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Thank you everyone for all your replies! Very much appreciated!

I’m a big believer in that if a horse who doesn’t normally bite then bites you it is their last resort and you haven’t seen the subtle...

So, my 5 year old mare (who I had as a 2 year old) was diagnosed a few months ago with ulcers and juvenile hock osteoarthritis. She was...

It's possible that it's just food related. Why not have another couple of goes tacking her up with hay nowhere in sight, if possible let...

There is a foot path that goes through the single track road at the front of our house. This afternoon a group of walkers knocked on...

So last night his current owners sent me a "between the ears" photo of him being ridden and used for rounding up herds of beef cattle...

I talked to the vets who I've approached to carry out the vetting and she will do as much as possible given the limitations of his...

here he is

Haha me too! I'm "only" 5'7" and a sniff, but the one I rode was about 15.3 and my legs dangled into thin air. He didn't seem to care...

I have 6 poles in my lorry, all covered with pipe insulation held on with a couple of wraps of duct tape and the saddles never move...

I have these and put pipe lagging/insulation around them. Never lost a saddle in over 30 years.

Are they worried about botulism? I guess as they are a livery yard they are being super careful. I had to get 1 big bale replaced a...

Saddles can be marked a different size, measure a different size...for instance a saddle stamped 17 may have had an extended cantle...

I m not so much on the showing world now [ not got a good enough horse! ] but there are plenty of empathetic riders and trainers out...

Well said. I had several of the bigger names ask to have my horse including Tatlow and Oliver, both real horsemen, but I chose to...