Recent content by Greylegs

@MiJodsR2BlinkinTite - it's always a risk moving them, but she's been generally fine: even shared a field (when not in season) with my friend's gelding without issue, and we're hoping they can share over the winter so we can conserve the grazing as much as possible. The new YO is great - very...

I have a chunky ID cross type mare who I have recently moved to another yard. The old place had several other mares and she was turned out with one daily without any incident. The new place is a great improvement in many ways and both horse and I are much happier generally. However, she is now...

Yes: fully insured with Animal Friends, but with a maximum "per incident" limit.

Pretty good. We're on a farm with around 150 acres of woodlands and fields to wander round, then across a road to several hundred acres more of open access space and access to more woods, bridleways etc. It's enough for us so feel very fortunate.

Thank you for all the replies. I can see that this is not a new problem! The coat hanger idea is inspired - I'll try it. Meanwhile, I will see if I can get hold of some shallow boxes to see if the lie flat idea works. Someone has also suggested to me that I thread them onto pieces of cardboard...

The new show season is now upon us at the Somewhereshire Riding Club, and amongst my many other organisational responsibilities, I have been asked to "manage" the event rosettes. It's the first show of the season on Sunday, and I am - quite literally - up to my knees in @$%^!£? rosettes!! :mad...

Retired and horse on full livery 5 minutes from home. I go every day, usually in the afternoon except for the rare occasion something comes up, such as medical appointment. Sometimes I have a morning mid-week lesson depending on my instructor's time, but I often go back later as well. To me the...

Just under a mile for the total round trip by car, or about 750 yards if I walk across the field between our house and the farm. This will be a real issue if I ever decided to move: I'm really spoiled having the horse so close to home. Visiting friends over the weekend on other yards further...

Been at the current yard 8 years. It's not perfect, but has good basic facilities including a nice school, plenty of turn out and some off road riding round the farm; and my horse seems happy and settled there. It's also in my home village, literally a few hundred yards from my house which is an...

I have seen a post on FB from a photographer who was asked to do a "farewell" photo shoot for a horse which was scheduled to be PTS. Fair enough - I can see why you might want a few nice pictures to remember your old friend before they depart. But the images were of the horse, actually deceased...

So very sad to hear this news. May he rest in peace - he was a legend.

My black mare has a black dressage saddle and bridle which I use for schooling, and a Havana GP and bridle which I use for hacking. I have to say I prefer her in the black tack.

I have a Techalogic DC2 Pro and use it whenever I'm riding on the roads. Brilliant bit of kit as it records front and rear views and you can download footage to either your phone or iPad through an app. It also records voices/sounds if you want (but you can turn that off if you don't want to be...

Is this a charity? If so, which one?

Once again, thank you for the further comments, suggestions and questions @ester The events have a defined start time but then run on from there through a 12 class schedule, so people usually turn up as they think they need to. We did go through a period of doing gymkhana type games but the...