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As someone who has her own ponies kept DIY and rides daily, and who has 3 daughters (now aged 22, 24 & 26) who all had riding lessons when young and could have ridden if they wanted to, I have found out that does not a horsey family make! Not one of them have the "pony mad" gene, not one :(...

The very first post!

I am a pony patter and a happy hacker! Probably can't get much worse than that

Thank you all for responding. New Year got in the way! All good points.

As per title. I have a pony that has had a slight cough for a few months. Field-kept so minimum hay, a haynet to nibble on when brought in for handling and riding and he isn't a greedy pony and will very often just eat for 5 minutes then stop, or a slice of hay put out on the ground in the field...

I bought a cyclist poncho from Decathlon about a decade ago for about £10 and it just pops over whatever I am wearing and works a treat.

Sweet itch or known lami will be a definite no from me because of the way I like to manage mine and neither of these two issues fit in with a field-kept pony with limited access to stabling.

Rub a mix of butter and sugar into your hands! Works a treat. Best not to do it while you are baking :rolleyes: Cooks always used to have the softest hands

Lovely positive post. happy Christmas to you too 🎄🎄🎄

When I kept the ponies on a sheep farm I think I had the perfect set up. A warmup "ride" across a couple of fields to get where I was going to school, perhaps 15 minutes of schooling, then a fitness hack by walk/trot/canter up a long and not insignificant hill, followed by the "cooling down"...

Perhaps useful for some of you. I had great fun a couple of years ago when I entered an on-line competition which included an "Equitation Class" which was all about accuracy. It was something like 6 strides of walk, 12 strides at trot, 6 strides at walk, 6 strides at trot, halt, 6 strides of...

I used to catch the easy to catch one, then tie up a few yards away, and the other pony would realise he was going to be left on his own and let himself be caught.

Can I join you?! While I can see its usefulness in some specific situations, like scanning x-rays, I think it is insidious in the way it is used in general. Scary stuff. It used to be obvious if it was AI generated, especially photos, but as it gets better it is harder to spot.

Surely the "1st Jan" Rule only applies to TBs? My pony was foaled in November! That would mean he would be "rising 5" when he was 4 years and 1 and a bit months old. It is a bit like those children who start school whose birthday is on 31st August, almost a year behind those children whose...

Another IT bod. Currently work 10am to 4:30pm from home and can take a two hour lunch break (from 12 to 2) if I make up the time. So, yes, a well paid flexible horse-friendly job. But yes, like others have said, only possible because now we can work from home and spent a good few years in the...