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Email the Side Saddle Association secretary@sidesaddleassociation.co.uk and they should be able to point you in the right direction. You come under area 8 with Mrs A wells as area 8 chairman. Her contact details are on the SSA website. Lots of places do offer horses to learn to ride on, they...

If baby isn't due until August I'd say your going to be fine! You've got 2 months of late late nights / light mornings before the clocks go back so plenty of time for you to establish new horse / baby routine before the winter hits - plus with the 'good weather' that time of year you'd be able...

I have 4. Have my own place (rented) so full DIY. 2 in full work, other 2 are retired. I became pregnant with my first i carried on riding up to 5 months on one 1 (she go too bouncy) my other I rode up to 36 weeks. Just pottering along. I carried on with all normal stable duties, mucking out...

cricky that sounds a bit complex but if it works thats what we shall need. Thank you for your response. I will look into it. I've until March then all being ok we'll be back out again. This time with 2 kiddys in tow.. :-)

Thanks for your help & reply humblepie! :)

I have 3 seats in the front of my lorry, the middle seat has a lap-strap seat belt. I've another baby is coming so will need to put 2 car seats in the front and cant put 2nd car seat in on just a lap-strap. (car seat 1 is fine as the outer seat belt is a 3 point seat belt) Question I'm asking...

You've all made some really good points - thank you. Certainly given me a lot to think about and also a bit of a kick into reality, which i think is what i needed. I've only sheared these thoughts with you guys, I've not mentioned it to anyone else. I have been leaving them all out his week...

I had though of a visit to doctor but I don’t want to come across as a moaning Minnie who’s waisting their time.

Thank you for your replies. Yes they all are currently stabled at night all year round. There’s no reason for this other that ‘it’s always something I’ve done’. in the winter they are in overnight purely to save my fields. I don’t have masses of land so I have to look after what I have...

Put a horse to sleep to ease my exhaustion? Bit of a long one so please bear with.. I have 4 horses. 1 BS horse in full work, other in steady/light/happy hacker odd show work, my retired x sj mare whos 28 this year and mini Shetland - pet. All of these are kept on a private farm so are...

I think you a right in what you say. its not really the fillers as such she finds 'spooky' its staying in the rhythm and just lacking the confidence to go forwards and take the on the fences. its an 'oh where did that come from' moment and she just puts in a stop. She'll get there. Taken note...

What I'm trying to say is, does it make a difference to a horse if you have a 'gappy' spread/upright or a 'filled' one? For example: gappy = spread/upright with a pole at height and ground pole as opposed to 'filled' fence with fillers or 3-4 poles? Reason for my asking is me and horsey...

As we know smacking a horse in competition, be it SJ, eventing or dressage, under under BS/BE/BD rules 3 slaps or more repeatedly behind the saddle constitutes as excessive use of the whip and can result in elimination/reprimand. What are the rules regards smacking on the shoulder...

I wondered how i was going to cope when i fell pregnant. I've got 4 horses all on a rented private farm all on my own all DIY, twice a day or more at times and work full time. I went back to work full time October last year, I took 9 months maternity. Baby was born in January 2017. I was...

Please can someone explain how the classes run for British Novice and Discovery and BS jumping classes as a whole? I’ve looked at the bsja website till the cows come home and I cant figure out much, find it really hard to navigate and cant really find any answers to my questions. So hoping...