No treats for Kingsley!

I discovered today that little Kingsley just can't be given ANY treats as he becomes the biggest bully ever! Give him nothing and he is as gentle and respective of your space as you would wish but one little treat and he is in your pockets, on top of your head and climbing up to get more. Bad boy.

The sun was so bright and the light so good that I tried to get a good photo on Kingsley but he either followed me so closely I couldn't focus the camera or he would stand in the most unflattering stance there is. Hence the pictures are as they are!

Two more days of walking in hand and then 2 weeks of walking under the saddle. I am not looking forward to sitting on him after 2 months of doing nothing and he can throw a hell of a buck too so I am just hoping he feels weak and not bothered to play up ;)

If I am totally honest I can't see any marked improvement in the way he walks BUT he certainly is much less sensitive to touch around his sacroiliac and back.

Apart from seeing to Kingsley I've been rather good to myself and tried to rest as much as possible. Cosy evening with Rick, hot chocolate, apple strudel and always amazing David Attenborough's documentary. I love nature programmes.

Now, I am starting to file my expenses, even if I do several a day it will be a bonus! Can't for the life of me get organised/motivated enough to do it daily so I pay for it:

I use Manage My Horse website (it's free and it's ingenious!) for all my accounts and I must say that once I have everything filed it's all very easy! I.e. it's very easy to see (as the site lets you do all sorts of reports summarising your income and outcome etc) that I won't be buying any big Christmas presents. Cards this year it is!

I WON my first ever PRIZE! :):)

I got an exciting phone call yesterday from Cate Ashton of Manage My Horse who informed me that I won their 'Tell a Friend' competition and will receive a £400 worth of vouchers of my choice!! Looks like my next exams are being booked very shortly :)

The below is a copy of a part of the newsletter that went out to all MMH members:

Click on image below to enlarge:

Here is a LINK to a web version of the above newsletter (scroll down the page).

To say I am thrilled is an understatement!!!!
Have a look at the Manage My Horse site as various competitions are run all the time and some fantastic prizes are awaiting :)

If you are quick you can win a pot of Biotal Equine Gold for your horse!

Great Team at Manage My Horse keeps coming up with fab competitions. The best thing is that they announce the winner very quickly so you don't have to wait for months for your prize!
All you have to do is to join the site (Free) and keep your eyes open for excellent goodies (including saddles, rugs, grooming equipment and many more).

Today, you can win a pot of Biotal Equine Gold (http://www.equinegold.co.uk/) - you just need to be quick! Register on the Manage My Horse site: http://www.manage-my-horse.com/, go to the site's Forum where in Announcements you will find a post you need to reply to by 9pm tonight.

Good luck!

Need Your Help: Did you join ManageMyHorse after reading about it on this blog?

Some time ago I posted about this fantastic new site: blog entry on Manage My Horse.
I know for a fact (from the site owner), that quite a few of you joined Manage My Horse either via link on this blog or via the link on my website.
Now, here is the thing. Manage My Horse is running a competition in which a person who recommends the biggest amount of new members receives fantastic prizes (you can access the details on the competition after joining the site - registration and all features are FREE).
You see, most of these sort of competitions have prizes of no use to me but this one offers vouchers which, instead of original Dodson & Horrell feed prize, can be exchanged for training vouchers with the BHS. That I care a lot for!!

Therefore, I am after a BIG favour. If you joined/are going to join the MMH site after hearing about it on this blog or my website could you please please email me your name and phone number so the MMH owner can verify whether you are a legitimate member? (ridinginstructor at gmail dot com).

It's SO hard to pay for further training in this industry that those vouchers would be of amazing help to me.

Manage My Horse website is a very useful tool for any horse owner/rider/business person, it revolutionised my diary and how I budget my income/expenses. It helps to keep all the horse details handy and makes managing important dates (like worming, vaccinations, farrier visits etc) very easy. You can take a Tour on the website to learn about all the features available - there are lots.

What to do:

The way it works...

"Each member who recommends a friend that actually registers with http://www.manage-my-horse.com/ will need to keep a record of the name, email address and contact telephone number of their ‘friend’. Before the closing date, 15^th September, entrants must send an email to the competition email address (emag@manage-my-horse.com) with the list of their friends (and the all important contact details) and which prize they are entering for. The winner will then be picked at random from these entrants. In the subject line of your email please add: Barnsby Saddle, Mark Todd vouchers or Dodson and Horrell vouchers.

