Recent content by newboult51

Morning. I have a lovely 14.2 mare for sale. I bought her last October and rode her 3 times but unfortunately fell ill and have since been in hospital for 5 months with anorexia. She has been ridden a handful of times over the winter so is very much sold 'from the field' though my daughter (who...

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I need a saddle quickly so I can try out a horse. This old one we had (Ideal) looks ok to me as a short term fix - can anyone verify please 😊

Thanks guys for your constructive comments. Now also seen a 15.1h 21 year old Connie x cob mare - again the perfect hack and well schooled. Lovely on the ground. This is more my usual hairy native ‘type’ but she is that bit older and is 2 hours from us. She has also had some issues with a...

So I’ve been offered a 19 year old 16h ISH. Hacks like a dream, beautifully schooled. Quote behind the leg. The owner is going off travelling and then to uni and is selling him for a song with a lovely Pessoa saddle. Feel it’s too good to be true and that’s why I’m hesitating. I’m not full of...

Thank you for your honesty everyone. I bought her a few weeks ago to help me get over a very severe illness and I now feel I made a mistake, perhaps because of my vulnerability. It breaks my heart that I have to sell her but it’s best for her welfare so that’s what needs to be done. 😢 I don’t...

She’s 417 on the weight tape (is currently overweight) and I’m planning on light hacking only

Same old question! I’ve radically downsized after a nasty accident causing me to lose my confidence. I weigh 58kg and an 5 foot 5 and pony is 13.2 but has quite a lot of bone as you can see. I’m now worried I’ve undersized myself 😂

Hello my lovely people I have just (2 weeks ago) bought a 14 hand pony to hack which I keep at home. So far she has lived at home alone and doesn’t seem too distressed at all during the day though she does appear to box walk overnight (circles in her bedding). She is kept off the grass entirely...

Thank you! No, definitely not considering showing. She’s just intended for hacking, her mane gets tangled with my reins at the moment. Any tips on trimming such a long mane? I was thinking cutting with clippers to about 8 inches then pulling the rest?

I have just bought a very hairy Dales pony. Her mane is monster sized, gets in the way of everything and is impossible to keep untangled. She has hairy legs and a beard. Am I committing some sort of native pony crime by whipping off her feathers, trimming her mane and tail and generally giving...

By the way my horse is happiest I’ve ever seen him so being turned out is obviously suiting him!

As some of you may remember I posted about 4 weeks ago having just broken my finger. I’m going back to the hospital for 2 weekly appointments as it was broken quite badly (spiral fracture of middle bone of middle finger - and broken in 3 places) They’ve said I need to be able to make a fist...

Urgh just back from the hospital encased in plaster from elbow to fingertips. Not impressed - can’t drive, have 2 job interviews next week and I can’t do anything horsie at all. That’ll teach me!