Recent content by Gift Horse

  1. G

    Riding gloves

    I like these warm, not too bulky, and pretty hard wearing...
  2. G

    Exercise Sheets

    I have one of these. I'm really pleased with it. It doesn’t move or slip or flap- I go out in all weather and it’s pretty exposed where I live. I don’t do much schooling but have lunged in it. I don’t know how well it will wash because I haven’t washed it or had it washed yet...
  3. G

    Manually levelling arena

    I do mine by hand with a rake, I really need to sort something else out! It’s not ideal but it works short term for a school in light use, I work horses in the school 4 x a week and spend an hour a week raking it!
  4. G

    Building the Best (or a total money pit)

    Congratulations and good luck ??
  5. G

    Staffordshire house hunt

    It’s in the Peak Park and in a Conservation Area - planning restrictions will be tight, rightly so (IMO) it’s a lovely area
  6. G

    Staffordshire house hunt

    Fixer-upper!? Derbyshire postcode but Alstonefield is definitely in Staffordshire! https://www.bagshaws.com/property/mill-dale-ashbourne/
  7. G

    Ollie!

    How lovely, congrats to you all :-)
  8. G

    Shoppers: Where to buy men’s riding boots?

    My OH wears Tuffa boots, he’s a size 11 and has a very wide foot.
  9. G

    Ready tied stock, help!

    I bought a ready tied stock, I thought it would be easy but I couldn’t get it right, it always looked weird. I find an ordinary one less faff ?
  10. G

    Pony nuts + supplements

    I dampen my (good doer) cob’s hay and tip the measure of powdered minerals on the hay, the minerals stick and get eaten with the damp hay.
  11. G

    How’s everybody doing with the ergot problem?

    We have a small patch of Rye at the bottom of one field. I have cut the seed heads/stems off and bagged them up. The rest of the grazing is mostly fog, bent, fescue, timothy...... and it seems to be unaffected.
  12. G

    At my wits end.... Time to give up horse keeping?

    Maybe you haven’t had long enough to enjoy the things you have put in place. A few years ago my OH and I moved - we fenced, pulled many tonne bags full of rag, spent the same as you building a diy arena, refurbished old stables ...... while living in a run down house, working a long working...
  13. G

    Horse First Aid Kit

    Similar to the above posts + a bottle of 3% hydrogen peroxide, a box of nitrile gloves, a tub of Epsom salts, a tub of udder cream and a roll of gaffer tape.
  14. G

    Is it normal for a tractor mounted hedge cutter to operate from the field-side?

    Yes it’s normal. I met two once, they were opposite each other both on the field sides either sides of a lane - Fortunately my horse is established, brave and not fazed by much, but it’s always unpleasant with shards of hedge flying about. Fortunately I buy my hay from one of the guys cutting...
  15. G

    Vicky Yoxall Dealer

    I must have got lucky I’m really pleased with the horse I bought from her a few years ago. Sorry to read about the bad experiences people have had.
See more
Top