Recent content by Mari

Looking for overnight accommodation in / near Edinburgh. Early July. Must have parking & reasonably priced.

Thank you for the replies. He is a bit of a grump so I won’t be trying anything that might make him more grumpy.

Hey I’ve got 2 non ridden you’re welcome & play with & do all those things. No payment & no chores just come & enjoy being with my very well behaved horses.

Does that include the weight of the tack the horse carries & the weight of the boots, hat etc the rider must wear.

My Warmblood x Thoroughbred has arthritis in his neck & shoulders. He is retired so just looking for something to keep him more comfortable. What trued & tested supplements do people use & recommend?

This is what I am doing. Have bought a Renault Master van. Staffordshire horseboxes are building me a horsebox on it.

Have had to put search on hold over winter but yes we shall start looking again in a few months.

Horses for courses. My 3 very different horses are all brilliant travellers & very calm & well behaved. I only travel one at a time in my very basic, no frills 3.5. Go everywhere on my own & have never had a problem in over 20 years.

I'm like you. Now looking for my 3rd 3.5 horsebox. My first was built by Staffordshire horse boxes . I loved it, no stallion partition & not solid to floor / no wall between horse / groom area / plenty of storage / full width ramp with up & over “lid”. I only sold it because I broke my wrist...

Tried to send you a pm but couldn’t, don’t know why. Would you pm me with the name of the person you used please.

Grr. Horse welfare. Went to watch a dressage competition & a beautiful lightly built big horse came in however the rider was REALLY big & I don’t mean tall. Horse was very unhappy from the moment they came in, tossing head / half rears / swinging round, eventually rider retired & proceeded to...

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I’ve recently bought an automatic car now that I’m getting on a bit, & I love it. So easy to drive. Thinking of changing my 2012 Fiat Ducato 3.5 manual coach built horsebox for the same but automatic. Any recommendations for where to buy one? Part X preferred. Would consider new build.

Thank you everyone for your ideas / suggestions / help. We did our FSM at the weekend. Got 8 for choreography. Am so pleased, it all came together on the day.

Tried all these at elem with my horse, now retired, & they worked well but my pony is different altogether. Has a huge canter stride & finds it hard to shorten/collect it but does a really good counter canter. I’ve plenty of time for more than 2 x 20m circles + a medium canter (not his forte...