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It's per week, It can go up to £75 for three days. Also, support isn't that great, the yard staff at the moment aren't that nice, aren't very knowledgable (telling me I'm doing something wrong when 5 previous experienced yard staff and the manager has told me something else), or will completely...

Keep going with the another livery in the school. Try to figure out why she was like that by herself, she may just have needed some reassurance from another horse in that new place. Talk to her old owner to see what work she did, Was it in a school, in a field, just her riding or other people...

If you look on the British horse society website you can find riding schools in your area and it gives you a guideline of what they are like. I usually look for highly commended in horse welfare, working procedure grass management , and instruction to ensure all the horses are happy and well...

What do you mean by visiting yards and speaking to the owners and what would I talk to them about?

That would be so expensive, like £60 for 3 days a week and the horse may still be used on those days, do you know if that's the normal rate for riding schools when they part loan?

Ok, thank you for everyone's advice. I will look into all the advice and I will be looking into doing my BHS stages soon.

I want to start loaning a horse so I start to gain more experience of horses and also try to start progressing more but I'm in a riding school and under 18. What's the best way to get around those factors as most people won't loan me a horse due to the fact I am very novice and they expect me to...

Does your mare trust and respect you on the ground when you are leading her and grooming her? If she doesn't that may be worth fixing. I'm not saying you go all out on natural horsemanship and everything but simple things like lunging her more and leading her in trot with her going at your speed...

I don't have much experience with dealing with this, I gave the tips I know that work and information that may help. But I've done some research and I think a Hollow Mouth Loose ring snaffle bit is the one the horse with the sensitive mouth likes and goes best with, maybe you could try a harsher...

You probably know this trick and already use this but when asking her to slow down pull one rein release then pull with the other. as long as you ride in a bit it will work. have you tried switching around bits and trying others? that helps sometimes, also one horse I rode a while ago was...

You could try riding at a riding school a couple of times to see what happens. It might be good to put her in a group lesson to see if she is happier with other people her age. The riding school I go to has a lot of kids riding who have their own but just go along to lessons and pony days. If...

Could it be a fake passport or something? I've heard it can sometimes happen under some circumstances and some dealers don't ask many questions.