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Something I have wondered is what she actually gets out of it? It seems that she mostly returns the money, albeit slowly, although there...

Following on from the tide line, when I was very young, before the internet and probably before electricity, I did a hunter trial on my...

No you don’t, you get the bravest partnership hacking out today(well yesterday) award. You conquered all challenges…bloomin well done!

With H, buying unseen from Ireland, I did have to send videos, photos and my competition record! He is a good egg but would not have...

It is awful, looking for horses. Like dating for the first time. I don't mind the ones that are 'wrong' but hate when I ride one that...

Yes, I would say that it is easy to weed out the bad dealers. Of course, bad dealers will sometimes have good horses, and good dealers...

As was this one from a dealer. He also competed up to BE N but was more a handy pony type (almost 17hh) and was not such a fan of...

I went to a couple of dealers partly as they had more than one pony to see and a good local rep. One dealer i went to and didn't buy...

This one was from a dealer.

As long as you do your research as to whether they are reputable or not first and accept that you will likely be paying more as they...

When I was looking last year I enquired about horses from private sellers and dealers. I bought my mare from a dealer who I looked up...

There are a lot of good dealers but, like most things, people don’t post about good experiences. Here’s one. I bought my mare from a...

The people I know who have bought from dealers did so because the dealers had a lot of horses to view in one place, or they just had one...

Not all dealers are equal. The advantages for good dealers: They have seen many horses and can evaluate them well and give an accurate...

I would substitute a fair bit of the hay for straw chaff in big trugs so she never runs out (unless she is a total greedy guts in which...