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Peppercorn Park Equestrian Services

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25.01.2022 Coaches Update - 20 October 2020 EQUESTRIAN VICTORIA IS PLEASED TO CONFIRM THAT SUBSEQUENT TO OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT, FROM 19 OCTO...BER, EQUESTRIAN COACHING CAN RESUME UNDER THE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES CONTAINED WITHIN OUR RELEASE. https://www.vic.equestrian.org.au//coaches-update-20-octob Note: Some government websites are still to be updated following the weekend’s announcement allowing the opening of physical recreation and sport facilities for exercise and the expansion of the 25km travel limit.

21.01.2022 Lazy Days! #ponies #poniesofinstagram #sunbaking #foodcoma #summervibes #outdoors #resting #relaxation

20.01.2022 Merry Christmas to all our clients and followers! Thank you for your support all year, it has been a very crazy one to say the least. 2021 will bring some exciting news for us! Lots of changes will be announced in coming weeks... Have a safe and wonderful New Year guys, see you on the other side!! ... #bringon2021 ##merrychristmas #happyholidays #changes #announcements #horsesofinstagram #outdoors #summerholidays #recreation #fitness #mindbodysoul #keepsyouhappy #ridehorses #therapy #lessons #training #rescues #poniesofinstagram #pony See more

19.01.2022 But this horse was advertised as beginner safe! If you spend any time on horse message boards or social media, you’ve read stories about horses that were sol...d to someone as beginner safe and then, within a few months, started offloading their riders regularly, became hard to handle, stopped doing things they used to do peacefully, etc. Frequently the new owner posts to complain that the previous owner must have drugged the horse, because they don’t understand any other way that the calm, mellow packer they tried out has now turned into a nightmare. I’m not going to say that the drugging of sale horses doesn’t go on, but it is more rare than all the stories would have you believe. But, generally, this is what happens when a very mellow calm pony (or any other kind of horse!) is sold to a beginner home and things don’t go well and the only drugs involved are the painkillers the New Owner ends up needing to take! 1. New Owner changes the horse’s entire lifestyle. He was living in a pasture in Wyoming, and now he’s living in a box stall in Los Angeles. He goes from eating unlimited quantities of grass and plentiful hay to the typical boarding barn’s 2 or 3 flakes a day. Then, when he starts to lose weight, New Owner compensates for the lack of hay by adding more and more grain. Doesn’t really matter what kind oats, corn, sweet feed, even senior feed can and will crank up a horse’s energy level. Also, lots of grain and not enough quality forage combined with stall life can cause ulcers to flare up. 2. Old Owner had horse on a serious exercise regimen. The horse got ridden most days, hard enough to work up a sweat. As a result, anyone could hop on him with a lead rope and pony four more without issue. New Owner doesn’t really want to pay for a groom or exercise rider and thinks he can just ride the horse himself, but he misses Wednesday because of Lisa’s birthday party and Thursday because he has to work late, and Sunday because his buddy comes to town unexpectedly. And so on Because the horse is boarded, the horse stands in a 12 x 12 box getting progressively more irritated. 3. New Owner comes out to ride. The horse doesn’t want to pick up his foot, so after a struggle, New Owner decides that hoof does not really need to be picked. The horse starts to get pushy to lead, because he’s been in the stall for 2 days and he’s eager to move. New Owner permits the pushiness; the horse stops leading nicely and starts circling around New Owner or dragging him around like a kite. New Owner goes to tack up the horse and cranks up the girth tight all at once, something Old Owner, who was more experienced, knew better than to do. Horse flies backwards and breaks the cross ties. Now New Owner starts to become fearful of the horse. New Owner goes to get him out of the stall and the horse swings his butt to New Owner and threatens him. New Owner gives up and leaves and the horse sits in the stall yet another day. 4. When New Owner finally does manage to get the horse out for a ride, New Owner doesn’t understand why the horse has become pushy and resistant. New Owner doesn’t start by turning the horse out or longeing; he just hops right on. Maybe he pokes the horse in the side good and hard with his toe as he mounts, or kicks him in the butt accidentally with his right leg, either of which can lead to a wreck before the ride has even begun. If he gets on successfully, the horse is a whooooole lot more horse under saddle than he was when he tried him out, due to the confinement and diet changes. New Owner doesn’t call Old Owner yet. Nor does New Owner consult with a competent trainer in his discipline. New Owner allows himself to get advice from everyone he doesn’t have to pay, including the boarding barn’s official busybody who likes to give everybody unsolicited training advice, a couple of Natural Horsemanship followers who think all of these issues can be solved by playing games and, of course, everybody on his Facebook. The end result is that New Owner buys a $150 bit and $300 worth of training videos. 5. But none of that helps. In fact, the $150 bit leads to a new behavior rearing! Now New Owner is good and scared but not willing to quit just yet. He is going to ride that horse. The horse, on his part, can sense New Owner’s fear which of course scares him (Horses are not capable of perceiving that they are what’s scaring you. Horses feel your fear and perceive that perhaps there is a mountain lion nearby which you have seen and they have not so it might be a good idea to freak out and/or run like hell to get away from it). The behavior gets worse and worse until New Owner, quite predictably, gets dumped and gets injured possibly seriously. 