Recent content by marmalade88

I love Scotland in the summer but I couldn’t live with the ticks or midges, or the darkness a large chunk of the year.

What issue are trying to address by feeding it? It’s just brewers yeast with some bulk fillers. Brewers yeast will be much cheaper

Do you have a friend with one you try your horse in? I travel two 16’3 comfortably in my 506. Plenty of head room, cob has plenty of width to, and 6’9’’ rugged one plenty of length.

I’ve recently bought a 6 year old 16.1 who’s safe and super all rounder, if a little inexperienced at certain things but even in the depths of winter at the moment you will need a bigger budget. As others have said possibly double it. It really depends how much time you have to properly...

NAAC 2023 prices for post and 3 rail was about £25 a meter IIRC. So you’re looking at a minimum of £3k plus any cost for removal of an old fence. If you want hard wood rather than treated soft wood expect to pay more but it will last you 25 years rather than <10.

I use miscanthus in the same way and only take the wet out weekly and a bale in a week for a filthy wet gelding. I turn the whole bed over weekly. It’s surprising when you turn the banks how much the bedding compacts down over the week so it’s worth doing the entire bed.

Hello everyone, I need a muck trailer by the yard because I’m sick of walking barrows across to the muck heap, we’re talking 100m from stables and ages from certain parts of the field. Ideally I want a medium sized one I can keep by the stables in the winter for mucking out and empty once a...

I bought a XL shires recently and it’s very big. My boy normally wears an xl in the lieu’s but it was giving up the ghost, this is so long I had to cut the tassel so they didn’t tickle him.

I have 11 acres for two. The big field (6 acres) has sheep in it from a local farmer, he’s just had bales off it as well and will chuck them back in the field in a few weeks. They’ll come out in early autumn and I’ll use it for winter grazing. Horses are in the smaller paddocks atm which I poo...

I also have the Santos just chaps gaiters mentioned above they fit over my chunky boots

As said above a long hack and Chuck out. I wouldn’t be too worried about colic the grass isn’t rich this time year, assuming you’re in the UK

I second this , weathetbeeta are true to size. The bucas fly rug I got was an awful fit on the shoulders of my big guy

I agree with previous posters a Spanish/Portuguese style with metal linning across the bridge of the nose. Great for all in hand work and you don’t need to have then overlytight for them to stay in place. I have one you also attach a bit to, so useful.

I think with most people having camera phones now you’re better off taking pictures once a month to compare. for reference I’ve got 16.3 TB who’s 610kg when not in full work, just on good turn out and happy hacking So the size of both those boys with PSSM doesn’t surprise me. Also part of the...

I’ve got some great Rohan light weight ones with a high waist. I’d recommend them they’ve been really hard wearing.