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    Horse won't come in from the field!

    Have you tried the old shaking some feed in a bucket trick to tempt him over? If he has companions and you don't want to attract them all over by shaking feed, can you bring them out and leave him on his own until he gets fed up on his own and wants to come in? Failing that, I know it's not...
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    Desperately Seeking!! Please help!!

    Yay! You're very welcome, so glad they were what you were looking for :D
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    Desperately Seeking!! Please help!!

    These ears are rather nice as well! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/203798475/bright-blue-with-sparkly-grey-trim-horse?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_pets-mid&gclid=CLilgKyO6cQCFXKWtAodOy8AeA
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    Desperately Seeking!! Please help!!

    Not exactly a set but both classed as Shires 'bright blue' so would something like this work? http://www.ponykit.co.uk/170A-BRB-F.html?gclid=CI38op-N6cQCFcXKtAod_AQAyw http://www.ponykit.co.uk/shires-premium-saddlecloth.html
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    Ruby Walsh jumps a moving car?

    This is quite obviously the standard pre-national publicity stunt. The 2013 advert featured horses and jockeys galloping through the streets and through people's gardens... It's like any advert, it's made to get people talking about the event (which based on this evidence they have succeeded...
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    Long term cures for yard bitchiness??

    If there's 25 of you and 5 of them I definitely think the simple answer is to keep it totally civil but ignore their comments and don't include them in anything. They're hugely outnumbered so I think the majority have the power to take away their ability to create an atmosphere. They're...
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    Clonked a car with the carriage :(

    Okay well that's fair enough, can't blame you for trying. I didn't want to seem as if I was jumping on you, I just think it's easy to lose perspective in these situations. I'm glad all involved are okay, especially with little ones involved. It won't do any harm to do your research/get...
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    Clonked a car with the carriage :(

    Unfortunately in situations (no matter how accidental or unfortunate) where you cause the damage, there is no way to minimise the cost or inconvenience (without being dishonest). You really just have to put it down as a life experience, pay up and move on. You're lucky that you're being given a...
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    Made my manege disaster into a website!

    Could I have the link please? :)
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    jumping - what the frickles is wrong with me?

    I'm another who definitely recommends lessons! I hadn't jumped since selling my pony two years ago and my share is only suitable for happy hacking. Now as much as I love this, I realised I needed to get jumping again before I totally lost my bottle! I now go for weekly lessons at a riding school...
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    Giving up horses. Experiences please

    Being a similar age, I can totally understand that. We're both at an age where there's so many other things to focus on that take up both time and money which means having a horse can become a strain. This is turn takes the enjoyment out if it which isn't what you want. If you decided to have...
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    she needs a 'proper' name

    I really like this!!
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    Giving up horses. Experiences please

    I sold my lovely boy a couple of years ago because I realised that with my career taking off and being a young adult wanting to move out, something had to give. Of course there are days when I miss it, but mostly I've never regretted it. I'm fortunate in that he's gone to a fabulous home and I...
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    Farrier tantrum, opinions please

    This. You can argue until you're blue in the face about the conditions that you would expect your farrier to shoe in and what you consider respectful/disrespectful but that's not really the point here. The farriers behavior and lack of professionalism is the point. It is irrelevant whether or...
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    Cheeky/ridiculous posts you see on Facebook.

    One I've seen today is from someone who has a 'yard of young horses' asking what makes of close contact saddles are 'quite general fitting, if any'? The most staggering thing is the amount of responses that suggest various brands that 'fit anything' and one advertising her saddle for sale that...
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