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Isn’t Brighterdaysahead a lovely mare but that was quite a compliment to Lossiemouth.

The GN fences look easier than the normal chase fences now Good to see a smaller yard win though especially going against the likes of...

I too would suggest that, while you can absolutely spend more money trying to find out exactly what is going on, the result will...

Honestly, if it was me (I'm neither a vet nor expert: caveat) I'd be cutting my losses and making my plans for a horse that won't stand...

So I picked Myka up from Somerford 13 weeks ago. I know that because my wall calendar is full! Looking at this, I am quite proud of the...

5k for small and completely unbacked is still rather a lot though

I was gobsmacked to find out my friend had just sold her horse for £8k, he's 15, and done very little, he's a nice boy! but a nervous...

Oh totally. But you get my drift- everything here seems to have pretensions to something fancier so can’t do the job most people...

There is a difference between being with a group of horses and brave enough to go solo. A horse that will go alone and ahead is a rarer...

It’s sad to see isn’t it? I’m not from a horsey background at all so lessons at a riding school when I was 8 onwards (early 90s) were...

I've seen loads closing down. It's not surprising. Insurance and business rates are sky high, it's difficult to buy a safe, sound, ready...

I insist that every horse that with me is a safe sensible hack at a bare minimum. I can’t believe people need to pay so much for...

Admittedly, I’m biased, but a sensible OTTB could do that job for far less than the figures quoted here. Sensible buckle-end hackers do...

I can’t get my head around today’s prices. I’m still stuck at the point in time where 5 maybe 6k would get you something really quite...

Sadly a sign of the times, and some never recovered from the lockdowns. Hugely tricky business of covering costs without making lesson...