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My horse had a freak accident last night and I had to make the hard decision to euthanise him. I feel completely lost already, my heart...

https://mobile.eurodressage.com/2026/03/28/charlotte-dujardin-withdraws-competing-2026-world-cup-finals CDJ withdraws from World Cup -...

If they're doing the classic foot stamping, rubbing legs together and biting at their lower legs to itch, then it's feather mites. No...

No point. It's not licenced for horses, so they can't advise you to use it.

Use the stuff for cattle. It's now the only thing that works for mine.

She stands at the gate because it's routine and she associates it with food. That's all. Not because she is nesh or doesn't want to be...

Which one are you going go see? 2 of mine are on retirement livery. It's everything Kikidee says above. Mine are in a 50 acre field and...

I put my stressy horse out on retirement livery when I retired him. He never coped well with 'normal' livery yard life and thrived in a...

You are, its everything as well, not only is food more its smaller amounts. Its just constant increases and wage increases dont match...

Thanks everyone for your input. Helps to keep a sense of perspective seeing that it's the same everywhere. I know horses are a privilege...

My bill has gone up by 23% in the last 4 years. It feels relentless and the increases just keep on coming. Is this a big increase or...

It's been said often enough that if horses vocalised like dogs none of this stuff would be happening to them.

This has been the trouble all along, if any of us rode like the top riders do we would end up being banned again if we didn’t improve...

Yes absolutely. Spurs are not knives. How long do you have to bludgeon away to weaken the skin so much it will bleed?

Possibly, but how far on is it from tack checks? It wasn't that long ago that checking if your horse's noseband was cutting off its...