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I talk about all sorts of things... my horse Trooper, nutrition, veterinary science, product reviews and more!
Friday, 7 September 2012
Birthday Cards
It was recently my Mum's birthday and one of the cards she got was amazing! It was from Moonpig and I had to include it on here as on it, Trooper was the cover star of a magazine!
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Thursday, 6 September 2012
Product Review; Joules Polo Shirts
Today I thought I would write a review on one of my favourite items of clothing, Joules polo shirts. I currently own three and have had a number of others since I first discovered them at Badminton Horse Trials many years ago.
What makes them so great is that they are really good quality, the material used for them is quite thick which makes them very durable but they also look really stylish. The shirts last me for years, and I practically lived in them during my time at university, as did most of the girls on my course (we studied equine science).
I particularly like my red shirt as it has so much attention to detail. As well as having lots of different buttons at the top it has some down the sides and under the collar is lined with a really nice material.
This is one of the more plain styles they do (which are also cheaper). The sun decided to go back in when I took this photo but it is a dusky pink colour with their rabbit logo on the front in yellow.
On the Joules website they currently have a number of different women's polo shirts starting from £29.95. Some of my favourites can be seen below. I have a birthday coming up so I might be adding some of these to my wish list!
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I even wore my red Joules top when I went to the Olympics as I thought it would fit in well with the Team GB colours!
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Love Laura
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What makes them so great is that they are really good quality, the material used for them is quite thick which makes them very durable but they also look really stylish. The shirts last me for years, and I practically lived in them during my time at university, as did most of the girls on my course (we studied equine science).
I particularly like my red shirt as it has so much attention to detail. As well as having lots of different buttons at the top it has some down the sides and under the collar is lined with a really nice material.
This is one of the more plain styles they do (which are also cheaper). The sun decided to go back in when I took this photo but it is a dusky pink colour with their rabbit logo on the front in yellow.
On the Joules website they currently have a number of different women's polo shirts starting from £29.95. Some of my favourites can be seen below. I have a birthday coming up so I might be adding some of these to my wish list!
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Love Laura
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Wednesday, 5 September 2012
GB Rider Profile; Natasha Baker
Natasha Baker is a Paralympic rider who has done very well at the London 2012 games. This is her first Paralympics at the age of 22 and she has scored a personal best and won gold medals during her time at Greenwich Park. Her horse is called Cabral and is an 11 year old gelding.
She rides in the grade II category which is for riders with locomotion impairment. She suffers from a neurological disorder causing inflammation of the spine due to contracting a virus at an early age. She also rides with no stirrups and cannot use her legs so uses voice and hand aids in order to control the horse. Her parent both are into horses and she has ridden from a young age, especially through the RDA (riding for the disabled).
During her freestyle routine she said she became slightly out of time with the routine and had to improvise in order to do the movements that would fit in with the music. She still won a gold in this event and broke the Paralympic record! A stamp is also going on sale to mark her success.
Below are two videos, one is an interview with her which was quite funny, she seems like a really nice girl. The other is her freestyle routine at Greenwich.
She has her own website which you can get to via this link; http://www.natasha-baker.com/.
(These images and videos in this post do not belong to me).
Love Laura
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She rides in the grade II category which is for riders with locomotion impairment. She suffers from a neurological disorder causing inflammation of the spine due to contracting a virus at an early age. She also rides with no stirrups and cannot use her legs so uses voice and hand aids in order to control the horse. Her parent both are into horses and she has ridden from a young age, especially through the RDA (riding for the disabled).
During her freestyle routine she said she became slightly out of time with the routine and had to improvise in order to do the movements that would fit in with the music. She still won a gold in this event and broke the Paralympic record! A stamp is also going on sale to mark her success.
Below are two videos, one is an interview with her which was quite funny, she seems like a really nice girl. The other is her freestyle routine at Greenwich.
She has her own website which you can get to via this link; http://www.natasha-baker.com/.
(These images and videos in this post do not belong to me).
Love Laura
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Random Update!
I am getting towards the end of my dissertation (touch wood). I am currently writing up the results and explaining the results I did find. Just a reminder, I have been looking at the effects of a horse wormer on the hindgut microbes in horses. I have found that it did not have an effect on the protozoa but it did have an effect on the bacteria present and the levels did change significantly over the 2 weeks they were tested. I have not yet got to look into what these differences were, I just know they were there! However, before you all start worrying about worming your horse, my sample size was small as only 10 horses were used, therefore a lot more research would be needed. It was also unexpected that the wormer would have had an effect on the microbes so I will be looking into this more in the discussion!
