500 5.9 l. The truck does have a 5th wheel in it, the man who owned it before me used it

After showing no improvement to any of the treatment, the owner made the descion to put Jodie down yesterday afternoon. It was such a hard descion to make because it was obvious that the mare wanted to be helped so much. However it was terrible to hear her trying to breathe and swallow because we know that she was suffering. Thanks everyone for your thoughts and insight.

Hi all, The older mare at the farm I board at has apparently had a severe allergy to possibly red ants(vet believes she ingested them). FOund the mare laying down yesterday, very swollen face, nose, throat, jaw, with tongue very swollen and protruding from the mouth. She was experiencing labored breathing and could not swallow. I administered banamine to help with pain and inflamation and vet arrived about an hour later and administered two steroids(one was cortisone) and lasix. He said swelling

The vet came out and gave antibiotics for the infection that the mare now has. Administered more dexamethasone and banamine. He wanted to tube her to give her fluids, but was concerned that it could potentially suffocate her as her breathing is very labored. The owner did almost make the desicion to put her down before the vet did more treatment, but the mare is so alert and attentive that it is a hard call to make. She will look at you whenever you enter her stall and will move around and stick

Getting a good forward pace is key. Its easier to do the change at a hand gallop. Maybe at the show you were in a larger arena with better footing? I like to teach changes in a large, open field.

Are you looking for a horse in SC? If so, I have a really sweet mare that may fit your needs. Pretty fancy and is winning local stuff right now. I really can't say enough good things about her...just throwing that out there. http://www.equine.com/horses-for-sale/horse-ad-850928.html?sr=1

He looks like an okay type of horse from the pictures, but please be careful of Carolina Sport Horses. They run A LOT of horses through the place in the course of a week, and while they may not intend to misrepresent, they likely have not had the horse long enough to get to know it.

No personal experience but...here is a good article to read. http://www.schleese.com/treedvstreeless Granted, the article does come from a source that has their business in making saddles with trees. So take their opinion with a grain of salt if you like, but realize that if these saddles were so great, wouldn't tons of professionals and upper level riders be using them? I have to say I've never seen a professional riding in this type of saddle, the few people I do see riding with them are

[quote user="LPC"] What do you think a decent used two-horse trailer should cost? So here's the zillion-dollar question: if you are riding your horse, and he becomes over-excited and starts to freak out (out of excitement or nerves, but not FEAR,) what do you DO?? Assume attempts to do circles, side passes and half-halts have failed utterly, only serving to piss off your horse. I know a trainer would've been able to ride it out. HOW? [/quote] I have a '96 2H bumper pull Kingston

Before you can do an automatic release, you will need to strengthen your base of support, which is your lower leg (calf). In the two most recent pictures, you are pinching with your knee, which has caused your lower leg to slip back. In order to balance, you have to use your horse's neck in the long crest release that you are demonstrating in your photos. The first thing I would do is work on strengthening your leg. Do lots of work in two-point. Make sure that you turn your knee out in order