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    Can anybody share pictures of their near 3 year olds please?

    Sky will be 3 at the end of this month, this was taken in December. He is a Haflinger and around 15.1
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    Mare in foal due to negligence of mare’s owner - legal rights of the stallion owner

    You are legally required to contain your stock from accessing others people land and causing damage. You don't say if the stallion was still on your land when the incident happened.
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    What does everyone feed and why?

    Grass (and haylage when grass runs out) and access to a bowl of salt.
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    So, the nose net didn't work, what else can I do?

    Try feeding salt, it completely controls my tb's headshaking which is caused by changes in grass (K). This works for others I know too.
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    Navicular OCD lesion with small tear in DDFT.

    What exactly have the 3 vets and farrier said with regards to barefoot. many do not know much about barefoot horses but it would be refreshing to hear about some that do.
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    What do you think a 3yo should be doing under saddle?

    Quite true. I back at 3, it is a careful, gentle and minimal process, one person's backing with light riding may not be as intense as another's so hard to compare what each is talking about.
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    What is Everyone Paying for big Bale Haylage

    £25 for square, delivered as a single, but farmer is a neighbour.
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    Do we over complicate our horses feeds?

    Quite true, I should have said minerals and vitamins.
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    So what do we think of this …. ?

    The 2nd set spoilt their own ride by not pulling over, how stupid, rude and unhelpful can you get.
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    Do we over complicate our horses feeds?

    Supplements are pointless without forage analysis, no point adding minerals that could block others if they are in excess and most vitamins come from good forage / hay.
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    Poor sweet little mare head shaking

    My TB headshaker , is completely controlled by feeding salt when necessary.
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    What is a 'normal' age to lose a horse?

    Arab 20 - retired after field accident, pts with cancer TB - 23 broke leg in field Welsh A 26 - pts Welsh C - 28 Arab - 26 pts Arab - 24 pts Welsh A - probably over 30
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    “Hoof testing” myself?

    Why?, surely when not trimming or cutting, but just pinching the hoof would not fall foul of anything, especially when it is not in preparation for fixing a shoe. Horse owners are allowed to asses their horses hooves.
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    Gelding goes mad when meeting Stallion

    Maybe if you hacked out with her both horses would not find it so exciting? I like to address any issues my horses have and sort them out head on.
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    To insure or not insure...thats the question!?!

    This exactly, once you own a few horses, the thousands that go on premiums each year in no way match the usual outlay of vet bills for each year, so you end up in the black. I would not put any horse through colic surgery though and also agree that pts is not the worst outcome.
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