Anyone had a good hoon in a stubble field lately?

Yep - I had a flat out gallop across one the other day on my Appy! :) There are loads of them around me and still plenty of fields which haven't been cut yet!
 
YES :D Our livery yard is part of the estate, we have spoken to the farmers who have said that if its stubble then we can go on it and gallop round as much as we want :D Luckily, the estate has loads of fields, some still need to be cut and some still need the crops bicking up so the stubbles are left well alone for now, untill they finish with the other fields :D I'm gonna ask someone if they fancy coming up this weekends and taking a couple of pics, i always wanted a galloping picture :D
 
Oh yes on the 17.2 horse I want to buy... there is nothing like it!
I would say the gate being open means nothing as it might just be open to let in the next lot of machinery - please don't trespass, it gives all horse riders a bad name!
I was on our stubble but had to remove a girl cantering round the next door field of newly drilled rape today -direct drilled, you hardly know its there but it has been sub soiled so very dangerous. Not nearly as dangerous as if my OH had seen her though!
 
Nope, my horse is lame :( Am desperate for a good blast after the week I've had! The whole yard is surrounded by 100 acres of stubble field so it's horrible not being able to make use of them!
 
Clodagh said:
Oh yes on the 17.2 horse I want to buy... there is nothing like it!
I would say the gate being open means nothing as it might just be open to let in the next lot of machinery - please don't trespass, it gives all horse riders a bad name!
I was on our stubble but had to remove a girl cantering round the next door field of newly drilled rape today -direct drilled, you hardly know its there but it has been sub soiled so very dangerous. Not nearly as dangerous as if my OH had seen her though!
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This!! When we leave our field gates open it's normally because at some point some whacking great bit if kit is coming through! I'm really surprised if I'm honest at the attitude that you can help yourself...harvest this year has been blooming hard enough without some eejits helping themselves to our land!luckily touch wood but the horse riders around here seem much more respectful as we haven't seen any trespassers, tbh if someone asked, and it was safe we would say yes if someone wanted a canter! But if we had trespassers we would likely say no to everyone and it would mean those honest types would miss out! I've cantered my own ponies in our stubble but I would NEVER enter someone else's land without permission, it's incredibly rude!! :o:confused:
 
Not me, lately, but my sister did last week, she is a "monica" and has her OH riding her other horse, she "forgot" she was riding a baby and was instructing her OH on how to not fall off whilst galloping when off they went and her baby mare bucked her into tomorrow. she's still sore, but still laughing at how stupid she was not to think about the baby she was riding. I'm laughing, but not really, just in case it happens me too. xxx
 
tafyx said:
It is until you get caught by the farmer as i did once. still do it though, usually early morning! lol :)
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I'm sorry, but I really don't find this amusing. You are trespassing. The land is someone's livelihood, not your own personal playground. An open gate is NOT an invitation for all and sundry to have fun on the land. It really doesn't take much to go and ask permission first.
As others said, the land may have already been sown, so you would be damaging crops. Plus, you have no idea what is on the land. There may be parts of the ground that is very stony. It may have had green-waste compost, so there it is possible that there will be bits of metal, glass or plastic in the soil, which may end up hurting your horse.
 
When I was younger I used too, but now (I'm only 28!) it doesn't appeal to me. It seems like such a stupid thing to do- gallop flat out across ground you don't know that may have huge holes/ unlevel ground/ parts of tractors or combine spikes across it. Call me boring, but I'd rather keep my galloping to the ground I know well!
 
You MUST check first because some crops are drilled direct into the stubble, they don't always need to plough. I found this out last year - the farmer who I rent the field from said I was fine to go in any of his stubble fields, but didn't tell me he had drilled one! Hence I got into trouble, luckily he had just done it so no harm done. So now I check every time I see the farmer which fields are still ok.
 
When I was a teenager we used to consider the stubble fields ours for the taking and I always assumed no-one minded. Until an angry red-faced farmer :mad: stopped me mid-canter and gave me a huge telling off. :o:o

All that is a very long time ago now. I'm a much more responsible and cautious person now and I don't think I'd dare just ride onto a farmer's field without checking it was okay!
 
Maybe we're just really lucky with our hacking, but I don't like rising in stubble, I find the ground very stony & unpredictable.

Also, must agree with those who have said an open gate is NOT an invitation to help yourselves :mad: Just gives all riders a bad name when the few think that they have the right to ride over other people's land.
 
I was telling my husband (a farmer) about this thread and he wanted to clarify that if anyone leaves their front door unlocked it is OK for him to pop in and have a cup of tea, maybe watch a bit of telly, just have a look around and not do any harm...his point was 'What is the difference'.

This year the stubble is good for cantering actually as summer has been so wet, normally it is too hard for me to risk it. The chopped straw helps too.
Remember to follow the tram lines and not canter across them, that is very bad for your horses legs!
 
pixie said:
I'm sorry, but I really don't find this amusing. You are trespassing. The land is someone's livelihood, not your own personal playground. An open gate is NOT an invitation for all and sundry to have fun on the land. It really doesn't take much to go and ask permission first.
As others said, the land may have already been sown, so you would be damaging crops. Plus, you have no idea what is on the land. There may be parts of the ground that is very stony. It may have had green-waste compost, so there it is possible that there will be bits of metal, glass or plastic in the soil, which may end up hurting your horse.
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Actually i do my homework first and i would not go in a field that has been sown etc. i always stick to the edges and pick my ground, as in i would not go in if really wet when i would turf it up. i live in a small village and they know who i am. farmers friendly round here and dont mind so long as your sensible about it. i would never put my horse at risk or someones liviing!
 
Clodagh said:
I was telling my husband (a farmer) about this thread and he wanted to clarify that if anyone leaves their front door unlocked it is OK for him to pop in and have a cup of tea, maybe watch a bit of telly, just have a look around and not do any harm...his point was 'What is the difference'.

This year the stubble is good for cantering actually as summer has been so wet, normally it is too hard for me to risk it. The chopped straw helps too.
Remember to follow the tram lines and not canter across them, that is very bad for your horses legs!
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I like this post a lot. My own farmer husband said pretty much the same thing, only with a few more swear words!!!

I actually can't believe some people think its ok just to help themselves. As someone else has said, this is our living and not your playground!!!! :mad:

We are not the get orf our land types, far from it and as per my previous post if someone was good enough to ask and if it was safe or we had not direct drilled (which we have done this year on one field!) we would let them but can guarantee if we had one trespasser husband would say no to everyone after that!!!
 
Nope not round here. Fields are too wet and farmers around us aren't too keen in letting us riding in them - luckily we do have forestry we can ride in but can only go for a hooley if it's dry.

Fortunately a nearby landowner (well it's a trailer ride away) has offered to let a friend and I ride in her fields and around how land so hoping to do that soon!
 
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