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My mare has always been the same, also mostly white and caused a disgusting mess in her stable every day because of it! I’ve noticed ‘good’ green grass and haylage/wrapped hay made her much worse, I moved to a yard with tall untouched grass and ad lib coarse hay and that helped, then put her on...

would anyone have any experience using small bales in the field preferably in a small bale net inside a hay box and how long it may last a 15.2hh and 12.2hh? Would like them to have ad lib but not sure if this is a better idea than just giving hay in stable and bringing in overnight instead...

I have just moved to a livery yard where they can live out all year round if you want, I have two horses and they get a nice sized field to themselves with a shelter in. I’ve always brought in every night but I’m loving seeing them so happy and chilled at night grazing and being in the shelter...

Thanks, so it’s not compulsory to dress like that?

I have some free tickets to go to see hickstead on Saturday. However I saw lots on the site about a ladies day? Am I able to rock up in my regular clothes to be there, thanks 😝

Thank you, will try all ideas! 😁

I have the most lovely kind mare, we have lots of fun jumping and schooling without problem, but out hacking I could never enjoy a nice canter or such as she randomly ‘teleports sideways’ spooks, even on a stubble field she will do it, it’s so sudden and sometimes she’ll do one each direction...

Thank you very much that’s really helpful wkiwi I will try this!! Cecile she’s good on the lunge and fine schooling too. I took her on a hack today hoping it would be nice and relaxing for her and she was very ‘looky’ and spooked by jumping up and then bolting sideways, she’s always been a bit...

I have a very honest horse who would jump anything you put in from of her usually. I took her to her first indoor showjumping hire and it blew her brains, was terrified of everything and when I attempted some low jumps she started refusing them and running out to the right. I put it down to...

My horse adores xc but I’m terrified of jumping them as I fear what’ll happen if she hits it! Quite a careful horse out, jumps logs on hacks happily but isn’t the most careful showjumping, knocks quite a few usually hind. If she hits a xc jump with her back legs could this cause damage? Sorry...

I’ve been getting into xc a lot more recently and in doing so, I located my old skull cap and brushed the dust off it it to use instead of my usual fixed peak hat, not the best idea as I realised it’s over 7 years old 🙈 it’s a champion hat, thick made and no air vents, so heavy and...

I live in Kent and I’ve decided it’s time for a change (plus sick of all the riding and livery yards around me being built on :( ) and the new forest is beautiful. I’ve only visited a few places there and would like to see more of it on a few more trips before I looked to go, but finding it...

I recently decided to start riding my pony again - I outgrew her a few years ago and I have a horse now. I'm quite tall so my balance was off, but I'm not overly heavy and she is a well put together native so I hopped back on and since she's been lunging, gotten fitter and built up and I feel...

Been at my new yard for a few months and I assumed the big agricultural barn with all the stables in was just metal. Then I realised that they were more like board to knock on inside, the whole barn is asbestos. The internal stables have wood and bars and then a gap to the wall, and the roof...

Thank you, I'd like to offer that eventually - just right now I have limited knowledge, hoping to find a training course fairly soon :)