The riding school (I use the term loosely), I first went to (mid 80s) you had to wade through metres of ankle deep mud to get to your poor, sad, generally ancient, pony. They would be stood there all day, tied to trees, fully tacked up.
Thought of it now makes me shudder.
I’m weeks behind on The Archers and only just come to Oliver’s horse rearing (not shying, rearing!) at a rabbit - described as a ‘blip’. This horse is about to retire. I think they should fact check all horse related stories with us 😆
(I know this should be in the ‘stolen’ forum but that doesn’t get much traffic)
Anyone had a mini or three stolen? See here…(other non minis too by the look of the pic)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg00028ylno
You’ve got stitches up your shin - that must’ve hurt considerably - and she’s ignoring you? Wowsers. I’d be constantly apologising, carrying your water buckets, offering to muck out - staggering that she thinks she can pretend you don’t exist.
Fans of the sport need to turn their backs -
don’t go to events, don’t buy stuff from the companies that sponsor the events. I’ve said this before - because it’s the only thing that will make a difference (my qualification: worked in mktg for an F1 team)….but a minute later 38 people are thumbs...
https://mobile.eurodressage.com/2026/03/28/charlotte-dujardin-withdraws-competing-2026-world-cup-finals
CDJ withdraws from World Cup - is the message starting to be received that no one likes seeing horses being hauled about? One can only hope.