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OP here. Whilst the little girl in me wants all these animals to live happily until the end of their natural days, the realist says that...

It's only going to get worse with the cost of living, the cost of keep and the loss of many livery yards, perhaps nu.bers need to be...

Sorry to be a negative Nancy but for a first saddle please absolutely get a fitter; those first experiences are so, so important for...

Yeah, Hermosa has a fairly rigid one… I think they call it the C. Fin has a Flex base. Hermosa hated the Flex. Fin is more amenable to...

I did do this for a few months and it worked fine - then I put a nice big fluffy clean bed in one day (rather than just taking out the...

Yes - mine only liked the most rigid base (tree equivalent). Couldn't say why but he clearly went better in that than the more flexible...

You will probably need the support of a fitter for the Ghost. In my experience, you can't just plonk them on the horse and have them...

My Ghosts came directly from Steph, since I wanted something weird, but I have bought other saddles and hoof boots and rugs from...

I'm another like bluehorse that has a WHW unridden companion pony who will have been with me for 6 years this coming january. I...

I know, it is grim. But if a charity charges a £300-400 adoption fee for a horse that could have 10 times that value when ridden, there...

Having experience with a different charity they were moving towards unridden homes for a variety of reasons. Many of their 'unridden...

I was quite shocked by this though. That's terribly sad. I suppose I was being naive to think that people who acquire horses via...

Why exactly? I agree that the situation is very sad (too many badly bred horses, abuse of horses, responsible horse keeping is so...

This is exactly why I took the so hard decision not to try and find my OCD/incurable neck arthritis 4 yo NF a companion home - he was so...

I have no connection to WHW but from the sanctuary I did work at, the number of horses who have been rehomed rideable and who eventually...