Help! What would you do?!

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On our yard we each have our own winter field and separate summer field. A few of the liveries have been using their summer fields for a week now but mine hadn't been sprayed so today is the first day I've been able to use it.

The plan was to put her in the summer field in the day and back in her winter paddock at night. Mainly to keep her weight down and also as she's not been on grass all winter so to ease her into it but also to rest the summer grazing a little. Well I went up this morning all giddy that she was going to get some grass at last and it seems she'd beat me to it - apparantly last night she jumped clean out of her winter field and made her way into the cows field where she was found this morning by one of the other liveries.

Now my dilema is this - shall I put her in the winter field overnight as orginally planned but my concern now is she would just jump out. Or do I leave her in the summer field now where she will stay put as there is grass (for now) but will pig out and strip it bare but at that point the winter grazing should have grown back?

Not sure what's best to do?
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I suppose in theory I could but in reality I've no electric fencing and can't affford to buy any at the moment. I have got a grazing muzzle - I wonder if she could have that on night time to try and restict it? I hate seeing her in though but it's better than the alternative of being like a barrell.
 
If she basically stuffs her face during the day she may not feel the need to break out overnight, especially when she realises she will go back every morning. It might be worth a try for a week before resorting to the muzzle.
 
Summer field in the day - stable at night.

We discovered last year that Thumper will happily jump out of his field if he thinks there is more grass next door. Lesson learnt. And if the field they are grazing runs short, he comes in. It's just too risky to 'hope' that he wont' jump out.
 
Slight update peeps. I put her in the winter field overnight and she was fine (checked on her at half 9 and then half 11) despite being on her own as all the others are in their summer paddocks. She's not jumped out for over 11 years (and back then she only did it a couple of times and I put it down to her being a youngster). Hopefully it will be a rountine she won't mind being in - I really don't want to stable her all summer.
 
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