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After losing my homebred a couple of years back, I really miss having one you have bought up from birth. I have a Mr Blue x Indoctro mare 16.1hh looking to breed from her this year and have narrowed stallion choice down, to Obos Quality, Je Taime Flamenco, Tsunami De Hus or Chacco Blue II. The...

I have a freelance in to house sit and makes sure yard is ok do my horses, late check check DIYs are all ok and to do what i do (morning evening feeds, turnout if people cant or swap horses over midday if people at work). MiJodsR2BlinkinTite you are right I do take things to heart and get...

Thank you all so much for all your suggestions, horses certainly are not the way on paper they make next to nothing in fact when i have put in winter turnouts (indoor and outdoor), horsewalker improving facilities those years i have subsidised the business too much and profits over 10 years...

Thank you all for your suggestions, much appreciated, and as said there really are some lovely lovely DIY people out there but sadly i have had a run of ones that think what they pay gives them the right to do what they want too much has been broken, misused, horse damage, full is a possibility...

Thank you some nice ideas there, one barn can be heated easily the other not so.

mostly DIY a couple of full its the DIY that really have made the decision though. Apologies as I know there are a lot of fantastic DIY people and not wishing to cause offence.

For all other livery yard or especially ex livery yard owners, had enough of liveries, this winter has done it for me and i cant keep up with their "demands" to what they pay the state the yard is left in, bending every rule possible so the yard is closing end of this month and expecting to pay...

In an ideal world I would love to be able to give mine 24/7 turnout all year round and offer it, sadly our land is low lying clay, I have put drainage through it and it works to a certain degree, so have had to come up with a compromise, as soon as the fields are dry enough horses can go out...

We have just had this discussion at our club, we pay for purpose built show facilities, indoor, outdoor arenas, hardstanding car park, wash facilites, stables etc etc so we are very very lucky BUT it comes at a price and with prices rising so our the costs that are passed onto us, electricity...

Wisbech and District Riding Club.

Martlin on here she is Sleaford, fantastic yard full and part livery only, fantastic facilities and horses really are cared for to a high standard and can vouch for that as one of mine is there PM her or me and will give you her mobile number.

These are his contact details. 01993 868914 info@hartsopfarm.co.uk

Oh dear I hope she makes a quick recovery. However, long boots can also stop the leg flexing and moving as it should so with short boots you are able to absorb the shock through your ankles and knees totally differently than wearing long boots, so as with everything it depends totally on the...

We had a mare that had a kissing spine op in 1997 when they were relatively new ops, before the op she was violent, rear plunge buck and bolt, she was totally terrifying to ride and was a very big girl she could plunge half the length of the school in one leap. Those days the answer was to...

Done.