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    Non Mains Operated Arena Lights

    Sorry guys....dark nights are coming...............can I have your suggestions please for non-mains operated Arena lights - even just a low light to light 20*30.......I have a super safe pony so not spooky of shadows etc........Ta!!
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    Are there any buyers out there??

    there are buyers; I know 2 people looking and they cant find what they want.......there is always a market for well produced horses-or at least there is round here. I know a lady who breeds - her phone never stops has no youngsters left......its like anything its luck of the draw and lie of the...
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    The horse bit shop

    i think they traded as someone else before; got it now tho thanks :)
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    The horse bit shop

    Really???? recently? I only received the bit 2 weeks ago.......gawd!! H&H talk about them today.......I have read alot of bad press tho :((
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    Do you boot up everytime you ride?

    ALLLLLLLLLLLL the time, and cooling boots afterwards :)) the only time I dont is if I think she is unlevel and that would be just to check the boots dont hiden anything...neurotic us?????? noooooo
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    Horse transport needed North East/West

    I used Blue Rose too no problems; Gillies based in the Borders are very good too. Or Pam Grossick - based in DUmfriesshire.....safe travelling
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    The horse bit shop

    HELP!! I have tried in vain to get these people to answer the phone and email; has anyone got the address to send bits back? I have lost the return slip.....thx
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    oh no, i've jumped on the 'humanising my horse' bandwagon...

    haha they are not only ANIMALS......they have huge emotions. I talk all the time to my mare - if i dont she knows I am being a grump and so pesters me til I talk. If shes in a grump she stands behind me and sighs...waiting for me to ask "whats up"......I always say "nite nite" always tell her...
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    ready to attempt a Novice test?

    Well the answer is yes and no........but depends on your schooling at home. N20, N25 and N27 (those are the tests I have done recently) are ok, so long as you can get a medium trot - but you wont know that til you try. N37+38 are evil bad hard tests - rein back, counter canter to the corners...
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    Unaffiliated Winter Dressage Champs

    hey.....cobs are great and can make it through the grades so good good keep going........
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    Can a horse develop sweet itch at 28 yrs-having never suffered before?

    yep sure is, and it is possible to cure it. My cob at 4 had sweet itch, she is fed 1000mg of Flax Seed oil daily all year round and is now 8 and has never had it returned!! phew.......tho I am now left with a ver expensive fly rug which I wont get rid of as it could be an omen :-) good luck!!
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    for those with hairy legs! (pref welsh)

    I have had the same problems with my cob............now its solved!! Ok so I was advised to feed her Flax Seed Oil 1000mg daily all year round, secondly feed garlic, all year round. In the meantime to solve the problem I bathed the area in iodine - yes it stings but it has worked and she has...
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