Recent content by Muddy unicorn

Thank you that’s really helpful

Newbie question - I’m going to treat myself to a tunnel to practise at home - the Naylors soft grip range looks good but I’m wondering what length to get - will 3m be long enough or would it be better to get a 4m one?

Going back to the original topic of this thread, could we put together a list of companies that use child influencers (it might be easier to pull together a list of those that don’t ..). If you decide not to buy something from a particular company because of their marketing practices then...

The only reason that anyone is aware of these children is because their parents have decided to monetise their childhood and that multiple brands have decided to cash in. As far as I’m aware most of the children concerned are perfectly fine riders but in that respect they’re no different to...

It completely depends on what the resident instructor is like. My daughter’s horse was on a yard where the owner was a BE coach and outside instructors weren’t allowed. Livery included a weekly lesson and there were regular clinics onsite with other instructors. The yard was absolutely...

My old Toller had it once when we were on holiday - the vet said it was likely a combination of not much exercise the day we travelled as he was in the car for a few hours then lots of swimming in cold water the next day. It was very painful and seeing a Toller’s tail dragging on the floor was...

£1000 would be an absolute bargain compared to what I’m currently paying…

Thanks - food for thought .. We do have a PRW across one of our fields although I’ve only ever seen one person use it since we moved - presumably that complicates matters public liability-wise?

Who do people use for house and yard insurance? We’re currently with NFU but the cost is eye watering. We need standard buildings and contents insurance for the house (old stone farmhouse, tiled roof, oil-powered boiler) but also for the yard (5 stables, tack room - the expensive saddles are...

A couple of well-regarded dealers who often get recommended on here and many other places are pushing buying unseen. One of them said in a recent post that they’d only done one viewing in 2025 - all the rest had been sold unseen. A local dealer here sources mainly cobs and cob x from Ireland...

Well I’m old and I’d have said muppet not moppet …

Ugh … I hate all these posts which people have so obviously used AI to create … there’s a particular way these are constructed which really makes me wince.

I’ve recently sold a 2017 511 - in good condition, a couple of minor cosmetic faults and the tyres were going to need changing in the next year or so. I advertised it at £5,500 and accepted £5,300.

Is Hexham any good? Someone’s advertising four horses for share on the NE horsey Facebook groups

Ah interesting that many of you have non-tuggers too - he loves the toy I’ve been using (it’s actually a Death Star 😂) which has lasted for ages so I’ll carry on using that