Recent content by CBFan

Hello all, Sorry for resurrecting an old thread but I'm all of a dither trying to decide which size Cavallo to get my boy. Length wise he is at the upper end of a size 2 (125mm after a trim) but width wise he is almost a cm wider. Should I go for a size 3? can I then pad them out length wise to...

Not shavings but I can recommend bedsoft bio chopped rape straw - or they do one mixed with shavings. It smells nice, is relatively cheap, absorbant and quick to muck out. if the horse is particularly wet, using wood pellets underneath can help :)

Road planings for sure... they last years and even if grass does start growing through them, it is still a firm surface underneath... I'd be tempted to dig out your gateways and fill with hardcore and then plannings on top...

I'd start by doing half an hour of walking, gradually building up the length of time over two or three weeks before you introduce a little trot work - again, building up over two or three weeks and then do the same with canter - assuming you are riding her virtually daily. She may just be fit...

Buy a stable mirror or two side by side? I picked up a big one that I think was 3ft x 4ft or something...

This TOTALLY. If I were you OP, I'd be tempted to record some of her commentary on your phone if you can and then discretely play it to your friend's trainer so that she can hear exactly the sort of thing that is being said. I'm sure the trainer would be MORTIFIED to hear it!

Love it!

I think you need to follow your gut instinct. 2nd yard does sound good and not THAT much more travelling in the whole scheme of things.... particularly if you can get help so you only need to visit once per day...

It's a boy thing... :/ My two do the same and short of splitting them up , there isn't really a great deal you can do...

YAY! I'm so happy for you! She sounds perfect! and a lovely combo breeding wise :) Good luck with her xx

Another 'I can't believe I haven't seen this thread!!' Anyway... She is absolutely GORGEOUS! As I have already told you!! Don't panic about getting weight on her - it will come. Slowly and steadily is far better than trying to pack it on, especially a horse of her size and gangliness. Both...

OP... I think you have received some very useful and realistic replies. Young horses need the discipline of older horses but they also need the company of younger horses to play with. If you stand and observe the interaction between horses in a herd of mixed age and gender, you will see...

I commute an hour each way each day, starting work at 9.30 and finishing work at 5.30 and keep my horse(s) on my doorstep on Grass livery. If it weren't for the fact they are on my doorstep and on grass livery, I think I'd really struggle. As it is I get up at 5.30 mon - Fri to feed and sort...

Weatherbeeta are fab. Durable and waterproof. My boy has lived in his all winter. I use the Landa Originals.

I personally would turn them out on 3 acres to begin with and then strip graze them across the rest over the duration of winter. That way you are preventing them just trampling the grass into the ground. We did this this winter and have only just finished strip grazing. We offered them hay early...