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My loan pony did this aged 23. Although with hindsight there were one or two very slight indications. My sister just found her dead, no...

My old farrier lost their 4yo suddenly. They thought he was asleep then realised they hadn't seen him move for a while. Also a heavy...

Me again. Posted recently about my poor friend who lost her mum two weeks ago. Well Sunday night her 22 year old shire cross cob died...

Time to move

He was but as soon as it rained it got taken away. She’s very fond of being in control! Likes to keep moving the goal posts.

They’re all in together. Field owner won’t allow fencing.

Last winter my mare had her stomach issue, so we did an entire winter without hay, haylage or chaff allowed. It was hard work but...

he's not workable iirc

40% straw, 60% soaked hay, plenty of work through winter and he will be slim.

Seems some hay and barley straw has been tracked down. Going to cost me £80 extra a month to feed my overweight pony who no longer...

Spanish riding holidays. Anyone done this one? Looks nice.

Local supplier to us has sourced some hay from Ireland. Friends in the South West seem to have made plenty but in the flip side they pay...

Another reason why our yard owner should have taken us up on the offer to pay more and not have a fourth horse in the field 🤪

It's easy enough for me to say with no horses and an empty field but climate change is here and carrying on as normal with the horse...

Oh dear that’s not good. Just as an aside it will stop people over feeding and wasting hay in some cases.