noblesteed
Well-Known Member
Hi there
Been offered a nice sheltered field with scrubby sheep grass in it if I want it. It's on a slope down to a stream and has a few small trees for shelter. Opposite is a hill which will protect it from the prevailing wind. To cut a long story short my horse is 18, has a range of medical issues including being laminitic, suspected EMS and arthritis. He's lightly hacked on pain relief having slowed down and struggled this summer and I am fully expecting retirement to be round the corner. He lives out for summer on a bare postage stamp of a paddock. He's connemara x and gets very hairy in winter so I have no qualms about him coping living out, plus being arthritic stabling is not great for him. My friend has a retired fatty cob, also arthritic, who could move to the field with him.
Horse is 15hh and cob is 14.1hh.
Having measured the field it seems to be at least 1.5 acres.
Is this too small for the two of them even with hay? I know in the summer it will be fine and will probably need taping off for my horse but it's winter that I am concerned about. I am expecting the bottom of the field will get muddy but the top should be ok - that's where the hay could go.
Been offered a nice sheltered field with scrubby sheep grass in it if I want it. It's on a slope down to a stream and has a few small trees for shelter. Opposite is a hill which will protect it from the prevailing wind. To cut a long story short my horse is 18, has a range of medical issues including being laminitic, suspected EMS and arthritis. He's lightly hacked on pain relief having slowed down and struggled this summer and I am fully expecting retirement to be round the corner. He lives out for summer on a bare postage stamp of a paddock. He's connemara x and gets very hairy in winter so I have no qualms about him coping living out, plus being arthritic stabling is not great for him. My friend has a retired fatty cob, also arthritic, who could move to the field with him.
Horse is 15hh and cob is 14.1hh.
Having measured the field it seems to be at least 1.5 acres.
Is this too small for the two of them even with hay? I know in the summer it will be fine and will probably need taping off for my horse but it's winter that I am concerned about. I am expecting the bottom of the field will get muddy but the top should be ok - that's where the hay could go.