Help pasture problems??

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Hi All, this is a follow up from the thread about the perfect but not so perfect field, well i have found out today that the lady im buying my boy off who only lives down the road has decided she is moving home (up north somewhere) and why this effects me is because i was able to leave my boy there as long as i liked whilst i was looking for new pasture closer to where i lived. So now i have to urgently find somewhere to put him. now i was going to put him in the perfect but not so perfect feild just untill i find somewhere more perminant, but what if i dont, there is no grass in this field and its completly over grown with brambles but only a 2 min walk from my house (literely) so do i risk it and move him there or franticly run round like a headless chicken trying to find pasture which i have been doing for the past month anyway. I am literely pulling my hair out :(

Im based in mid wales in a small town called knighton, about 45 mins from Hereford. Does anyone know anyone with pasture in knighton???????
 
I dont really understand, is the bare pasture the one he is on now or another one?
Maybe try looking at a livery yard. I am assuming you haven't purchased this horse yet so you need to decide also what is best for him. i.e needing company in the field, where to ride- decent hacking, is there a school depending on what you are wanting to do with this horse. Will he need stabling in winter etc and also if you are renting a field you also need to look at how secure it is.
A run down field with no grazing probably wouldn't be the best thing as this could lead to weight loss and a very unhappy horse (obviously depending on breed/whether horse is a good doer)

You need to weigh up all the pro's and cons and go from there :)
 
I hope you are not going to keep this horse on his own. That would be my first consideration. Bare pasture would not be a problem so long as you feed hay or haylage.
 
If you have no company for the horse and nowhere to store hay then I would be looking to keep him at a livery yard. Do you have provisions for the winter such as hay storage, feed storage, etc?
 
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