Recent content by BethanT

It's the fuel prices that have driven costs up. Hauliers now add a variable % as a surcharge to each pallet. A few months ago it was ranging from 7-14% of the value of the goods on the pallet on top of the usual delivery charge of say £30 per pallet making delivery of one pallet potentially...

Brilliant, thank you. It was also know what Stud's actually use recipient mares. Neither of us are breeders at all, she just bred the mare to keep the foal.

Bit of a tricky one as the mare in question isn't mine, but I am trying to help a friend come up with some options for her mare. So a good friend of mine has a 12 (I think) year old 16h mare, she has already had a foal 4 years ago with no complications, and by all accounts was a good mum...

You should be able to pick up a decent Marlborough Hunter for that budget. Plenty of those second hand :)

Depends what the budget is to buy something. Prices are crazy stupid at the moment, I sold my 7.5ton for £2k when I would have struggled to get that for it a year or so ago. A friend of mine has just advertised her 98 Reg one for £7k! But if you are savvy with the buying, and look after it well...

It's all really scary that some people have that much spare money and yet are so unaware of the checks that should be carried out. I know someone who has just bought a puppy, they got it the day after they moved out. Apparently the kids (18, 21 and 23) had done their research and were adamant...

I would look at a Breastgirth/bridge breastplate with martingale attachment if you are using it because of the saddle slipping back, by attaching it to the D rings on the saddle you will create more pressure on those points and pull the front of the saddle down. The brestgirth style ones attach...

Possibly every two or 3 shoeing cycles for one of mine. That was until I removed him from the HUGE field with all the playful youngsters, placed him with my more sensible horse and put over reach boots on all round... No he just loses them if his feet go really crumbly, which they don't now...

Is there a knack to clipping with Fine Blades as opposed to Mediums? I bought some fine blades for my thin coated TB, and I used them on Wednesday for the first time as it was probably the worst clip I have done in a long time in terms of tram lines! Am I missing something? Do they need to be...

We stock Science Supplements in my shop. The company is one of the only ones to carry out scientific research into their products. I asked one of my friends to trial it with her veteran and she saw a massive difference being on the Flexability Plus. Some other products don't have enough active...

So my aspirations would be BE80/90 level. But Dressage I would like to get up to Ad/Med maybe? Full sister to one I really like is PSG, and full brother is BE 90/100 I think.

Yes he seems like a nice sort, and funny enough a fellow livery is picking up her new horse tomorrow, who is by this stallion! So that could be interesting to watch. Full sister siblings to one are out competing and doing really well. My trainer and another friend who knows the breeder both...

So by completely by accident, I am going to look at some foals/yearlings this weekend! My plan was always going to be, that the next horse I buy would be a foal/yearling, as I would really like to get up the levels in dressage, but the only way I will ever be able to afford a horse that is able...

Anyone on here have an ifor Williams Eventa trailer? If so, what do you use to tow it? We are looking to change from lorry to trailer (much to my dismay), but the compromise being that I still would like a living area. Not a fan of the Equitreks as I don't think the build quality is all that...

Planning second weekend in April with my lad, though not me riding. He will be going to the pro rider for a few weeks in the run up to the event to brush up on his XC. I was going through the calendar for this year last night, and it dawned on me that we will have a really busy year as I want...