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Thanks for all the suggestions. I spoke to a few people, went to watch some trainers working and now have a great trainer who is doing a good job with the horses.

Anyone got an instructor or trainer that they'd recommend for coming out to school my horse for me at home, based in the Lanark area? Horse is backed, walk/trot schooling in arena and cantering out hacking but would be better off with a more confident rider than me to do initial cantering in...

Has anyone found a way to turn a Hay Cube into a slow feeder? I'm trying to avoid having to stuff hay nets because my back is bad. I like the look of them but need some way to slow my pony down.

There's a few dealers round the area. What I'd recommend is taking an experienced person with you who can do quick checks of tendons, conformation, movement and behaviour of any horses you see and then use your own vet or an independent one if you haven't got an equine one already rather than...

I've had lessons with Pat Taylor and Heather Carstairs and would go back again. You work hard but the results are good.

With any purchase, whether private or from a dealer, I'd call the vets in the area and see if they will do a vetting of the horse you want. If the only vet available to do the vetting is the owners/dealers own vet then I'd take that as a sign about the seller.

Thanks for posting and updating. :) It was a while ago when I had mine there and it's obviously changed.

You could try Donald McLellan at Millbrae Saddlery. He could probably adjust them for you.

Southburn is a good yard, I've known a few liveries there. Lots of good things but indoor arena is on the small side and turn out is in two big herds - boys and girls. You wouldn't be able to have your two on their own.

It's about 20miles from Airdrie but West Kype outside Strathaven does them.

I've had horses on loan and now have one out on loan to someone else. All of them have been freezemarked and microchipped and passports have stayed with the horses. I registered the loan with the PIO for my horse that's on loan as well as on NED and with the freezemark company. Passports have...

Call the number on the leaflet and check the ride as parts of it are sometimes blocked due to deep mud or fallen trees. There's free and friendly parking at Corehouse farm. If it's open it's a good wee ride, I've done it a few times.