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My favourites were by K.M. Peyton - Fly byNight and The Team !

It sounds very very similar to what one of mine has - are the lumps slightly dry and yellow ? If so , it might be worth googling atopic dermatitis . Mine has has it sporadically for ten years , and we spent a fortune trying to work out what the trigger was , only to realise that his personal...

I recently sold my ideal H and C saddle that I bought for my first pony when she was 5 , and we lost her 3 years ago at 35 . So that's 33 years old I think , and it was being used up until the day before she died . Cost me £700 then , so it got treated like cut glass , and I would have kept...

I live just up the road in the next village , with the horses at home , and I love it . You've got Bearts on the causeway itself , bridle way at either end , one of which leads onto the Fen rivers way , and will take you for miles and miles in either direction , and in fact joins onto the...

My newest boy is ISH x Belgian warmblood . Cost me a pound as his last owner couldn't deal with his bad habits , which the old owner had basically let him learn . Very VERY clever indeed . Let him get away with something once and that's another bad habit learned . Incredibly inquisitive ...

Oh look at her ! And you come to that ! She looks like she's being so honest and trying so hard for you . What more could you ask for ? She looks like so much fun to ride . Am immensely jealous. At least you went out there and did it , which is considerably more than the sour faced miseries...

I've just been out to check him again and caught him with a huge mouthful of straw and a very guilty expression indeed . The sedative seems to have worn off and he looks a bit more settled so am desperately hoping for improvement . Have just realised I lost my first pony 5 years ago tomorrow...

Have a very poorly boy today . Came home from nights this morning and found my big lad laying down in the field , which isn't unusual for most horses , but unheard of for him . He won't lay down in the sun , and certainly not in the pouring rain . Whilst watching him he got up , kicked his belly...

I still have my first pony's Lavenham quilted rug , which my sons pony uses . Navy and pale blue , it was the first quilted rug on the yard in about 1986 , when we still used blankets with a jute rug and roller , and didn't we think we were the bees knees . I can still chuck it in the machine...

42 and mother of five between 17 and 6. Have to say I'm not as brave as I used to be , but that very probably was caused by a particularly nasty cartwheel over a XC fence which piled me head first into the ground . A combination of horse's unshakeable belief in his own invincibility , and my...

Remus - thoroughly spoilt and thinks he's entitled to staff ! Enzo - a charmer and doesn't he know it ! Bo - tiny , but braver than either of the two wimps who are twice her size !

That whilst its ok to listen to everyone's opinion , you don't have to follow any of them . Sometimes , gut instinct really is right .

Me ! Am going tomorrow and maybe Friday !

Oh me too . I live in the fens , which is dead flat and constant constant wind , so even if the sun ever does come out ( I think I remember a day back in August 2011 sometime) the wind chill just saps any warmth straight out. The fields are trashed ( and mine are the looking the best in the...

To quote my instructor ' better than you think you are ' Despite having owned and ridden for over thirty years , done medium level dressage , and grade B showjumping , and long distance , I have a real issue with confidence . I seem to overthink everything at the moment . If I could...