Recent content by skint1

She sounds lovely! I paid £7.5k for an 8yo of similar temperament, though less experienced- and depending on the source of the wonk I'd say £6k, but probably worth her weight in gold, like mine is :) edit to say, £8k is still a bargain for a horse like that, enjoy her... they are not easy...

Try checking out Dressage Rider Training- they have many different types of exercise on there, I did a 21 day challenge a while ago, and I think it helped (I haven't ridden as often this winter- and am often stiff and achey before and after lol

I wanted a calm, quiet, established horse, preferably a gelding, no taller than 16.2, just something to enjoy, after years of various worries and handling mare-y seasons. I got a beautiful 15.2 cob mare, 8 years old (now 9) but fairly green for her age. Apart from being a mare (turns out I...

The first time my ID mare had a good 2.5 years, the second was not so successful but by then she had other issues coming to the fore, she was a big horse, and retired (although I did a lot in hand with her)

I believe so... you had the choice of buying unseen and having a trial period within which you could send horse back for full refund (buyer also had to pay delivery costs) or if you went and viewed, no trial and bought with standard buying a horse terms.

When I was looking last year, so many of the unnameable one's met the bill (for an aging, sometimes less than confident out of the saddle for a few years due to retired horse) at that stage all the reviews were still good, but I didn't like the buying unseen even with a trial idea and it...

I bought some Be Cool Calmer Cookies (Ashwaganda and B vits based) from Amazon on a whim for my horse who went through a stage of being unsettled in the stable, they aren't expensive and did seem to help her. I also use as a daily Freestep Liquid Composure- not so much for calming, but it has...

Magical Rudolph and Merry Angel (I like that one!)

I own 2, one at DIY that I ride, though she's currently off with a slight lameness, and one retired living with a friend who needs a companion for her horse.

I travelled to Daresbury from North Wilts on the train during the height of the drought, it looked a lot better the further north I went, but I'm not a farmer so don't know if other factors impact your yields- Still, it's nice you've managed to keep your prices reasonable for your customers

I don't expect prices will go down, I think the climate will continue to be unstable, costs will continue to rise, all of that. I'm on a DIY yard that supplies haylage and straw in winter months luckily, but we still order hay all year round for various reasons. My hay man of many years...

I am 55, health variable- hoping I have bought my last horse, an 8yo 15.2 cob mare, she's been an absolute gem so far ( 6 months in)

Many years ago we briefly kept our horse on a private yard belonging to a friend- whilst they meant well I am sure, it was a psychodrama nightmare on so many levels, we lasted about 9 months before we left and we managed to do it without falling out. It was the best thing we ever did. I think...

I bought my cob 6 months ago after losing my mare, I haven't ridden in years, I am not always competent or confident- and even though she's a bit cheeky at times and quite inexperienced for her age- she's been a total gem, even as I write this I am waiting for it to change or somehow come...

I've done short meetings from the yard tack room. I have a stool and use the coffee area worktop and blur the background . There's no wifi so I use my work phone as a hotspot and I regularly answer phone calls and emails because I do have a degree of flexibility and am expected to be available...