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I washed my Musto jacket using Nikwax which hopefully kept it waterproof.

I think you are right. I learned about rope head collars from Americans and I bought three of them in different sizes while on holiday...

You fold the rug in half, but you groom the horse in quarters - usually near fore quarter, then move the rug to the front and do the...

Don't you mean every day is a menage day? 🤣

This too. when I was determined to canter, I increased my hacks to 3 and sometimes 4 times a week in order to do this. But I was myself...

I didnt get anywhere with a mechanical horse. But I did eventually learn to canter out hacking, on a private escorted hack and though...

Not so. The farrier shod horses but the blacksmith repaired machinery and did any metal work. The vet travelled from yard to yard and...

But I explained that I was in two point. I have flexy stirrups and leathers and I do put weight in them because if there is no weight in...

I dont think so. You may have cause and effect the wrong way round. You are bouncing out of the saddle at each stride and that is the...

I dont think so. A halter is made of rope and can be tied with a slip knot A head collar is leather or nylon straps with a buckle to fasten.

Same here. To non riders a quarter of something measns one fourth, not the back half. But new riders know about keeping warm in cold...

No and I was spared trying to get to the yard. All rides were cancelled due to the ground being so hard. Many years ago, I hacked from a...

I dont think you should give up ponies or give up riding because of this loss. Most of us have loved animals or humans who have died...

There is a question of vocabulary here. I am in the UK but we rode a lot in the American West where I once had a lesson hacking in Texas...

I cannot tell you whether or not your helmet fits and is safe. I can report that my current helmet which was fitted by my trusted...