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My daughter was a Novice when we got our Sec D, she was having one lesson a week at the local riding school. Our mare is absolutely brillant to handle and I would trust her 100% with anyone in any situation. Under saddle she is forward going and pulls so can be hard work but when she spooks...

Have you tried the Essex Rider, there are a couple of Livery Yards in Danbury by the common but can't remember their names. We looked at the old turkey farm danbury common about 4 years ago, looked nice and the owners - mother and daughter seemed nice but we decided too far from where we lived...

I have heard good things about West Bowers livery, don't know if it is close enough to Chelmsford for you but the postcode is CM9 6RZ tel 01245 222820 - you can google them.

Thank you all for your replies - no bad feedback, that's good. I will make some calls then decide. Thanks again.

Yes it is the one in Ongar I am thinking of using. Feel like I need to be there until the bitter end but it has been said to me before not to be there when horse is taken away. Will see how i feel at the time. Thanks for your replies.

Has anyone any experience of the above, as i will be in this position in the very near future. In particular interested in how they dealt with taking the horse away. Thanks in advance.

I have a stressy warmblood who i usually turn out first, sometimes she goes straight out, other times she will plant herself and look across the fields. I find if I relax my shoulders and stand for a minute her head goes down and she is ready to walk on, making an issue of it doesn't help. It...

Don't have experience of regumate as we chose to go down the marbles route. Our pony wasn't nasty she just wouldn,t jump whilst in season and marbles did the job. We were warned that they do not know the long term effect of marbles on the womb, so shouldn,t use if we intended to breed from...

If she really is upset and wants the horse back then maybe she could take a deep breath apologise for what she has said, explain how much she regrets selling the horse and how she wants him back, offer a good price and hope the women falls for it. I am a sucker for my pets and in this situation...

We gave up hope of ever being able to afford to have horses at home. Then this property came up, house was in a terrible state but it had 3 acres with it. House needed complete renovation, which we had to do whilst living in it, roughed it for a time living with just a sink and a table for a...

We took pony to her for speed, think it was just under £40.

Would recommend Annabel, her number is 01279 435195. I am a bit sceptical about back people, but she really is good - Pony was in trouble when we saw her, she gave us a lot of advice and work to do at home. You don't feel like she is only after your money like you do with some horsey people.

When we insured our horse with NFU they required a vetting certificate for over £3,000.

I ordered the medium combo, it came the next day and is a good rug for the money. Kept horsey warm and dry through the snow and rain.

Some are undoubtedly. We had vet to check pony's back on advice of instructor, did flexion test etc. all ok, stayed for about an hour and found pony slightly sore on near fore, advised to have nerve blocks and booked an appointment, all doom and gloom and daughter crying. YO calmed us down and...