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    What would you do ... to tell or not to tell ...

    I found myself in a very similar situation to you a couple of years ago. My horse was living alone and needed and companion and OH wasn't keen on taking on any more expense. My horse is kept on my parents land so I don't pay livery but there are still lots of other costs for keeping another...
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    Youngster kicking out at wall when fed

    I had a horse some years ago that did this. He cracked his pedal bone in a hind foot. Can't say for sure that this was caused by kicking the wall but quite possible. Changing stable stopped him doing it, I would find away to stop him ASAP before any damage is done. Maybe move feed bucket or feed...
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    I rang Dodson and Horrell about gruesome find......

    About 20 years ago I found a piece of metal embedded in a D&H competition wafer. I sent it back and received a not very apologetic letter saying they didn't know where it had come from and my horse wouldn't have eaten it any way as horses are fussy eaters! I wasn't very impressed and...
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    different coloured passports?

    If irish passports are different colours depending on known breeding how come my boy has a blue Irish passport but there is no details of sire or dam but says he is an irish sport horse?
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    Who remembers the old days?

    Having a skewbald pony in the 70s that rarely got placed in working hunter or best turned out because of his colour. Be worth a fortune now. Riding bare back out on the roads. My first Puffa coat - I was so proud :
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