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I'm very aware of that being the norm in places, however at this yard, there was no turnout. They all had a minimum 2 week break at...

Ponies didn't come into loose boxes. They were dragged in from the field, scrubbed up to be presentable, ridden then back out asap!!

Lol, even my late mother who was head girl in a competition yard with rs attached said plaiting was out of date/vogue when she was...

Ooooh yes! I remember this, a very sharp reprimand if a nice fresh bed failed that test. 😊

Same here!

Shavings were for those horses who coughed - they were looked down on! You wouldn't plait everyday, just re do when needed.

Pretty much this! The front of the straw was woven/ plaited or often just laid properly and sort of rolled back, to form an edge...

Oh yes, plaiting the front of the straw bed

When we stayed at pony club camp, we would plait the front of the straw bed to try to win the stable management prize. You need long...

always wondered how long this would actually take

Horses used to be kept in stalls with a rope and log. The horse could lie down but not turn around. Loose boxes - the horse was allowed...

If you had a straw bed you'd bring down the 'night' bed from the banks, then lay the bed, and really posh grooms would plait the front...

You fold the rug in half, but you groom the horse in quarters - usually near fore quarter, then move the rug to the front and do the...

The blunt answer to this is to enclose your captive animals better, especially as you seem to understand them so well. Of course foxes...

Set fair, a good thing to do and a nice term for it. Do people still say this?