Recent content by NickyManning

Thanks everyone for your suggestions! I have gone with the yard Ella suggested which was perfect :) Thank you!

Thanks Cassie, where is the place in Cobham? Thats not too far either. Bekib where did you go in the end?? Thanks very much for all the suggestions!

Thanks Maggie, is that at Bonnishot? It sounds amazing there but unfortunately has to be no cows :( do you have any other recommendations? Many Thanks!

Hello all, Does anyone know of any contact details/ recommendations for grass livery in the Guildford area? I ideally need a school (or one I can hire nearby) and possibility for assisted livery. Also a bit of an odd requirement but there can't be farm animals on the property because of my...

i have been to hunter trials at pachesham, they have a range of jumps at diff sizes as they have mini pony heights up to open. at the moment ground its probably fine but i think it does get hard there in the summer. it is quite a spread out course, and horses go out in the fields and they open...

Has anyone had any good/ bad experiences with the Barnsby grip pad? I have a problem with saddle slipping sideways on my connemara- he is extremely wide and he has no wither profile so it is very hard to stop the saddle slipping. I have used Limpet pads all the time and when they are new they...

are you with petplan by any chance?! i had endless problems with them, my lists of exclusions was growing ridiculously for things we never claimed for as we were on the higher excess. they were totally incompetent.. mum sent of cheque in good timing but as their post backlog was over 2months...

i have to say i do think that some professionals can be very hard on horses- maybe the strict discipline is what makes them so successful, but it cant be fun for the horse. eg. the use of spiked boots and rapping are all very common practice (a lot of my friends have worked for top name...

it was quite amusing really! i agree about the mating, I wondered why on earth that thoroughbred was being put to that mare! and why would the horses be stupid enough to regard them as a horse?! surely it is unsafe to regard humans as low in the hierachy as a horse would walk all over you and be...

I have used the Limpet and it was alot better than the Prolite non slip pad I used, but after a lot of wear my Limpet is no longer gripping the same. I had the white one and it has also discoloured badly. Where can you get the Impakt pads? I am tempted to buy the Cliff barnsby one, but silly...