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Mine is probably 35x 15m with the stable yard to one side of it. It’s plenty big enough for three. I’ve had it for over a decade and it’s the best thing I ever did.

I find the sweet itch hoodie are good (although it infuriates me that the clips can’t be adjusted!)!and because they’re cotton they also act like stable rubbers!

I’m so unsure about grazing muzzles. I imagine the flexible fillies one get hot, I don’t like the thought of clear plastic on sunny weather. That new Shires one looks like an instrument of torture- I’d be worried about air flow. The old shires ones were bad enough. I’ve been happy with my...

What a fabulous video of a great round. I’d love to go to Thoresby. I used to live nearby. But it’s a really busy weekend for my cafe.

I had thought about it, but my friend owns a feed store, a few of my friends are freelance grooms and instructors- and between them and my hay suppliers they seem to know most people!

Yes. I tried to have clear boundaries last time, but to be fair lockdown kicked in straight after they arrived, and things had to change for isolation etc, and it was easier me to just do most things. Going back to normality was then hard as everyone had got used to it! I also had a couple...

Thanks everyone. You’re right, I really need to stay firm at the beginning. I don’t mind a freelance coming at all, it’s what I use for mine if we’re away. I don’t mind sharing days once things are established, I just don’t want to get tied, I have so much going on as it is. Mine stay in...

Yes. I’m needing to send my lami prone loan pony back soon now the grass is coming through, so I want a diy or two as company for my old boy. But previous liveries have needed so many jobs doing, and some have been quite hard work - possibly because I’ve done too much bending over backwards to...

Thanks. I live in hope then! I don’t mind helping occasionally or taking turns, but I don’t want to be obligated to doing someone else’s horse everyday- even just little jobs, because it’s a tie and always seems to escalate to more asks.

How many of you actually have proper DIY livery? Where you do everything yourself, just pay for a stable and field. I’m finding so many people expect nets put in and horses turned out etc.

I didn’t go last year for the first time in years. I’d like to be able to go this year with the run up to the Olympics, but can’t afford it. I’ll probably do Badminton tv. Why is it always so wet and so many events cancelled in Olympic years??!

Aw they put you on a rollercoaster, don’t they! I think your plan is sensible. I had to let my beloved mare go a couple of years ago. It felt like we were seeing the vet nearly every month to try to get her sound enough to plod on. How on Earth can you have such a dazzling white horse in a...

Gosh that’s shocking and sad. I think England will go similarly. Everyone seems to be doing arena Eventing around here (which bores me!). This always seems to happen in an Olympic selection run up though (wet weather and cancellations).

Very well timed thread. Thank m thinking of having another livery or two because I need some company for my horse. I was thinking £140-150 pcm for nice stable, lots of grazing, hard standing turnout for bad weather and individual sheds for storage. Plus good hay included. No arena, but a...

Do you compete? If so you really want Cheshire/south Manchester really. But if you want to hack in glorious hills on quiet lanes and tracks I’d go north of Manchester towards the Pennines. It will be cheaper livery there too.