6. New Owner, from his hospital bed, writes vitriolic posts all over Facebook about the sleazy folks who sold him a horse that was not beginner safe and lied about it and probably drugged it. Old Owner fights back, pointing out that his 6 year old kid showed the horse and was fine. Everybody else makes popcorn and watches the drama unfold. Bonus points if everybody lawyers up. Meanwhile, the poor horse gets sent to slaughter by New Owner’s angry spouse. I’m not even making any of that up, although I did combine elements of different situations to protect the guilty. It’s a scenario that gets played out time and time again. So now, let’s look at a constructive direction to go with this: How do I keep my beginner safe horse beginner safe? Here’s your answer: 1. The vast majority of calories should come from forage (grass, hay or hay pellets) 2. Never ever let him sit in a stall for 24 hours. Think about it would you like to be locked in your bathroom for 24 hours? It’s just not fair. If you can’t get the barn you’re at to turn your horse out, you need to make arrangements to have him ridden or ponied daily. Yes, you may have to pay for that. The ideal is pasture life but I know it’s just not an option everywhere. Just do the best you can and be fair to the horse. 3. Beginner horses should be tuned up by a competent, experienced rider at least twice a month, if not more often. Lesson barns know that they have to have their advanced students, or the trainer, ride the school horses periodically in order to fix beginner-created habits like stopping at the gate, refusing to take a canter lead, and cutting the corners of the arenas. Learn from this. 4. A bigger bit in beginner hands solves nothing and creates a variety of dangerous behaviors. Avoid any solution that involves a thinner bit, a bit with a twisted mouth, or one with longer shanks/more leverage. 5. Learn the difference between abuse and discipline. None of us wants to be the idiot beating his horse but that doesn’t mean discipline is always wrong. If your horse’s ground manners are melting down and he does not do things he used to do (like picking up feet, getting into the horse trailer, bridling) or has started doing things he didn’t used to do (like kicking at you, biting, trying to smush you against the wall in the stall), please get help from a competent trainer. It may be that your body language is all wrong, but it also may be that you’ve established yourself as, well, a doormat and need to learn when it is appropriate to re-establish yourself as the boss. This involves a lot of timing, correct body language and feel none of which you can learn from your friends on Facebook or a training video. You need an actual trainer or other very experienced horseperson to work with you, hands-on and in-person. 6. TAKE LESSONS. Truer words were never spoken! Truer words were never spoken! The better you ride, the better horses will behave for you. 7. Call the vet and make sure the horse is not simply trying to tell you he has a pain issue. Horses can’t exactly text you and say hey, dude, my back hurts. They will simply resort to things like biting you when you tighten the girth or bucking when asked to canter in a desperate attempt to convey the message. 8. If you’ve changed a lot about the horse’s lifestyle, try to change it back and see if that fixes the problem. Find a barn where the horse can be pasture boarded, for example, instead of stall kept. If you started feeding a lot of grain, replace it with hay pellets. 9. Don’t keep a horse you are terrified of. If the behaviors are truly scary or you’re hitting the dirt regularly the horse is just not for you. You’re not in the running for the PRCA bronc riding and no one cares if you look cool or not. It’s probably more important to remain uninjured and able to, like, work and pay your mortgage, right? Turn the horse that is way too much for you over to a competent trainer to sell. Yes, this may cost you some money up front but it’s the right thing to do and once he’s sold, you are free to buy a more appropriate horse. 10. Increase your odds of not having these problems in the first place by (a) buying a horse who is regularly ridden by beginners, like a lesson horse; and (b) buying a horse that is a lot older than the one you think you need (we play polo on plenty of horses in their early 20’s, so don’t think a horse of that age can’t possibly hold up for your easy trail rides and beginner lessons), and bear in mind that appearance should be your LAST concern when shopping for a beginner horse. But he’s so PRETTY! And they’ll let me make payments! Keep in mind that a lot of sellers don’t know how a horse will behave with a beginner because they simply have not ever had a beginner ride the horse long-term. So they weren’t maliciously trying to mislead you they didn’t know. The world is absolutely packed full of horses that ride beautifully for experienced riders and turn into utter broncs within 2 weeks of being ridden by beginners who bounce on their backs or have inconsistent hands. Some horses are not very tolerant! Call the seller! Have them come out and ride the horse to see if they can figure out what’s going on. Many sellers will take a horse back or help you sell it give them a chance, don’t assume every seller is a sleazy used-horse salesman who has taken your cash and run with it and couldn’t care less what happens to the horse. (Yes, some are but like I say, give them a chance). And remember, if you want to buy a horse that will act the same every single ride and never act up with anybody, you can buy them on E-bay! Reposted from Poloponyrescue

