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

Taught to quarter as a child. It’s also in the Pony Club and BHS manuals

Ive still got a wooden log in the garage somewhere from years ago.

As per other's comments, as a child also riding in the 60s and 70s, headcollars were webbing with one of 2 types of buckles, or posh...

Was your Gt Gt Grandfather related to the Dewars whiskey ?

Not so. The farrier shod horses but the blacksmith repaired machinery and did any metal work. The vet travelled from yard to yard and...

Quartering. Leaving rug on part of the horse to keep it warm whist grooming. Tail cut neatly horizontal at the bottom is a bang tail...

Really? We had more rope and canvas halters than leather headcollars back in the day, 50s through to 70s I am amazed you never saw any...

My reason to be cheerful is I’m back riding again after 18 months ( accident related) and now have a perfect little horse to have lots...

@blitznbobs she’s stunning! My reason to be cheerful is that Myka’s halo remains intact. She’s been at Somerford for almost 6 weeks and...

The weather sucks, I’m usually depressed at this time of year and yet… I have a reason to be cheerful ?? The chestnut mare I bought...

Just to let you know we scoped and also x ray feet as suggested by Mustard. No ulcers and hooves fine. Blood tested and liver is looking...

I'd scan suspensory ligaments but wouldn't bother with Tom Beech - he has confidently misdiagnosed a lot of horses I know of including...

If the vet can't find a very obvious and manageable cause I would seriously be considering euthanasia, for his safety as well as anyone...

My 1st time there was in 1983 - a very very cold and wet one! It was like Glastonbury in a monsoon. I never did get warm, or dry...