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Thanks very much, thats good to know that I'm just appalling at maths. Think I may have been on an inaccurate website, as I'm sure it had the max towing weight as 1200kg. So based on your sums I'm fine to tow the trailer with the freelander on a provisional license (as long as Im...

Hi Rog, Was hoping you could give me a bit of advice. We currently have an ifor 510 which we were planning to pull using a freelander sport 2.5l, and taking my b & e test. However, after checking the towing weight of the freelander, it appears I couldnt tow with a horse in at all (assuming...

Thank you all for your lovely (generous!!) replies. He's definitely starting to grow on me now - but we'd heard rumours that it may have been a friesian she was covered by so we were half hoping for a beautiful, sleek little black foal - which he clearly is not!! Not sure why some of you...

My BOGOF finally arrived this weekend... Name suggestions anyone? Also a quick numpty question about rugging. We live on the coast in west wales and to say it rains alot would be an understatement! Do I need to think about rugging him? There's no shelter in the paddock he's in. At the...

Thanks toast, panic now over. Fingers crossed we'll have a foal soon as this whole waiting malarky is very stressful.

Thank you!! She has been swelling up over night for a few weeks now, and then comes back in in the evening and has reduced right down again. This is the first time she has had swelling on her stomach so wasn't sure if it was normal or not.

After a bit of advice on whether I need to get the vet out or not? Still waiting on a BOGOF foal to arrive. Mare has come in this evening with strange swellings on her stomach - I think it may be veins running to her udder. Her udder is hot and harder to the touch then it has been. It's also...

My BOGOF mare is still holding on. Vet estimated she'd be due around end of july and as yet, nothing. She bags up overnight, but by the time she comes in at the end of the day its gone back to nothing. Beginning to think it's never going to arrive! :rolleyes:

Thanks GR, have just had a good read of the milk testing thread - looks like I'm off to the garden centre tomorrow! She is actually very good and not to bothered about having her udders handled. Not sure she has anything there to express at the moment though. Will check out surelimb too, see if...

We had a similar situation with our mare, she had a big low belly but no weight elsewhere, was very quiet and hadn't had a season. We got the vet in the end just so we could be sure and vet was able to confirm she was in foal by rectal examination. She's supposed to be due in the next few weeks...

Thank you all for your help, trying to absorb as much information as I can so I can be as prepared as possible. BennionsField, I've had the vet out already but as we're in a very rural part of Wales they're not really equine specialists so to speak! I know there's a lot of welsh pony studs...

Thanks Miss L toe- really pleased with how well she's looking as she was really poor when we bought her. Did wonder whether she should be getting hard feed now, at the moment she's just on grass & hay?

We bought her late November. Vet confirmed from a rectal, guessing if she'd been scanned they would have been able to give a more accurate due date? The only signs I've noticed so far are a very slight increase in the size of her bag/teats and a softening in her muscles behind. Either side of...

Vet confirmed my mare was in foal about 3 weeks ago (BOGOF!) and said she thought about a month or so until she foaled. I've been reading posts on here and info online to as this is all new to me (if anyone can recommend some good websites about foaling would be very greatful?) and from what...

Thanks for your help Maesfen. Stable walls are all solid brick, it's just the front wall that has railings on top half. Wasn't sure how private they liked to be and whether it would distress her if the other horses could see her. There's no horses stabled either side, just one directly...