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When I bought my unbroken 3 year old I had a 2 stage vetting. This didn't involve any lunging as horse didn't know how to lunge. When I...

My DHP has never had a rug but she hasn’t been dry enough to groom since before Christmas. I kept her in for 24 hrs then gave her a good...

There’s a difference between surviving and thriving (& of course horses aren’t going to suddenly drop dead because they’re not being fed...

There’s grass and then there’s grass isn’t there. A postage stamp monoculture of overgrazed and stress grass with no root depth likely...

I’ve just put a light weight on my tough little welsh A type. Not so much because I think he can’t cope or will get washed away but he...

Agree completely Must be one the worst ideas ever

I would invest in a good 50g rug and get a liner that you can up it with if necessary. This year and rain has been relentless - I have...

We have a small herd of retired horses/ponies and youngsters. All of them are wearing rugs this year, even the natives who wouldn't...

Well, it is, incessant rain coupled with persistent wind chill below zero, and in your situation, no let up at all. When you say ‘cave...

Regardless of any legalities and whilst commend wearing some hi viz I deplore the use of the phrase about a horse.

I agree in a way. Damp air with wind blowing feels so bitterly cold and gets into the bones. But when it freezes hard in this damp boggy...

With you…my field is horrendous and mine are spending most of their time on my hard standing track area. The thing getting to me most...

My wonderful pony Rocky has found his way back into my life. Our journey started when I was 13, my non horsey parents bought me a newly...

Today I am grateful to have such a star of a horse, he hasn't left the yard in probably 3 months due to the ground on our available...

What a fair few people are not understanding about price rises in the new year. Storage costs. For every week a building is being...