Recent content by Ddraig_wen

I have accounts with multiple vet practices after having bad experiences with vets. The 2 that are close enough for emergency cover have dicey vets and if one has a dodgy one on call I'll ring the other and just hope their newbie isn't on call unsupervised again. Practice 1 - one of the...

From a conversation I've had it's a reduction in grazing pressures across certain areas worked out in livestock units rather than specific animals. Each common being allowed to work out what to remove. The 80-90% stock reduction when queried NE said no that isnt the case. I heard of some colts...

Tymor Pele and Crygybar Mabon Mai are sensible lines. Gwynfaes as well (Culwch is by Mabon Mai) I've met several and own a couple. The full Ds and partbreds are trainable and sensible. Seiont are sensible and trainable, Seiont Melfed is a cracking dressage horse after having a showing career...

They've definitely got 15.2s and judging by the heights of some of their youngstock there should be some over that floating about

I'm 5ft6 10 stone and regularly ride my built like a brick outhouse lots of bone Section C stallion who carries me with ease. I also ride other natives at the same height as yours with no problem, however I wouldn't get on a light boned show pony type/pba/section b at that height

Try Morrigan lease ponies, based in North Wales but they have horses/ponies on lease across the uk

I have a pony who was involved in an RTA whilst driving as a pair, she is ok with traffic on a showground but on the road she's nervy and will try and hide behind me. You can see she's worried but she trusts me so she's never bolted. I believe she bolted under saddle with previous owners. She's...

I think prices are definitely dropping, at the sales at least and on certain websites. A few people asking silly money or covid prices but the horses aren't moving. I've noticed an increase in older horses being put up for sale 20yrs plus but with big price tags for animals who've not done...

These days I'd probably buy a veteran or an untouched youngster. With the veteran i know they can do the job and that theyve got the constitution and soundness for what i want them to do for the years they've been doing it and and in theory an untouched youngster won't have been given hang ups...

Mccartneys will take a £500 holding deposit on auctionmarts to allow her to bid so I'd register before the sale just in case it takes a while. They take it off the purchase or refund if you don't buy. They usually expect teh horse to be transported on the day of the sale, though one of the guys...

Fling my rugs on from when they're young. Work youngsters and projects alone from the get go. Turn the stallions out together out of season, two stay together in season (no mares around) . People are often horrified that they're out all let alone together. Use jumpers or clothing as...

Morrigan stud in Wales successfully lease horses and ponies all over the UK. Might be worth dropping them a message to see how they do it?

I've had some special creatures over the years ? .. Moo -having a good old bum scratch on the door when it fell out of the stone barn complete with door frame. She carried on backwards and ended up sat on it. Boss - Came to the gate we don't use for his dinner. Got tickled in the tackle by...

I've had three anda pre x Welsh. They were all fairly easy to do I thought. One came from Belgium, one from Spain, and two from Wales. I found the partbred the most sensitive to ride. I'm not really a dressage person i tend to show and do a but of everything. There's nothing quite like a pre...

We have pigs sharing a large field with the youngsters, they get along well. The nanny mare took a couple of weeks to come round but all good now