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I have the horseware rhino rugs, with their liners. Og/ 250g turnout, and 250g/450g stable rug. Then I can adjust liners according to temperatures. I have multiple liners- 100g x2 as they are the ones most used, then the airmax cooler, 200g, 300g. I can have one of each outer in use whilst the...

Sorry, think I worded it incorrectly- trying to mulitask. I have liners, they don't fit exactly, so close to edges on one side of the curve, a little showing on the inside. Same with the nuumed. But even with pony being sensitive and prob to rubbing, has never rubbed and it doesn't bother him.

I buy sheepskin or wool liners for mine. I have nuumed (wool), le mieux (lambskin), and will be ordering a bespoke courtlea liner- basically anything good quality I can get in brown. I have the prolite narrow gauge girths and le mieux gel-tek girths in different sizes for different saddles. That...

Mine has a net of each squashed in his haybar. Will pick between the two. Some days he eats more of one than the other. Sometimes I will add a small net of straw if in all day for him to also pick at. He looks and feels better on haylage, but he likes hay so has a small amount to keep him happy.

Thankfully my boy uses half his brain (not sure if being part native helps with that). Having been on a few yards with a few not so smart people we had to teach him how to not react as such. Also with how spooky his is. Everything that went wrong was turned into a lesson. From being stuck to...

Previous yard and house was approx 7 miles each way, was on assisted and only had to visit once a day. Since moving it is now 17 miles each way (approx 35 mins), but is on the way to and from work (about a 10 minute divert off the main road to the yard). Am now on 5 day full livery, so I can...

For my one horse, I have downsized from at least 4. I now have the horseware rhino varilayer turnouts in 0g and 250g plus the detachable necks provided. I will be buying 50g, 100g and 200g liners, so I can make whatever weight I might need. Especially for mid winter if the MW isn't dry the...

On one livery yard, yes. I knew how much was in the bins and how long a bag would last, but it wasn't going as far as it should have. Same with hay bales. On the other yards, no. I can lock my feed bin if needed but not here. If people need feed as they have run out or want to try something...

I like the prolite girths, my pony has large shoulders and a forward girth groove, and keeps everything where it should be. I recently bought a le mieux gel tek anatomic girth when I needed a different size. It is nicely padded/ soft and my sensitive pony hasn't needed a girth sleeve with the...

I have a Henry James saddlery bridle that I bought as separate parts . He is very sensitive and has a wonky poll, but likes the 3d headpiece. He no longer needs padding under the headpiece to make it more comfortable for him. I can then add any appropriate noseband as needed

For my pony, I always rug to the temperature of his hindquarters (sacroiliac injury/ arthritis). He wears a magnet rug overnight in the hopes that it helps. He does better if too warm/ well rugged rather than 'ok'- but never sweaty. His first trot/ canter upon turnout and exercise will always...

I use the nuumed fairfax covers- both long and short. They fit ok for the job, but I had to go up a size to fit the curve of the girth so it didn't bunch. No complaints from the pony.

I use thin black elastic looped around the buttons on my lower back. It's neat/ tidy and noone knows it is there unless you forget to cut off the excess, as is completely hidden by the number/ buttons. It stays there permanently unless i'm using bridle numbers, so I don't have to faff on show days.

I was told by Top spec that I could feed a calmer alongside their ulsakind cubes.

I have the long and short fairfax girth sleeves from Nuumed. Both used on the prolite fairfax girths, not the exact shape but I ordered the next size up to account for the slight difference between them as the curve is different (I borrowed one to try first). I like them, more importantly the...