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Too much feed=too much poo I expect my 14hh cob and Saus (standie with cob somewhere, I suspect) to produce ~6-7 poos each in a 24hr...

335kg would be around a 13hh Connie type

That's helpful to know.

355kg is too low for a 14.2 connemara. My boy is fit and slim and weight tapes at 460kg. Native ponies don't need any lush grass, he is...

How long has she had him?! That’s a lot if he’s not done much, might be better to do more hacking. I would maybe cut out the lush...

How long as your friend had him? If he is very overweight he is also probably not very fit and he could be doing a lot of intense work...

When I was a welfare officer I saw many many cases of miserable badly cared for suffering pet horses the excuse was he’s retired ( I...

I think that in life, you can do your best to be a good person and all that entails. No creature on Earth is immune to suffering...

A successful show horse is no ordinary horse with basic schooling regardless of type/breed or discipline. A top show horse has near to...

My horse when he was doing BD and showing I can remember a judge riding him once and she gave him the aid for canter and he went into...

I box up to hack out all the time. Sometimes I meet friends and sometimes we go for a hack alone. I have a key ring on my saddle with my...

What girths are you buying? I have never in 40 + years had a girth rot through (chewed through by mice but not worn through) I have some...

That really was so thoughtless and damn rude of your riding companion frankly. I have always understood the basic courtesy and safety...

This annoys me. When people ride together and one whinges about the speed or whatever. It’s so rude. I used to ride with a woman at my...

Routine winter worming, meaning the encysted red worm dose of moxidectin after the first frost.