Annie Joppe’s endurance blog: Nobody, but nobody is going to eat the heads of any of my horses

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Yes, riding again and the chosen ones or, as they might say, the victims are back in work. These ‘lucky’ horses are of course Wizard and Chiara (pictured above) who have been extracted from their semi-wild state, manes and tails detangled and made into almost presentable horses.

Last week their shoes were put on and even though Wizard had had a four month break from shoes, there appears to be no detrimental effect to his feet. Chiara, on the other hand, had not benefited from having her shoes removed; in fact it wasn’t my intention to have her shoes removed at all as she only had a six week break, but she made the decision for me by getting rid of a couple while galloping wildly in the field. Poor Chiara’s feet didn’t like the wet spell without her shoes and the soles have become soft and flaky so there will be some work there to improve their condition; no doubt the new shoes will help.

Annie Joppe
Annie Joppe

Annie is an international endurance rider who competed for Great Britain at the World Equestrian Games in 2014. Annie previously competed to intermediate level eventing and has also represented her country in endurance at the 2009 European championships.