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With a fussy one I've provided both hay and haylage as then he didn't get bored and eat more. It's annoying if the yard is already providing forage but no more expensive than using short feed.

Last time I looked the colic over was colic surgery only so not covered if your horse had a bad episode and hospitalised but no surgery and it's external injuries only. I have similar for mine who has so many exclusions but for a new horse, I'd probably take out full vet cover. NFU are...

Anorak, wellies and ancient trousers. I'm on the ground wearing the hat, my non horsey little sister being given a pony ride

What I do remember is my jods and boots were kept for best - shows and rallies. Outside of that I wore trousers with wellies in winter and plimsolls in summer. Wore a hat most of the time but it was held on by a piece of elastic. I had my own pony and was at the stables every day weekends and...

I've come across a few PREs with Franco related names. One on a previous yard there was one called Caudillo, and my Spanish mum was a bit " do they know what that means?"

Best bet for that is click share, select copy link and paste the link here. If you make the post public, anyone can see it but some people prefer not to use FB. Same from Instagram.

Basically you need to make the file small which depending on your phone, could need 3rd party compression software. However a couple of workarounds If you have uploaded to Facebook, download/save from there and it will be smaller than the original. Open the photo on your phone and take a...

What a lovely face and expression

I found and opened a tub of One Step a while ago and the smell definitely told me it had gone off. I don't use it which is why it had been sitting there unused.

What about somewhere like Wellington? https://wellingtonriding.co.uk/facilities/ They say they offer livery as well as being an international show centre.

My horse had a bone cyst in the shoulder, very rare. Tried steroids which didn't work and operated ito clean it up. This was 2012 so older approaches. I've also heard of surgery where they put in bio absorbable fillers not a screw which has had a very good success rate but may not be...

I think you just have to be clear with the vet that with an MRI being so expensive and there being a question mark over the insurance, you want to nerve block and take it from there.. Also check if NFU want to pre approve MRIs, they did when I had one but it was a long time ago. There is...

When I was with NFU, they didn't list specific conditions per horse but had general catch alls excluding any condition relating to a previous one On the plus side I had 3 different claims on the same leg with the vet saying they weren't related. In fact similar but the other way round so a...

https://www.yourhorse.co.uk/news/nuumed-and-thermatex-secured/ And looks like the race safe factory is in Northampton

Good news but it looks like they are moving production and existing staff will be training up the race safe staff so a little sad if they end up without a job