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    Selling horses - which site worked for you?

    this. I have in the past found most interest on horsehunter and preloved but those have not been serious competition horses. I do find that if I have more of a budget to get a horse, my first port of call is horsequest. Good luck!
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    SJ the Ex Racer........help needed

    This is going to sound really mean, but is he booted? I find that if my mare is booted she'll trash them, not booted, she knocks one is super careful after that! I second the V work as well, works great on a grid too as the second part of the double, first time I did that i was surprised my mare...
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    Riding School Riders?

    My RS taught me everything i know.I started there when I was two and started having lessons at 5. I loaned my first 3 ponies off them and they were super helpful, helping me out if I needed it and giving me a telling off if I was slacking on my stable management. I bought my first two horses...
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    Cotton Wool Horses!

    My horse lives out 24/7 at the moment, she does have a shelter in her field but just doesn't go in it! I went to rug her up the other day as we've had major storms at home and my worrying got the best of me. Normally lovely to catch, she sees the rug, 2 hours, 2 HOURS it took me to catch her to...
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    Project Horse/Racehorse Rehoming

    Ha ha, if you want to throw a horse my way that'd be fine!! Mucho gracias again guys! I'll try those yards tomorrow as well! Thanks xx
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    Project Horse/Racehorse Rehoming

    I've looked at tom dascombe before, he send horses of to a rehoming place, but I have contacted said place and the lady there has said she'll email me if she gets anything in. Just emailed mccain and lisa now. Thank you guys!!
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    Project Horse/Racehorse Rehoming

    Ahh thanks guys, I'll get on this. I applied to darley just before christmas, yet to hear anything back though, and i'll try and get hold of a few racing yard round near me and ask them. Thank you, I'll keep you posted!
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    Project Horse/Racehorse Rehoming

    yeah, just off the track would be fab. I'm more than happy to do all the retraining myself, in fact I'd probably enjoy it more! Do you have any contacts I could try? Thank you!!
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    Project Horse/Racehorse Rehoming

    I'm located in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Please say that helps!
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    Project Horse/Racehorse Rehoming

    I have no idea why I hadn't thought of doing that, I'll go and place a wanted ad and have a look at some of the others on there now. Thank you very much!!
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    Project Horse/Racehorse Rehoming

    Hi all! I've recently retired my mare so she can be a full time mummy and I'm looking for a new project horse to get to work on and enjoy! I've had a look on some websites, but even though the market is dire some people still seem to want to sell nothing for something. The project horses...
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    Uni team tryout

    Hi, I'm the team organiser for Leeds University's Equestrian Team. For our team trials we normally have a first round in which both myself and our team trainer will observe the riders riding two very different horses on the flat in order to gauge how they made that horse go. On our yard, we have...
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