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Anybody know what the hell this is trying to say? It’s in a “find my horse” group. “I had lady till me two don’t look for your horse it’s not up to you tall me Iam still looking thank you”

Add some sugar (a decent amount) when you lather the soap up, the grains act like a scrub for a fraction of the price. The orange Swarfega has a similar texture if you want to buy something ready made.

I love English Bridles but they've become very expensive recently. Horsemanship Saddlery bridles are also lovely but a bit cheaper. You buy them all as separates so can build a bridle to suit.

You can't go slowly enough. Adjacent paddocks for as long as it takes. When you start to put them in together put the dominant one in with the newbie and don't add the other one until those two are settled.

Agree on the hardstanding and field set up. Also if you have all the fields off the hard standing, it'll make putting water in each field much easier/cheaper as you won't have to lay miles of pipe or lug water across fields. In terms of any buildings, really think about what you and your...

It was always our plan for Archie and Monty to go together. They had been together for 18 years since they were both 9 and as other horses went around them or moved on, they got closer and closer. Monty had always done less well over the winter than Archie so when his owner decided not to put...

Jolly Scrooge... which must only apply after the Christmas Eve apparitions. It's also the most inappropriate name ever for good old Wiggy who is the kindest but least jolly horse ever. He's just quietly good! More Bob Cratchett than Scrooge.

This stuff is brilliant. You can cut it to size, it's flexible so can go round corners or deal with contoured walls and the holes are perfect for rosette pins. Cheap as chips too. A few different size/ colour options here or google "non slip mat"...

I went to a Dengie talk a while back and the nutritionist said that, while stomachs are small and hard food will pass through without being digested if you give them too much, it's wasteful rather than harmful and, unlike protein and carbs, fibre can also be digested in the gut so it's not part...

Regatta have got some good deals on coats. Not specifically equestrian ones obviously but I find them pretty good and refuse to pay the pony premium.

Absolutely. Archie's foot problems meant he'd never have done what I wanted him to do but he did hack and do a bit of low level dressage very happily for another 14 years. I could have sold him to a nice home but he just wormed his way into my heart by just being so loving and needing me. He was...

He'd be my dream horse. I'm with him on the speed thing!

Volunteer at your local riding club - it's a brilliant way to get to know fellow horsey people (and suss out the horses!) and you can then drop into conversation that you'd like to do a bit more riding. Most of my sharers have been through word of mouth - friends of friends etc.

I took Wig to the vet in the morning and flew to Australia for a month in the afternoon. He gave me a bill when I left. Somewhere over the Pacific I had that moment of realisation that I hadn't paid it and couldn't remember the amount. I texted the vet when I landed explained what had happened...

Mine gets all the veg peelings for Christmas, they last him at least a week. He loves the outer leaf of a sprout and a parsnip peeling.