Recent content by Auslander

Always wanted a liver chestnut with a blaze and four white socks - either warmblood or spanish. Definitely didn't want a grey ID

You'd be more likely to get that sort of service if you look at basing yourself with a pro, rather than looking at livery yards. The Lesson barn thing isn't really a thing over here, and pro riders generally have horses on livery that they compete themselves for the owner, but it's worth finding...

Alf self-loaded and travelled very well herringbone, but flatly refused to load in a rear facing box-said No as soon as he realised he was turning right at the top of the ramp. I managed to con him into getting on one with a ramp on the right hand side, so he turned left as he went in, but he...

I have these too, and they're fantastic. I clipped a whole 17.2hh Irish Draft with them last winter, as my big Heinigers were being temperamental! You can get wide blades for them, which turns them into a very close approximation of a proper set of clippers

I completely understand that you want to be independent, but its very possible that your YO doesn't want to set up an arrangement with a minor, so your parents may have to be involved, regardless of who pays the bills. As a YO, I wouldn't have any sort of contract with someone under 18. I don't...

Have you spoken to the Blue Cross - their Burford site isn't far from you. They do help people rehome their own horses - they're not just for welfare cases.

My family have always had Welsh Springers, so it was an easy decision to make. Generally they're laid back, easygoing and not "on" al the time, which was ideal for me. Then Idris came along and ticked "Nope" to all the characteristics I thought I was getting! Luckily, I absolutely love him to...

Cushcare Condition is my usual fallback for horses who arent keen on mashes, as it can be fed dry

Yes - Alf, ny old boy had extensive crushed velvet on his left hand side. He competed to PSG and worked GP in his younger days - and was very soft and supple til the day he died at 27 years old

Might just be me, with my penchant for buying older performance horses, but I fully expect to do some maintenance on them!

Bizarrely, I thought he was ugly when he arrived! He was hogged, which is not a good look on him!

That's exactly what I have, much to my surprise, as I'm a dressage diva through and through. I absolutely love him - even though on paper he's not my type at all. I'm most likely having both my knees replaced in the not too distant future, so wanted something that would stand like a rock for me...

If that were my horse, I would not be charging you. I'd encourage you to keep coming to visit and care for him, if you were interested in continuing with the share, so that you could get to know him, but no way would I be charging you to look after my horse for me, until such a time as you were...

I use heavy duty cable ties. A few liveries have Equipings, which are forever giving way. Loathe baler twine, and I regularly remove it from my tie rings when people put it up (right next to the cable ties!) Alf was a terror for panicking if he got his rope caught up, so he had a Goleygo...

Mine travel loose with the partitions out