SOLEQUINE (Equine solutions)

21/11/2025

Come on a wee adventure with Mr T and I.
Please appreciate I am holding a gopro camera handle reins and a whip lol, and jumping as well 😅

21/11/2025

Kracker cam ♡

20/11/2025

This is why I feed the calci hoiho supplement from Holistic Hōiho kikuyu grass is one of the grasses the can cause calcium deficiency..

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Big Head in horses (Equine Nutritional Secondary Hyperparathyroidism) is caused by long-term calcium deficiency – often due to grazing on oxalate-rich pastures that block calcium absorption. A calcium-to-phosphorus dietary intake ratio below 1:1 (especially below 0.5:1), increases your horse’s risk of developing this disorder – resulting in calcium being pulled from bones in order to stabilise blood levels. Symptoms include illness, lameness, and swelling of the facial bones, creating the appearance of an enlarged head – and if left untreated, can lead to permanent bone damage & significant health problems.

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20/11/2025

Timatanga is feeling back on track again after a visit from .

He did a bit of inhand lunge work, then I had a wee ride after he felt very forward and a lot happier. Which makes me feel so much better!

It's definitely a journey we are on. This journey is not just about the inhand work to help his body. it's about making sure everything is working better for him.

His feet have improved out of sight!!
Playing around ba****ck and saddled. I did all his riding ba****ck to start, unti I felt he had enough muscle over his back before I put a saddle on. Trying bitless and finding out at this stage of his rehab a bit is better until he is stronger and doesn't need my help so much.

Started off doing very short rides just walking, to now, being able to ride a bit longer, and we are even trotting not for long, but we are trotting!!

Mainly, I am here trying to understand an animal I can't talk to, to figure if and when I CAN take that next step, if I am doing the right things at the right time,it is a very humbling experience!

Steps forward are being made, slowly but surely ♡♡

20/11/2025

Jethro wanted to try Kracker out jumping, so I took him down the road to a local arena. Mine gets very slippery after some rain.

From start to finish, Kracker didn't put a foot wrong. He loaded and floated like a dream and behaved at a new arena like he'd been there a million times!

All the work he has done over the years really has helped him to accept and not be fased by scary jumps or fillers. He has done jump schooling, but today was up another level for him.
Beautifully and kindly riden by ♡

19/11/2025

Second time in a bit for this girl, hence the very active mouth.
Just though I'd share something I have picked over the years of working with horses.

It is something I have always felt, and I was taught a very hard lesson one day when working with a very difficult boy.
He had come quite far from the horse that came to me, and I felt that he was ready to do the starting stages of backing, aka leaning over him, I did this a few time without incident, but the next time I did it, everything as normal foot in stirrup lent over all was good, then I stepped off and as I did the stirrup iron tapped him in the elbow, and he jumped away and kicked out pulling me with him and he got in my ribs just below my sternum. We are going back 20 years ago now.
But I remember looking at the hind leg nearest me and thinking hmmmm, not totally relaxed, as his leg was so called rested.

So think of this when you introduce a new thing, notice signs of distress and / or tension, back off reset and ask the question again.
Be mindful of the horse.

Needless to say, the fate of that boy was not a good one. He had a lot of issues, and because I got hurt, there was no one else who wanted to work with him 😮‍💨

18/11/2025

A little show of how I ask for reverse/back up or rein back.
There should be the lightest rein pressure. The last thing the horse should do is shorten or compress his neck. We want to keep the spinal cord from being kinked and the spine from compressing.

Compression can create hollowing, which makes it extremely difficult for a horse to move backward.
I have seen horses get completely stuck doing this as they have compressed so much it becomes too hard to move. The energy has stopped with nowhere to go.

As backward is a mostly unnatural movement for a horse, we need to be careful how we ask for it and use it.

I would rather use my body to help the horse, of course, in early training use of rein in a tactful way may be necessary.

I stop with a blow out of breath, stand for a bit then bring my lower leg slightly back, this allows a lightness in the back of my seat allowing energy to flow that way, I then imagine I'm on a chair and I am moving it out, it can't be seen but the horse can feel it. I don't lean back as this puts too much pressure on the area where I need the horse to move, in a sort it creates a block, I try to stay always in the horses center of balance.

Less is more with any que/aid each time I ask, I want it to be lighter than the last, so eventually, the horse/ we will go off a though.

As always wearing the best tights out there teQ tights!!

16/11/2025

Yup this is what happens when ya try just have a little lunch between jobs. Omg!! They all 1 by 1 came and hung out with me, but these 2 the longest 🤣🤣

Happy Sunday ya'll I hope you are enjoying your horses, what ever way you choose.

15/11/2025

Everyone is grateful to have their covers off this morning ♡♡ Toa looking very round and shining, all looking so good.
Have to watch our horse on this crazy grass growth time, very high sugars around at the moment.
Longer days mean more sugar. Wet weather means fresh grass growth, so be careful out there.

13/11/2025

Yes absolutely!! Thanks you Amy Skinner Horsemanship

Posture is very important. Reading into and discovering pain signals is important too

But I’m finding the current climate is so unsure, so tentative, backing off for every potential signal of discomfort either physical or emotional, that horses are actually worse off for it.
If you never put the horse straight, they will BECOME painful. If you back off EVERY time the horse has a question, often interpreted as resistance, the horse WILL break down.

Why? Because without some guidance, some straightening, some questions and answers, horses and people will never get anywhere.

Imagine going to a fitness coach. Imagine he backs off every single time you’re remotely uncomfortable, a little sore, a little unsure, not perfectly comfortable. Imagine you need this for PT to recover from an injury.

Not only will you never get fit, you’ll actually become more anxious and more lame. Why? Because you have no guidance through and forward. Your coach will be feeding into, and building anxiety and weakness.

This is what I see in the world at large now- a well meaning attempt to create comfort in horses is actually building more lameness, more body pain, more anxiety.
Of course we need to address and solve sources of pain and discomfort.

Get good fitting tack, learn to sit WELL, and learn to ride straight. I’m not saying don’t listen to the horse - but don’t become so tentative you’re no help.

A lot of people are capitalizing on people’s good intentions to create confusion, dependence, and mystique. This stuff isn’t new - it’s been around for ages. We’ve known how to straighten horses and keep them sound for a long, long time, but suddenly it’s like the Tower of Babel out there and nobody knows what to do.

Calm; forward, and straight. Soundness is actually quite simple. Get your seat right, your tack right, and then ride them forward and put them straight.
—obviously there are some horses with lameness or congenital issues that this will not apply to. But a qualified vet or other professional will be the best help, not every Facebook post or forum you can find

Almost all of my horses came to me unsound. At a certain point I decided they were either going to be ridden to soundness or retired. And wouldn't you know it, they are all sound now. Sometimes you just gotta go for it.

11/11/2025

Kracker is such a good boy!! He is looking for his new human. As you can see, he has a good brain and is good with traffic, lol
He would be good with a confident riding looking for something with a bit extra. He has very good buttons installed and is a super mover. Be awesome for someone wanting to go up the levles. He would be able to go out and start level 2 and even give level 3 a go. Works in self carriage and is super soft, with lateral established.
We are playing with some jumping schooling as well.
He is a super horse, and if I was in the market, he is the type of horse I would love, I do love riding him!
If you know of a good person for him, pm me or send them my way.

09/11/2025

Mr T's beach adventure ♡