Might be £££ but you could look into doing a dressage riding holiday Spain & Portugal have places that will give you a weeks boot camp and afaik they cater for all levels (but make sure you are honest describing your current level of riding)
I replaced a hat recently and I must have tried on every hat in the shop only one brand fitted in the end! Either my head has changed or the hats have! Previous hat was about 5 years old. So I advise to go to the store. So important your hat fits properly
At the end of the day this is your hobby and can only do your best and you are meant to be enjoying your horse and yes I do not think that out on poached fields is not really any good for either owner or horse. You are the only one that actually knows your circumstances any answer here is...
It all stems from fatphobia and basically blaming overweight people for being overweight when it is widely recognised obesity is a disease and guess what we now have medical help.
Why should it bother anyone what medication another is on regardless of what it is for?
You could always ask for a couple of haynets worth of their hay and mix it in with yours for a couple of days. The small bagged haylage could be a lot stronger than the one the horse has now
Yep leave them they will eventually decompress and you will be their source of food if nothing else and they will be happy to see you. But you may never have a lap cat 🐱