17.01.2022 FOR SALE - MOJO Easy, fun kids’ all-rounder Mojo is a 6yo brumby standing at 13.2hh. He was started by Murray 2 years ago, and has been used as a riding school ...pony since then. He has a soft snaffle mouth and a good nature. He has gone to pony club, interachools, trail rides and numerous clinics with various child riders, and is always fun and easy to handle. Mojo is easy to keep, a great doer and has great feet - never needs shoeing. A kid can just jump on him bareback and have a great time hooning around. He would be the perfect pony for a confident child wanting to jump and have fun. For enquiries or to organise a test ride contact Murray on 0414 556 461.

15.01.2022 Mack The Snack SOLD Macky is now ready and waiting to find his new best friend! For everyone out there that has that awesome little pony that is safe, will... give everything a go, is lots of fun and has loads of talent but it just won't grow........well Macky is your man! Macky is a 15.1h Highland Pony X TB. He is everything that "perfect pony" is in a bigger package. Since being at JJE Macky has tried his hoof at everything! He's done miles of trail riding, alone and in company, ridden beside, infront and behind noisy horse drawn carriages, been exposed to farm machinery, tractors and motorbikes, hes been used as a pony to break horses in, hes run dressage tests, trained upto 95cm courses with huge potential to go higher, hes played games, ridden around a big open paddock while other horses are running around, nothing seems to faze him. Macky has competed grade 3 PC eventing with previous owner and has the potential to take his next rider up through the grades. Macky is best suited to a firm, confident, intermediate rider, he has no nasties, no buck, rear, bolt. Easy to catch, shoe, float and truck. Located in Bunyip, Vic

14.01.2022 These guys were rescued after we put a call out for help to Strong Hearts Farm Sanctuary when we found them on our property, scared, injured and very underweight. After some remarkable efforts by the team, they’re walking well using their new prosthetic limbs and are happy goats, living their best life! One of the little goat kids requires surgery so we’re putting a call out to all our followers and students to help by donating! *Follow the link on their post* Please feel free to share!

12.01.2022 Crystal Blacker is putting a call out to anyone who may have Colostrum on hand Happy to travel in VIC to collect

09.01.2022 Pony Club Wants to Hear from Boys... Patrick Perkins, 11, from Rathdowney Pony Club loves his pony Max and going to Pony Club. He especially enjoys the thrill o...f mounted games. But there are fewer boys than girls enjoying Pony Club and the national organisation is keen to find out why. Head over to the News & Stories to read the rest of the Article: https://bit.ly/31UTq4S

05.01.2022 My lovely friend Luke McConnell is selling his gorgeous pony George if anyone is looking for a show prospect. He certainly has the looks but also a lovely temperament for kids too!

