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I didn't like the Guinness Factory at all. I much preferred the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam. Guinness is very expensive for what you get compared to Heineken. But that's just my opinion. The Sandemans New Europe free tour of Dublin is brilliant. Very insightful few hours and best of all...

I come from New Zealand. We would regularly leave 4+ horses tied to the truck unattended at showjumping competitions. Leaving them in the lorry isn't really an option in the summer!

We built a jump course in the field last night. This morning all but one of them had been blown over!

Sorry for your loss, it sounds like you made the right decision. Chin up x

I gallop a very fit ex-racing thoroughbred in a waterford. I find it fantastic. He is naturally the fastest of all our gallopers so I am able to keep him at the same pace as the others without being hard on his mouth. I previously galloped him in a soft pelham with roundings and I so prefer the...

A friend of mine had a pony jump the front partition in a horse trailer when a fire engine got in behind them on the motorway and turned the sirens on. They had to unload the pony on the side of the motorway and have the vet out to them when they eventually got it home. They let the local fire...

I sing loudly when I'm out hacking. Makes trotting up and down the same hill several times less boring!

Aldon and Gatcombe so I'll be working :( Next time!

Fence walkers and wood chewers do my head in. As do horses who are overly clingy and have bad separation anxiety.

I have a matching pair. A bay mare and filly, one with four white socks, one with four white stockings and both have blazes.

I used to be terribly nervous hacking out by myself. My mare is a total saint but can be spooky and that would scare me. When I got scared I would shorted my reins and lean forward so of course she would mess around more. I moved to a grazing with loads of hacking readily available. I would set...

I've just moved to the UK from New Zealand for work. I have a mare and foal back in NZ who I miss dearly!

I really respect that you've tried so much for this horse and still know when it is time to give up. Well done, and good luck finding a more suitable first horse.

I have a mare who was cold backed when I bought her as a 7 year old. Whenever I got on we would do some walking in figure 8s to settle her down and loosen up. I found Back on Track products and regular craniosacral bodywork helped her tremendously however it was always there. She would be very...