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Terrible wasn’t it?

Whereas I massively overthink mine, swap and change as much as I can…. And still do very badly!

Don’t worry, the market will open again after dressage!

My TB has raced 35 times…. He hacks regularly with a grandma on board, has amazing strong feet that don’t need shoes and is as tough as nails. But the instinct to run is very strong and I am very careful about what we do because TBs are rather prone to moments of total and utter brain loss. Not...

Well that has out the curse on them then 🙄

Anyone else playing Eventing Manager?

Most will die, but if you feed a high enough dose then some will get through. Whether they’re any use or not is another matter- probably better to promote a good environment for the microbes already in there with plenty of fibre. You don’t need a supplement to do this…..

That’s unlucky, what a shame when he's going so well 👎

It has been a long, wet winter for all of us. My horses live out and get fed and hayed. I have had minimal mud, and where they eat hay is surfaced so they never stand in mud. It’s basic management, and should be the norm.

That’s just a poor set up- overstocked fields, clearly not managed properly. Not all retirement livery yards are like that!

It’s the soil rather than the plants that largely dictates the mineral composition. The cattle farmers around me all supplement for copper… Worth a chat if you have a friendly farmer because they often have a soil analysis to go off

Definitely do not need specialist youngstock feed if on good quality forage! I do add a powdered mineral supplement to a small quantity of soaked alfalfa cubes because I know my grazing is deficient in a couple of things (and I make my own Haylage, so same deficiencies!)

Great post, thank you!

It does seem to be happening with quite alarming regularity

Thank you- I was watching but just popped to get something and when I came back, she was gone!