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I bought my weanling from a stud in Ireland and he sailed from Dublin to Holyhead with Bramhams in November 2022. As I was a private buyer I did not need to pay VAT on import and they sorted the shipping papers for me as part of the price. They were fab from start to finish and were one of...

Thank you so much for all your replies, I keep going round in circles bit I am leaning towards sell 💔 TPO - I relate to your post so much! No transport when I was growing up, missing out on shows, rides, camps as a kid until I passed my trailer test in my 20s. I never thought I would cross this...

Haha! Thank you for all your thoughts and I'm almost glad there are different views as I feel less crazy for going round in circles! If I sell the trailer I would sell the car too and get a cheaper, older Golf or Polo and use the remaining money to pay off some debts. If I keep the car I might...

Thank you so much for your thoughts, it is looking like selling is probably a good idea. I am an annoying '... but what if...' over thinking type person which makes these decisions more complicated in my brain 🙈 I am at a yard with fantastic hacking on the doorstep and instructors visit...

I am lucky to have a lovely Bateson Deauville and tow with a VW Tiguan, which is my everyday car, great to drive and never skips a beat. Since Covid I have barely used the trailer to transport my own horses - maybe a handful of competitions and a couple of vet trips, I mostly seem to use either...

They get the dregs of the freebies that others don't want from the race yards and sell them on for a ridiculous price for a lame/broken horse. A dealer under the guise of 'rehoming' to pull at the heartstrings.

I have a 4motion DSG with a 2200kgs capacity and it happily tows up and down the Devon hills with ID mares and foals in an Ifor Williams trailer. My ID mare at her heaviest was 825kgs and it towed her in a Bateson trailer without a struggle. The DSG makes towing a piece of cake ?

My mare has been undergoing investigations to see if she has Trigeminal Nerve Pain - when she has a bit in and you pick up the reins her tongue almost trys to escape her mouth and falls out to the right hand side. Tried different types of bits and bridles but still the same. She has had a CT...

An amazing lady with a wealth of knowledge from a variety of incredible life experiences. She always had time to answer my questions and give advice before, during and after my Indigo purchase and was so pleased for us when my mare gained her C1 grading. I will be forever grateful she allowed me...

I have a 50g Swish liner and I would say it is true to size :-)

Same! ???

I am so glad that I'm not the only one with damp rugs! Being a rug hoarder I did have enough to change them over to dry ones but they had filling whereas the first days rugs were no fill Bridleway and Shires so they were heavier than I would like. Interested to see how you get on with the Rambo...

I am looking for a half pad to pop under my chaps saddle in the interim until my fitter can come out as his saddle has dropped a bit from a quiet winter and spring. It is a size 2 so I need the pad to be long enough but most importantly wide enough at the back as some with collars look quite...

I'm so, so sorry to see this, I had everything crossed for you both but what a lucky girl to have had you in her corner doing all that you could. A beautiful picture and I hope she loves every mouthful <3 Will be thinking of you tomorrow x

Thank you so much for your replies and a relief I'm not completely barking up the wrong tree and I won't have to just stick to a trailer or have to take another test! :-) My initial thoughts were that a 3.5t would more stable than a 7.5t but it is definitely something I'll consider. I was...