04.01.2022 FAILED VETTING ??? Flexion Tests??? 100% worth a read! You’ve decided to sell your horse and the potential buyer has sent a veterinarian to your stables to pe...rform a pre-purchase exam. Or, you’re the buyer, and you’re excited to complete your purchase. As you stand, beaming with satisfaction, the veterinarian picks up the horse’s left front leg. Bending it at the fetlock, he or she holds it in the air for 60 seconds or so, releases the limb, and asks that the horse be immediately jogged down the drive. In astonishment, you watch as the horse that you’ve known or hoped to be sound moves off with an obvious bob of the head. He’s most decidedly lame after the test. What happened? What does it mean? What you have witnessed is a phenomenon not necessarily of the veterinarian’s creation, but something that can sometimes occur following a procedure called a forelimb flexion test. In a forelimb flexion test, various joints and soft tissue structures of the lower limb are stretched and/or compressed for a brief period of time by bending the limb. Afterward, the horse is immediately trotted off and observed for signs of lameness. Simple, really. But it gets messy. Forelimb flexion tests were described in Swedish veterinary literature as early as 1923. And, since then, they’ve become something of an integral part of the evaluation of the lame horse. But not only that, forelimb flexion tests are generally routinely included in prepurchase evaluations of horses intended for sale. The test is not unlike what you might experience if someone asked you to sit in a crouch for sixty seconds and then run right off. Usually and especially if you’ve never had knee problems you can run off just fine, particularly after a couple of steps. If you’ve never had a problem, chances are that you’re fine, no matter what happens in those first couple of steps. But very occasionally, that stiffness and soreness that you might feel could signal a problem (such as a bad knee). This test used to make me nuts, and to some extent, it still does. That’s because I’m often not to sure what to make of the state of things when a horse takes some bad steps after a flexion test. I mean, I know I might not pass such a test. So who’s to say that every horse should? Because of that question, back in 1997, I did I study. It’s still timely. In my study, I looked at fifty horses (100 legs) of various breeds, ages, sex, and occupation. The owners were gracious enough to let me explore my curiosity about forelimb flexion tests. The horses were from my practice, an included a wide variety of pleasure and performance horses including some world class jumping horses but overall, they were a representative sampling of all of the horses that were in my practice. Here’s what I found. I found that forelimb flexion tests couldn’t tell me anything about the future of a sound horse. I could make every single horse lame with a hard enough flexion test, with the exception of one particularly annoying Arabian gelding who was always trying to bite me (no Arabian jokes, please). Horses that had something on their X-rays weren’t any more likely to be lame after a normal flexion test than horses that had clean X-rays. Horses that had positive normal flexion tests weren’t any more likely to be lame 60 days out, either (those horses that were lame mostly had things like hoof abscesses, which nobody could have predicted anyway). If you follow a groups of horses for 60 days, there’s a decent chance that a few of them might experience an episode of lameness. Who knew? So what did I conclude? Well, I said right there in front of an entire meeting of the American Association of Equine Practitioners that I didn’t think that it was a good idea to rely on forelimb flexion tests to make a diagnosis of some current or future problem without some other supporting sign. I said I didn’t think that they were very sensitive, or that they were very specific. And I said that I didn’t think it was a good idea to turn a horse down base solely on a response to a forelimb flexion test, either. Which caused a bit of a kerfuffle. What’s the Bottom Line? If you’re a seller, I don’t think that you need to be overly concerned if your otherwise sound horse takes a few lame steps after a forelimb flexion test. There are just too many variables. For example: Older horses are more likely to be positive to flexion that are younger horses The longer you hold a limb in flexion, the more likely the horse is to take a few lame steps afterwards Men tend to flex more firmly than do women The same horse may have different responses to flexion tests on different days If you’re a buyer, don’t be too eager to walk away from a horse that you otherwise like just because he takes a few lame steps after a flexion test. You have to consider a lot of other factors, such as whether you like the horse, or whether he does what you want him to do, or if he’s a colour that you like... You just can’t consider the forelimb flexion test in a vaccum. It has to interpreted in light of clinical findings such as fluid in the joint, reduced limb or joint flexibility, pain to palpation, or clinical lameness in the limb that demonstrates the positive response. If you see abnormal X-rays findings (such as osteoarthritis) in a limb that has a positive response to a flexion test, that may add some significance, and particularly if there is concurrent clinical lameness. However, to keep things confusing, my study also found that many radiographic abnormalities occur in clinically sound horses. Remember, you have to ride the horse you can’t ride the radiographs. Horses can and do perform well for a variety of riding endeavors even when they do not perform well on a forelimb flexion test. As for a positive response to a forelimb flexion test, it may just be that everything is OK, but the horse doesn’t like his leg bent up! Thanks to Dr. David Ramey for the info! here’s a link to the original article: https://www.doctorramey.com/flex-test/

03.01.2022 venice sloped safety tech stirrups Silver $390 ... Used 5 times only selling due to wanting another colour. Brand new condition Will get photos tomorrow of actual stirrups Weight: 550g (19,40 oz) Tread dimensions: 120x65mm (4-3/4 in) Slope: 3

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01.01.2022 Introducing Lewi our very own black beauty! This young man will be staying a while, not for sale as yet! #welshcross #babypony #chunkymonkey #blackbeauty #welshpony #poniesofinstagram