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Not so. The farrier shod horses but the blacksmith repaired machinery and did any metal work. The vet travelled from yard to yard and...

Hah. I had tons of anxiety around cantering as a kid, and I still do, at 42 f—-ing years old. The canters of my two horses...

The stuff I have is white. Looks like cocaine. I managed to sneak 2000 iu into her feeds today but I don’t think she’ll go for more than...

So you're suggesting my horse has been reading their Facebook posts and is making her feelings known? I knew giving her a phone was a...

There was me thinking there was no difference, really. I'd been using PE Vit E, as I have Hermosa on a fairly high dose of it. No...

It's big mess of contradictions, isn't it? 1. Clip and under-rug horse to facilitate more weight loss, because being too fat is bad...

Living where I do, I have come across quite a few horses from Turlood. From what I can see, they get boatloads from Ireland and turn...

Proceed with extreme caution. although they will have some nice, high quality horses (mainly sjers) the bulk that are affordable to the...

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...