As I am coming to the end of my dissertation I am also starting to look for jobs in animal nutrition so I will keep you posted on this.
I have also been enjoying the Paralympics when I have gotten chance to watch it so would like to write a few posts on that in the near future. I need to learn a bit more about it first though!
Love Laura
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Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Trooper Update
Sorry I haven't got any photographs today, I have been too busy and I thought a post without photos is better than no post at all!
I would also like to say get well soon to my Grandad who likes reading my blog!
Trooper is doing well, I still think he is a bit fat but he isn't as bad as he has been in the past (photos to follow!). I weighed him with the weight tape the other day and he was around 147 kg which is actually good for him. I have been trying to ride him as much as possible but the weather has been awful so not as much as I would have hoped.
After watching the Olympics I have been making him do some more dressage movements. He is quite good at leg yeilding so I have been starting to think about half pass which he has been finding a lot more difficult. I have also been doing little walk pirouettes by walking him on a circle and leg yielding him in smaller and smaller until he is on the spot. I don't think he is quite doing it yet! I need to get someone to video me so I can see! I will put it on here too!
When I rode him one day last week I went in the outdoor arena and I was schooling him. I was cantering him on a 20 metre circle when he tripped and fell onto his knees. I then flew off and managed to land standing on my feet! Trooper was fine but a bit confused. We have a new surface to ride on up there which is really nice so I am sure that cushioned his landing. I felt his legs and walked and trotted him in hand and he seemed fine so I got back on and just rode for a few more minutes just to make sure everything was OK then I took him back down. I hosed all of his legs for around 10 minutes each as I am still wary about his tendon injury. He does trip up a lot now, I don't know if this is due to his age. It may also be due to me not wanting to get his hindlegs under him as much so I don't put more pressure on his back tendon. He has been fine after this anyway and I have been riding him as normal since.
He is still out in the field over night and has not been waiting at the gate to come in in the morning so hopefully he will have a few more weeks of being out over night before he comes in for the winter (when he only gets to go out during the day). Recently I have been going down to the farm around 10 am in the morning which is very late for me. I am finding this a better time to go and catch him though as we have a young horse in the field at the moment who insists on being first one out of the field in the morning. I already have Joe and Bobby who follow me and Trooper up the field every morning to come in. Joe and Bobby are very well behaved however and if I let them out of the field will walk to their stables with no headcollar on. I don't think I need another horse following me out, especially if it is young.
Here's an old photo I found that I thought I would include!
Love Laura
xxxx
I would also like to say get well soon to my Grandad who likes reading my blog!
Trooper is doing well, I still think he is a bit fat but he isn't as bad as he has been in the past (photos to follow!). I weighed him with the weight tape the other day and he was around 147 kg which is actually good for him. I have been trying to ride him as much as possible but the weather has been awful so not as much as I would have hoped.
After watching the Olympics I have been making him do some more dressage movements. He is quite good at leg yeilding so I have been starting to think about half pass which he has been finding a lot more difficult. I have also been doing little walk pirouettes by walking him on a circle and leg yielding him in smaller and smaller until he is on the spot. I don't think he is quite doing it yet! I need to get someone to video me so I can see! I will put it on here too!
When I rode him one day last week I went in the outdoor arena and I was schooling him. I was cantering him on a 20 metre circle when he tripped and fell onto his knees. I then flew off and managed to land standing on my feet! Trooper was fine but a bit confused. We have a new surface to ride on up there which is really nice so I am sure that cushioned his landing. I felt his legs and walked and trotted him in hand and he seemed fine so I got back on and just rode for a few more minutes just to make sure everything was OK then I took him back down. I hosed all of his legs for around 10 minutes each as I am still wary about his tendon injury. He does trip up a lot now, I don't know if this is due to his age. It may also be due to me not wanting to get his hindlegs under him as much so I don't put more pressure on his back tendon. He has been fine after this anyway and I have been riding him as normal since.
He is still out in the field over night and has not been waiting at the gate to come in in the morning so hopefully he will have a few more weeks of being out over night before he comes in for the winter (when he only gets to go out during the day). Recently I have been going down to the farm around 10 am in the morning which is very late for me. I am finding this a better time to go and catch him though as we have a young horse in the field at the moment who insists on being first one out of the field in the morning. I already have Joe and Bobby who follow me and Trooper up the field every morning to come in. Joe and Bobby are very well behaved however and if I let them out of the field will walk to their stables with no headcollar on. I don't think I need another horse following me out, especially if it is young.
Here's an old photo I found that I thought I would include!
Love Laura
xxxx
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