High Wooley Equestrian

23/10/2024

Stunning skies for our early riders this morning. Post yours in the comments below ⬇️

27/09/2024

26/09/2024

*** STEP AWAY FROM THE EQUEST (at this time of year) ***

A repeat post, but people STILL don’t understand!

Just a little reminder that you should absolutely NOT be using Equest or Equest Pramox during the Spring, Summer and early Autumn months. It should be reserved for the main purpose of Moxidectin; targeting the ENCYSTED stages of Redworm. Redworm encyst into the gut wall when it is COLD.

The emergence of these encysted redworm as the temperatures warm up in March/April, can result in fatal cyathostominosis. We only have TWO drugs that can treat encysted redworm, and there is already widespread resistance to one of them (Fenbendazole), and rapidly developing resistance to the second one - MOXIDECTIN. It’s imperative that you DO NOT USE EQUEST or EQUEST PRAMOX during the warm months, unless specifically directed to do so by your vet.

Lots of people correctly use worm egg counts during the spring and summer months, but some are then very dangerously worming with Equest if they have high egg counts. This is both a waste of Moxidectin, and a danger, due to helping increase the resistance to this drug.

DO NOT WASTE MOXIDECTIN WHEN IT’S WARM! The whole point of the drug is that it treats ENCYSTED redworm. The redworm burrow into the gut wall to keep warm; it’s as simple as that to understand! They need eradicating AFTER they have burrowed, so AFTER it gets cold, and BEFORE it warms up in the Spring!

27/05/2024

26/05/2024

Well done to Steph and Andy qualifying for Aintree. Very well deserved 🏅⭐️

Prelim restricted championship winner Vicki Wood and Wildfire and second place Steph Marshall and Abel Handy

13/03/2024

DIY livery coming available

23/02/2024

⚖️Weigh the forage rather than the horse! ⚖️

I’ve seen lots of disappointed horse owners recently that have booked me to reweigh their horses & are surprised that they are still fat. In all these cases it had been due to over feeding forage….Tips…..

1. Weigh your nets so you know how much you are feeding.

2. Look at the minimum amount that I suggest on your ration sheet - if you’re feeding double that amount then you need to reduce it if you want to see a difference.

3. Just because your livery bill includes your hay/haylage don’t feel you have to get your moneys worth, you are not doing your horse any favours.

4. Stop obsessing about what your horse weighs & focus on the weight you are feeding them… You will then visually see that they have lost weight, because their body condition score comes down or the girth goes up another hole.

5. A spring balance to weigh your net only costs a couple of pounds!

If you need to restrict calories because your horse is fat the minimum forage is 1.5% of the horses bodyweight per day eg. 500kg horse = 7.5kgs per day.

🌱Spring grass is around the corner, now is time to act!

23/09/2023

3 large stables available for DIY livery, mares only.

20/09/2023

The award for dirtiest pony defo goes to Hewie 🤣🙈

04/07/2023

A beautiful picture of my mare and the sunset on the yard last night, this photo was captured by one of our lovely liveries.

26/06/2023

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25/06/2023

A great day at the yard yesterday with some polework clinics in the morning with Ashley Suddes followed by birthday cake to celebrate one of our loveliest livery’s birthday and an afternoon with Matt from Expert Bits joining us to help with some bitting issues. Highly recommended.