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Argh but after a few years of paying for horses he may not be rich anymore, what’s the plan then 🤔

What happens? Do you normally put a deposit subject to vetting? Such a scary world horse shopping !

I might need one! I notice it’s gone up to £9.50 a bale at the tack shop. How much are you paying?

I have been asked to turn off commenting on a recent thread. Is this possible? And if so can anyone help? I can’t see how it can be done! Thanks

Beautiful 😍

Lovely post I can feel the immense fun you guys had, but you are confirming my thoughts they are best left to those who bounce???!

Thinking of my next horse. I am basically a cob person, and have always thought Connemaras rather feisty spooky type horses. Am I right, my trainer thinks maybe I should consider them, as I do love dressage - but whenever I see one for sale it is normally enthusiastically jumping something...

I didn’t want to open this as I knew it would upset me. Bl**dy vile humans. Where did they come from, not uk/Ireland I hope 😡

Supplement expensive haylage with beet pulp, grass nuts and barley straw. If you talk to a feed company (Simple Systems?) they will advise. Easier to store as well.

Slowly ! Learn to enjoy the small things before moving on and don’t be hard on yourself. Learn breathing techniques and if you feel your position has been compromised, get biomechanics lessons. Learn in hand techniques so you can still do productive things if you aren’t up to riding (or before...

Love this explanation.

My horses have always done this - I offer them a blanket and they let me know if they want one, same with fly masks. I don’t know if I deliberately taught it, just noted their reaction when putting on blankets. They are much better at reading the weather than we are.

Hope someone else has mentioned this (haven’t read all the thread) but if it is ulcers, bute will aggravate it, so just be aware if you do this.

I totally feel for you. Tomorrow and the next day and the next day will be so hard with no horse to look after, until that becomes the norm. But what a wonderful way to spend a life, 70 years of horses, I hope you manage to keep your hand in and share some of that knowledge.

Having to ride my horse without a saddle - and she goes so nicely and feel so free, the problem is that when she finds a big sitting trot I can hardly sit it. Any clues, or any thought where I can look to see someone riding a big sitting trot well!