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    Knee boots for hacking youngster?

    Im another for the westropp combo Brushing boot and knee boot. https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/t31.0-8/s960x960/11096508_10152806631597547_1799437306891589944_o.jpg
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    Going Rate for Part-time Groom

    Depends entirely on how the position is advertised too, I worked as a Groom for years. Started quite young doing it for free on weekends, after school and school holidays which gave me a huge amount of experience. My first proper Grooms job was working at my Local Agricultural college where I...
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    7.5 t Lorry Coversions

    Hi all, Just wondering if I could pick your brains on anyone who has successfully converted a 7.5T Box wagon or similar to a horsebox. We may have the option of buying a friends ex Motorsport service barge ( Its an Iveco sleeper cab with a Box body on, very smart for its age and low...
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    Once more unto the breach, dear friends....

    Brilliant report! Have you/Can you a write a book? I'm sure you've been asked before but I would most definitely buy it!!
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    Saddler/fitter who doesn't seem to know the difference

    Agreed, but I will say I have a SMS saddle fitter come regularly to my horses and she's really good, watched me ride adjusts what needs adjusting and doesn't break the bank ( My horses do that for me :D )
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    HHO members FB second hand tack fb page

    have requested to :)
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    Disappointed!! (a rant and your experiences)

    Thats a pity, I would also send an email to Talland. I had a schoolmaster/masterclass lesson for my Birthday a few years ago from Hannah Moody on Humble Pie .It was a surprise from a friend of mine, she said we were going for day out riding, I had no idea where we were going! When we arrived we...
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    Nearest Hunts to Market Rasen and surrounding Villages

    Excellent, thanks! I'll have a look for websites and see what's what
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    Nearest Hunts to Market Rasen and surrounding Villages

    Hi all, Just a quick Q, I'm wanting to take my 6 year old hunting this year but am unsure as to the closest hunt. I'm basically a newbie to hunting as is my horse ( I say Newbie, I last hunted on a P2P horse in Wales back in 1999 (?!) ) Could someone let me know where the closest/Best ;) Hunts...
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    How do you afford to Event??

    My Husband has a rally car, an entry fee for a gravel Rally is around £300 Plus, new 'shoes' for his car is about £100 a tyre and they use anything from 3,6,12 sets of tyres in one single rally, plus fuel, plus replacement parts as you will break something....BE is extremely cheap in comparison...
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    cheval liberty as a pose to ifor Williams??

    I have a Cheval Liberte Gold Aluline, its awesome! Takes my 16.3hh perfectly well and tows like a dream
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    napping youngster :( time spent

    First time I hacked my mare out on her own, we got down the drive and about 1/4 or a mile from the yard when she planted and nothing would make her move at all so after a good 15 mins of trying to get her going I got off and lead her half way round the ride I planned on and then got back on and...
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    Micklem bridle

    Yes, its awesome! My mare is quite thick through her jowl and fussy in the contact. Bought a Micklem 2nd hand and havent looked back, even when she managed to stand on her reins and break it I took it to the tack shop to be mended and bought another one to use in the meantime !
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    BE - just in it for fun?

    Oh I hope this is true!!!! My horse is 6 this year and due to a bit of a stop-start education thanks to awkward livery yards and a bout of colic our schooling isnt as far along as it should be, nor does she particularly enjoy it....jumping on the other hand has proved to be easy for her!! I...
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    An orange microhorse update!!!! <<pics>>

    Shes gorgeous!!
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