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Tied my pony to the water pipe that supplied automatic drinker! Pony pulled back and broke the pipe, stable flooded! (embarrassed emoji)

Smother chesnuts in vaseline for a day or two they then peel of in layers.

You dont have to "qualify" for the majority of classes, just a chosen few. I would enter a novice M&M class for a first timer.

It seems the team didnt need Oli to win Gold. Well done to all of them especially Rosalin Canter on double gold.

I also had qualifications for Sunshine tour, everyone was desperate to try and qualify for their chance to compete at Hickstead! x

I ran several shows successfully with big entries. Try and aim it at all abilities and push like crazy on social media. I hand ridden and in-hand BTO, new to showing/begginers Ridden and in-hand with feed back. Pick your judges carefully , find those that are sympathetic to those starting out in...

I still have a leather strapping pad that I still use. I think everyone else on the yard thinks I am nuts! "Beating" my horse :)

Daughter wears red/burgundy trousers with striped red shirt! Her tweed has a red and burgundy overcheck. It looks very smart and has never been an issue.

Ada Cole rescue centre in Essex had one called Muffin years ago! He was as wide as he was tall but really cute and friendly . We sponsored him :)

Retro tweed seems to be coming back in fashion, especially with M&Ms. Get some foxhead buttons, and as someone else said dont add a velvet collar. Its quite nice .

Tim Prutton is my farrier, fantastic farrier. If you want his number just PM me. Titmus are brilliant . There is Knebworth Dressage club, Gill Brown holds reguler comps at at Shuttleworth College and Oaklands College. Stevenage and District riding club hold jumping indoors at Chesfield once a...

I would email or write to the practice manager asap and get a breakdown of your bill from the last visit.

I some how ended up with 40 rugs and one horse!? :)

Mine was a box walker and a stress head in the stable! He just would not lie down in the stable at all at night which meant he did not get enough sleep so if you tied him up out side to tack up he would have abnormal REM sleep episodes and would collapse if he was left to long. I tried...

There were 13 entered last year just looked in the catalogue.