Recent content by pootler

Now that an arrest has been made, the investigation has moved into a formal legal phase. Because the case now involves the Crown Prosecution Service, any public discussion could be used by the defence to claim a trial by media or to suggest that witnesses have been colluded with. To protect...

I completely understand some peoples' frustration that the article can only scratch the surface - trust me, nobody knows the full depth of this more than those of us who have lived it. However, we should be celebrating that this is out there at all. Getting this information into the public...

There's an article in today's H&H about it all.

Classification of a Category 1 Fraud Under the Fraud Act 2006, the repeated sale of a single asset to multiple parties while withholding known health or safety issues meets the criteria for Fraud by False Representation. Given an estimated total loss of £500,000, this is classified as a Category...

Not making a judgement either way but Tom's dad is Bobby McEwen, he's now retired but was a senior vet at Lambourn Valley Equine and Rossdales.

Thank goodness it's not just me! I hate the changes, I sent negative feedback too. I can only assume they wanted to have the same look and feel of other weather apps. The irony is, I didn't like the other weather apps so was loyal to the Metoffice!

That's a really clever idea! First time I've seen that.

I kept my horses in Denmark for over 6 years, love it there, very jealous! Have you had a grass flush there? It could be that they are not hungry for hay because of this. I am putting out haynets for my retirees but they are picking at them as there is still the option of grass.

As Ester says, you have too few message. Hop on to a number of threads and comment, this will build up your message count. Then try again.

I agree, don't put your number on a forum but happy for you to private message me.

Not a horse but our border terrier did this near the end of her life. Would sit in a corner of the room and stare at it. I later read and realised (not at the time) that this was a symptom of doggy dementia.

Very happy with my Hunters mobile field shelter. We moved it to the other side of a 5 acre field recently with no issues. It is in a very windy area, so we ordered the ground stakes too. We also requested that an air gap was left near the roof line, to allow the wind to go through rather than...

Look for a 1680 ballistic denier horse rug. Various brands do them. I have always used one specific brand (hitting 20 years of loyalty with them now). Whilst not saying which I can say that I've had horses that are rug rippers, the rugs that are 1680 denier are the only ones that stand a...

Kipwarms for yard work, I don't tend to ride in them as I like some grip. Pikeur Lugana, old school soft shell breeches for riding (expensive but I have pairs that are 15 years old 🙈)