Recent content by Firehorse

Talk to me about working livery please. I don’t just mean opinions, I’d like experiences from people who have actually done it. Good or bad. I am desperate to get away from my current grass livery for several reasons and working livery is my only option at the mo. My boy loves people and...

Sadly he’s not fat. Part the reason I want to move. But very much furry lol!

After my post about yard problems the other day, I now have a space to move. It’s just as question of organising when. It’s the wrong side of the A27, but everything about the yard far outweighs that. I get a stable & individual turnout. He can buddy up once he’s settle if I want him to. I’ve...

I rode across the 27 for 9 months while we were on the yard that closed. We cross on traffic lights. That bit doesn’t bother me. It’s the road leading up to them

We don’t have stables, so no option to live in. Yard owner tried to sell the land last year as he’s elderly. He lives a 5 hour drive away and gradually reduced his 6 weekly visits to once a year. THe grazing is no longer maintained and is pretty poor now.

Thx. I’m in Sompting West Sussex. Yard would need to be no more than a 15 minute drive due to work hours. I think I know most places near me

There’s two proper livery yards around me, one is £400 a month which is way out of my budget unfortunately. The other pretty much has a lifelong waiting list. I did contact the yard owner again the other day and she said she’ll keep my name just in case

It’s just riding on this road worries me. We did it for nine months when we moved before. I may well have to wait for a space in the yard anyway

I had been on the same yard with my old boy for eight years. Never had any problems. They all live out 24/7 in a herd of usually eight. Anyway after I lost him I had 18 months away from horses with no intention of buying another one. However in January 2017 Charlie came into my life. There was a...

We don’t hve stables. They all live out 24/7. Sometimes I can put him in a separate paddock to get more grass but it’s not always possible depending which areas are being grazed.

He’s 14.2, 10 years old. Lives out 24/7. Stripped grazed so once it’s munched, they’re scratching around at short regrowth in other areas. He has been hungry when it’s been raining & windy lately. He’s ridden 3 times a week, hacking from 1 hour to 3 hours. Short canters, plenty of...

I last clipped my boy on Feb 14th. Almost all off. Left legs & neck. He lives out 24/7. He’s got a good covering of summer coat now & is naked on dry days. I can’t decide when to leave him naked at night. He’s been in a 50g. They’ve got plenty of shelter and will be moving onto fairly...

He’s not fat at all. And drops off quite quickly with changes in weather or grazing.

Sadly I hve to work full time and that’s all the time I hve available for riding.

He’s a welsh cob type. Lives out 24:7. 9 years old. I hack him 3 times a week a couple of hours each time. Sometimes I stay in the paddock and school for an hour. His weight is good but does drop off easily. He shares with a fat Dartmoor so I hve sectioned the field off and put him in the...