Note: Each new member recommended will need to add at least one new horse profile, in full, to their new account before the closing date. The winners list will then be validated to confirm that they are true members before prizes are awarded."

I hope to hear from you - your help will be forever appreciated!!!
Wiola (ridinginstructor at gmail dot com)
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Have you ever wanted to have all your things equine organised well?

A couple of months ago I found out about this website: Manage My Horse.


At first I only briefly looked through it but didn't really get my hands on it. I kept visiting from time to time until a few weeks ago when I thought: right, my budget is all over the place and I am nowhere near as organised as I would like to be. So I went to the site again and started exploring it properly.
Once I did I realised it was something I needed and the more I browsed it the more I thought what a marvelous idea it was. In fact, I wish I had come up with this myself and asked Ricky to take care of the design (as he really is the best :)!!

According to Cate Ashton, the founder of the site, Manage My Horse will bring all the aspects of horse management together. She sent me a very good presentation of the content of the website but the file is a pdf file and I am not sure how to put it up on here...I shall therefore just copy a few things below:


"Welcome to ManageMyHorse.com
For equine enthusiasts, conscientious horse owners and equestrian professionals.
Let Manage My Horse organise all aspects of your horse’s life, to bring it all together in one unique place.

Don’t guess …
when he was last wormed
when he was last vaccinated
when he started to appear to be unwell
what you achieved in your last lesson
how many bags of feed you need to buy
how you did it last time

Stop guessing altogether.

• Vaccination history
• Worming history
• Weight history
• Competition history
• Online journals
• Financial information
• Business information
• Address book
• Diary
• Forum
Something for everyone …

From the equine enthusiast who wants to register their favourite horse at their riding school and write down all their lessons and landmarks to the large equestrian business working with many horses who want a business tool that could easily have been designed just for them.

• Equine enthusiasts
• Horse owners
• Competition riders
• Pony clubs
• Riding schools
• Equine Colleges
• Livery yards
• Riding schools
• Trainers
• Professional grooms
• Breeders
• Welfare societies
• Farriers
• Treatment specialists
• Veterinary Surgeries
• Horse sales

Examples of use …

Event Rider with yard
An event rider will benefit in many ways, not least by simply keeping it all together. Manage My Horse will help organise each season of competition by ensuring that as little time as possible is spent ‘working on the business’ when the horses require much time and attention. A professional and business like approach with owners by providing reports detailing training sessions, competitions and expenses will again save time by being incredibly efficient.

Farrier
The farrier can benefit by using the business section to store all income and expenses. He could also use the diary to store his appointments and the address book to keep client details together.
He may choose to profile horses that he is working on in a remedial capacity to ensure that he is analysing progress every step of the way.

• Storing financial information regularly.
• Using accurate information to set costs and goals.
• Keeping fittening records, weight and feed info.
• Logging competition information, scores and places
along with any notes
• Providing ‘owners’ with training reports.
• Storing all ‘owner’ information.
remedial capacity to ensure that he is analysing progress
every step of the way.

Note: By just using sections of the website that most enhance your circumstances, Manage My Horse will ‘help’ just about everyone in the equestrian industry.

My Horses …
Each horse registered has his own set of pages which are unique to him. Tabs along the top of his profile page are where all of his information is stored. View, add, edit and delete information at the click of a button.

My Feed …
Innovative section jam-packed with unique features to help manage his diet and nutritional requirements. Tell us what products you use, how much they cost, what he eats and let us do the rest. View your current stock, prepare shopping lists and know his feed costs per day, week, month or year instantly. The unique calculator will tell you feed costs over any period of time and supply his current daily diet details (Going away? Know how much feed to take, how much it costs and his diet details, all on a print out instantly). The diet and nutritional enquiry form will allow you to send one email to multiple feed companies on our mailing list ensuring you get up-to-minute information from different experts allowing you to make informed decisions easily."

And something I have personally found really useful:

" My Reports …
Allows ultimate flexibility to download or print the information you have stored, instantly.
Reports can be viewed by horse, a group of horses or all horses registered and finally by business. Once you have selected this information, select the type information you want to view – maybe one expense type, a selection of expenses or all expenses. Anything you have stored can be viewed in so many different ways. For example: the vet is coming and you have been keeping a medical journal on a horse for several days or weeks. Simply go to reports and select the journals, select the horse, select the medical journal, select your date period and everything you have stored will be available instantly for you to print out for the vet."


Having found it an excellent and very useful tool I decided to spread the word. What do you think? It's FREE to join by the way!