Recent content by Kaylum

At our old yard if you were on full livery, you would get everything, including exercise. You just turned up and your horse would be ready to ride. But you got what you paid for and pride in how your horse looked. Tack cleaned, horse washed the works.

Puffa made the best jackets with zip off sleeves. Never found another jacket of the same quality. Also be aware if you are getting samples made they are very expensive. Most clothes are made abroad and not many manufacturers give you a tour of their factories or their sustainability and...

Yes they really don't care about stealing from a charity. They also try to pay with fake cash. Think it's easy to off load it onto charity shops.

Mind you if you go to parts of Bradford, most people have ponies stabled in their back gardens on a council estate and tether them wherever they like. Think the council has given up trying to do anything about it.

You also need to consider the position of the muck heap and how you intend to dispose of it.

Also you can get those mounting aids that you can attach to your stirrup and put back in your pocket.

Also practice mounting and dismounting from both sides. This will really help you and your horse if you get into a situation. Not many riders consider doing this and it will build your muscle memory.

We have had college people doing work experience, all most all of them came for the first few days then never bothered to show up. Never rang or anything. We stopped taking them due to how unreliable they were. Horse work is early start, not turn up when you like or never. Absolutely wasting...

You may need a fly rug as well and a couple of fly masks. You can also get waterproof fly rugs. They have a waterproof top and mesh sides.

I won a saddle from Your Horse magazine many years ago.

Horses going to more competitions and staying over and not disinfecting their stables before using them. This happened to an owner recently but it turned out to be a strain of equine flu. No biosecurity measures put in by the show. The stables were wrapped but no cleaning of stables after...

Charities have very little money lots come in a very bad state some never even get that far. They are assessed by a vet ASAP if a vet decides they cannot be rehabbed (which does not mean just rehabbed for riding) or their condition deteriorates which in some cases is possible due to neglect...

Where's the bio security in all of this. Goes to one yard one week back to dealer to another yard the next week. Shocking.

My friend is an hgv driver. She had a half sized ramp put on her 3.5 t this helped a lot with weight.

Just make sure you take it off and reset it if your not leaving it off. Have seen horses with rugs left on for ages without them being taken off or reset. Check for rubs and that they arent too hot. They can get bacterial infections on their skin from being too hot.