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I’d recommend LK Sport Horse, it’s located at Hamberlins farm, in Berkhamsted. It’s a livery yard but the yard owner does some very good lessons! He was ranked 14th in the country so he really knows his stuff. He’s very into different types of riding so I’m sure it...

Never give up! See if the injections work, if not you could always keep/sell him as a companion for another horse.

You really don’t need to feed chaff separately at all as long as your horse gets plenty of forage. I just use it to mix in with their hard feed just to get them to chew it probably as if the just gulp it down it can lead to colic.

I’d recommend the website equine essentials direct, they sell loads very cheaply but great quality! Also have a look on eBay as there are always plenty of good deals on there

Yeah I’d recommend haylage but if you just soak your hay for an hour in a bucket of water it should get rid of the dust. Be careful though not to soak it for too long otherwise you will be soaking away it’s nutrientional value as well!

I would introduce them in hand first and then turn them out in separate fields next to each other just so they can get used to each other. Then before you put them out together make sure neither of them are fresh so that they don’t get too excited! It’s taking it quite slow, but with horses you...