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Money and fancy facilities does not automatically equate to a good owner or happy horse! How my mood is strongly linked to my horses...

Chasing birds is a great game, despite being spooked by pigeons when riding they are fair game out. They often chase a pheasant who...

How much time do we have - I could write a book series on the stuff Rabbit has done in his near enough 3 years on this planet 🤣 1)...

Robin (Satan's apprentice) picked a fight with a turkey stagg on his first day with us - the turkey won. I think this has defined a long...

A laugh or cry situation for your amusement... I gave the horses their feed buckets on the mud mats as usual, and went to give the ewes...

Not falling is a win. Robin (AKA satan's love child) would have taken me clean out and run off with the bucket.

This. Which is exactly what I did yesterday and am now regretting it hugely so this may help some others who are up and down and not...

I would hack at home and just school when hiring somewhere he goes well in. After injury, when the horse is having to be maintained, I...

I'd avoid the school at home as you are doing and see if you can move to the yard you are currently hiring from.

I totally get your frustration. Slightly different values but still a massive juggling act. We used to have rare breed chickens and...

This is actually about sheep but I'm sure some of it will apply equally to horse buyers. I breed pedigree sheep. Some I keep back, some...

How much it is like when you have a baby! Suddenly it is open season for strangers, family, friends, other horse owners to come along...

The vast range of totally crazy yard owners. And just how awful some liveries are! 😂

If you have offered a horse a retirement home, surely you expect to have to pay vet bills? It never ceases to amaze me how cheeky some...

On the off chance someone wants to reimburse me for the £5k I spent in vets fees last year that would be ideal.