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    Stable available at devon county show thurs 19th/fri 20th may

    There is now a waiting list for stables. I'm willing to cut my losses and take £10 less than I paid but will return it to them if not gone by Monday x
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    Devon County Show stable available

    Evening all, I have a stable at Devon County Show for Thursday evening/Friday daytime that I no longer require. I'm asking for £35 for it which is a little less than I paid x
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    Welsh Section D - rising three

    Thank you both SO much! What you say makes enormous sense as the judge at the Welsh Medal show asked what I would be doing with him and I said if he eventually grows big enough then I'd like to ride him, if not I'll break him to harness (to be completely honest I'd be happy to keep him as a pet...
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    Welsh Section D - rising three

    Evening all, Please stay with me, I've a few questions! I'm hoping somebody with experience can help. I have a Welsh Section D Gelding, born 2013 so rising 3. I have shown him at a few local shows, two large country show, one Welsh Silver Medal show and I have also taken him to one showing...
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    Moving to Cornwall recommendations needed

    Hahaha bet it doesn't look as blimmin cold, wet and windy as it is today! It's false advertising, trust me ;-)
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    Horse nervous of being followed

    My little horror kept coming into the box and helping himself to food and then backing out, I agree never to force them in, the idea of the lunge whip was simply to stop him from taking the you know what not, to actually scare him but to to wake him up, it didn't work haha!! We eventually...
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    Childs pony help

    I just use bailing twine :-) I always start with even bags just slung over the saddle, then once she's happy with that put more sand in one than the other and wait until she's happy and so on, until eventually they over balance and slide off. When it happens and she spooks, don't respond at all...
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    Horse nervous of being followed

    My advice would be to create the spook in a controlled environment rather than wait for it. Sounds like he's incredibly lucky to have found you!! When my boy arrived last year he was hugely cautious about his bottom and back legs. He'd never had a bad experience, came to me as a, just, 2 year...
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    Childs pony help

    You could try doing some groundwork using unbalanced sandbags so that she can get used to the feeling of being unbalanced on top but also learns that nothing bad with happen even if she loses her load xx
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    Moving to Cornwall recommendations needed

    Hi, we're about a mile outside of St Austell and Max Thomas is a farrier who covers the whole of St Austell and is amazing. He's really reliable, always on time and always does a beautiful job! He has a Facebook page. Vets, I use Penmellyn at St Columb Major, they have a large hospital there...
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