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    How to turn out

    for showing and working hunter My mare is in the middle really - I've had her with a long mane however she doesn't have enough feather to be a traditional. Last season I had her mane pulled and turned her out as a native but still not sure she's that 'type' Her dam is a clydesdale x cob...
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    Bits for newly broken mare

    I use a sweet iron wilkie on my 6 year old, I've used it since she was broken in
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    Part Loaning

    Hi all, I’m just after some views on part loaning. What number of days would you offer for a part loan and what would you be willing to pay? Facilities include outdoor school, lunge pen and excellent hacking with an indoor school currently being built. There is also a jumping field in the...
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    Feeding help needed please

    Unfortunately we can't turnout all the time, it depends on the weather, however I do turn out as much as possible. She's ridden 2 - 3 times a week, somtimes more again dependent on weather and time. She has 2 nets of haylage a day
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    Feeding help needed please

    I have a 4 year old cob mare who is getting rather excitable when ridden. She is forward going and loves been out doing stuff. She is currently fed on A&P Fast fibre and Spillers Conditioning fibre, however I'd like to take the Spillers out and change it for something that won't make her bounce...
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    Winter Routine??

    My routine is as follows: Am: Nets are put in for me and water topped up for my gelding if needed (mare has an automatic drinker) Pm: Finish work at 5, at the yard for 5.10 - either turn them out in the ménage or tie them on the yard. Fill four nets, muck out the straw bed, put the bed down...
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    Looking for a loan (Worcestershire/Birmingham )

    Hi I have two horses for loan but they are stabled on the Halesowen/Woodgate border, would this be too far? Its 2 mins from junction 3 of the M5. PM me if youre interested
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    How to turnout and what classes?

    My friend has a 5 year old gelding who is passported with the Dartmoor pony society but is suspected Welsh x Dartmoor. How should she turn him out for shows and what classes could she do with him (inhand mainly at the moment) Pic taken when he was about 3 And a more recent photo
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    Name help needed

    I'm in Romsley, West Midlands. We've decided on Hillside Show Team for the team name. We don't have any information on his dam or sire. He is going to be shown inhand and under saddle.
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    2 horses and working full time... Stupid?

    I have two horses, work full time and don't drive! They are both on DIY livery and in at night during the winter. They are a 23 year old gelding who I hack and take on fun rides, and a 2 1/2 year old cob filly who I show and do ground work with. At the moment the filly is in all the time as I...
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    Name help needed

    We are looking for a show team name, the team consists of me and two friends (possibly a couple of more people) and we are looking at having the name embroidered onto coats etc to wear at the shows in the Summer. We can't use the yard name as we are on three different yards unfortunately. I'm...
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    What do you think she will make?

    Willow was passported when I brought her at5 months old, at that point the vets said she would make 15.2 going on herparents height (mom: clyde x cob & 15hh, dad: traditional cob & 15.2). Nowshe was 2 in July and is approximately 15h/15.1hhs (measured by standing hernext to a 16.1 as I don't...
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