VDF Agistment

18/04/2025

24/10/2023

Dancing in the moon light

07/06/2023

Fresh coat of paint

07/06/2023

Ruby before and after

07/06/2023

12/05/2023

Friday night lights ✨️

07/03/2023

Had the immense pleasure of learning from one of the greatest horsemen today the legend John Chatterton. My wild stallions turned into respectful, smoochy babies.. loads of practice to be had for me 🤠

30/01/2023

Pretty Arrow keeping a look out for P*e Wee

15/01/2023

Amanda Knight and Jedi 🥰

13/11/2022

During the March floods, we are high and dry 😇

03/08/2022

I miss this so much. Can't wait for one of you to show so I can strap and cheer you on 🌟🏆✨️

24/07/2022

This story is all over the Internet, but it needs to be posted again !
If you MUST use a chain lead shank always use it over or under the horses nose and through the halter as intended. Or leave it long and hook it to the halter.
Most find it to long so they just run it through the ring and hook it back onto itself by the leather. Here is a sad story, about a trainer that did just that....................

It was a routine day at the barn and after finishing with her lessons, Karen had some extra time to ride and enjoy one of her own horses, a solid, tried-and-true gelding. After a wonderful ride, Karen proceeded with her normal routine to untack and groom her horse and put him away.

After unbridling the horse, she put on the nylon halter and looking around for a lead shank to lead him back to the barn, all that Karen could find was a shank with a chain. The horse had just been ridden and was tired, so he certainly did not need the chain over his nose for control, but since it was the only lead handy, Karen decided to use it anyway. She ran the snap of the chain through the bottom ring of the halter and snapped it back on itself, doubling the chain, as most people do in order to shorten the chain and make it stronger when the chain is not needed over the horse’s nose or under its chin.

Enjoying the afternoon and savoring the excellent ride she just had on her gelding, Karen walked the horse slowly back toward his stall, deciding to offer him a treat and allow him to graze on the fresh green grass on the way back to the barn. Having used the chain lead shank in this manner dozens, if not hundreds of times before, Karen had no idea that she had created a noose for her horse and by letting him graze, she was setting the trap.

Within a moment of having his head down in the grass, Karen saw the gelding’s hoof in the loop of the chain. In a split second, before Karen could take any corrective action, he ripped his head up and reared; his leg was trapped in the chain and the horse began to struggle.

Tragically, the chain did not break, but the horse’s neck did. The horse could not untangle himself and in his struggle to get free, his neck broke and as he collapsed to the ground, he also broke his hip. Within an hour of their last ride together, Karen held her fine gelding’s head in her lap as he was euthanized.