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Hermosa goes in a bosal (hackamore if you are going to be pedantic....vaquero people care deeply about using the right words) and has...

I am not a bloke, but I have found that hiking/climbing leggings make great riding trousers. They hold up to weather and dry quickly...

Got Hermosa out yesterday, just about, but the ice hit harder today. Fin went on a short hack because he can stand up on things you...

OP I am sorry that you are having to say goodbye to your pony. However, I feel some of the posts on here are a bit ridiculous. At the...

I feel for the OP too, and it totally sucks for her, but I guess that's always, always, always the risk with loans. You don't have to...

I remember baby Ted! And all the trials you went through to teach him how to be a civilised member of the horse-human collective.

Where do the years go. He and his little sister will be 15 in June and May 2026. It really seems like yesterday that they were foals...

Wishing all my fellow forumites a happy, successful and fulfilling 2026. As it’s the Year of The Horse, feel free to post triumphs and...

Dearest friends, I need therapy and an airBnB for the New Year. I have my own futon and slippers, several cans of lager, a big bag of...

Who buys a horse in September, does nothing with it until end of December, then looks for a loaner/sharer....someone who's already...

She bought the horse earlier this year and hasn't ridden her yet?????? That sounds very odd. The year is nearly over. And the horse has...

I would be wary of the second horse too, tbh. I would tell the yard owner that you have lost your nerve with this one and leave it at...

That's the thing. Paying for the privilege of slowly getting someone's unknown horse back into shape doesn't sound like the best deal...

I think it’s a bit cheeky to be asking someone to pay to bring her horse back into work, especially when she’s not ridden it herself. I...

I agree I’d be very very wary about bringing a horse back into work that someone had purchased but never ridden and therefore doesn’t...