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Thanks for replying and your sensible thoughts. The plan is that when the broodmare becomes too lame to keep going (she's been on-off...

Mylo is back! Reunited with Felix. Cue much nickering. Very sweet.

When I did my BHSAI we learnt 1 1/2 acres for the first horse and 1 acre for every other horse added. This said depends if 24hr...

I'm on livery and we have about 2 acres for 2 ponies with a backup of another 3 acres further away. Out 24/7 with hay in winter. They...

I have two ponies. 2.5 acres wasn't enough so we have just rented a further 3 acres. Mine are mature natives and I prefer them living...

I have one of those too. They are remarkable aren't they - I'm sort of impressed and appalled all at once. I no longer allow mine the...

Likewise, I managed on about 0.6 acres for one medium sized cob. The bottom third got very muddy in winter and obviously I had to hay...

so I did move last year, for 6 months and ended up luckily getting my old field back! I moved to a yard with facilities and more...

The 1 plus 1 rule is just an arbitrary number plucked out of thin air really. I run 5 horses who are out 24/7/365 across about 18 acres...

Yard politics is probably more of a concern in that situation than acreage, then cost. A quality yard with facilities and plenty of...

I have advertised for a freelancer on several sites but no luck. We live in the middle of nowhere so takes time to get here. I found one...

Livery yards are trying (mostly) to make a profit so tend (as a general rule) to get the maximum number of horses on the smallest space...

6.5 acres for 1x horse and 2x ponies and I can usually keep them out 24:7 until Feb unless its a very, very wet winter. My summer...

Ha ha. Good question! I'm getting increasingly fed up with looking after them and would like someone else to do some of it and more...

I was on one yard where I had three quarters of an acre for 2 large ponies. Live out 24/7 unless you wanted to pay for stables on top...