Recent content by YorkshireLass

Hay the extra land. Keep what you need for winter and sell the rest.

My Clydesdales ride in the Cattle wagon! My husband fixed up some Clyde sized partitions. If only 1 has to go I have an Ifor, the one designed for 2 enormous horses.

I would take the harness makers thoughts with a pinch of salt, they have a vested interest in people buying their stuff! If things attempted to straighten when you pushed in to them 1, all our horses would be rubbed raw by trad colars, and 2, you would never get a full collar to fit as its...

As you will probably have noticed.... in North Yorkshire there is a horse looking over every hedge. It is THE most horsey county in the country and as such grazing is in high demand... you can't rent it for love nor money! You might do well to try Robin Jessop, the estate agent who deals with...

A good start would be to show willing, put yourself forward to be the steward assisting these judges you will learn lots! Once you have made yourself indispensible, you will learn how they got to where they are today!

Depends upon the Breed Society, or Class you want to judge. I am a breed judge and I had to gain experience Stewarding and shadowing the judges. Then I had to do exams! Took me nearly 10 years to get there. I imagine that there is a lot of polotics in all forms of judging, so it helps if you...

ontact your local force. However the chances of you getting a companion horse, let alone one that can be ridden are virtualy nill. Sometimes yu get ex police horses that are ex because they have serious issues.

The kid has been left unsupervised with a pony that could quite inadvertantly kill her. That would be my concern. Remember that kids are full of it, do you think she was just showing off about the tack and the diet? Goes back to my first point really.

LOL, It depends upon the rules of the show, so you need to phone the seceratery and ask. My local show did a class for 'Native horses and ponies' instead of M&M... so I took my Clydesdales. Don't think they were expecting that. I felt sorry for the judge who whad to pick a winner from a...

Age, weaving (potential for knackerd leggs very soon!) and you have to be 'capable' to ride her... whatever they mean by that! No one is buying anythng at the mo. The price of horses is irrelevant, it is the keep that costs. Guess they just want to shift her before they pay out any more. I...

You have hit the nail on the head! No one wants a 'potential' anything at the moment. Makes sense if you think about it. I have horses who are breed champions and top quality riding or driving horses. I know how much they are worth.... but if you equated every expense and hour of work...

I think it is called narcoplexy or a condition on the narcoplxy scale called cataplexy.... Basicly the horse falls asleep, like someone throwing a switch. Strangely the trigger is usualy excitement or stress. Cataplexy manifests itself as muscular weakness which may range from a barely...

Hi, I have taught carriage driving for 20 years. IMHO you won't make much of a driver, unless you are a rider! I have only ever known one decent team driver who could not ride... that is 1 in over 30 years. Now you can tell your parents that a Carriage Driving instructor has told you that you...

One of my horses dropped down dead because of a dodgy heart. There was no warning at all. I had been driving him that morning! I dread to think what would have happend if I had been driving him or riding at the time. I could have been crushed to death, not to mention the horror of it all...

Unfortunately energy comes from calories. The unburnt calories are laid down as fat. Therefore, feeding extra calories will mean extra fat unless the exercise is upped to burn them. For extra sparkle, aim for extra fitness! This will encourage weight loss too. Sounds like the horse is...