Horse getting cast!!!

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My boy....15.2 ISH gets cast alot...He's in a 12 by 12 stable, straw bedding. I forked out £74 for anti cast strips last winter which seemed to be working, he has been living out this summer, which, of course sorts out the problem, but I brought him in last night because the others had, and, guess what, it happened again...He is able to right himself most of the time after a fashion, but I'm worried there is going to be the one time when he will get well and truely stuck.
My YO has rescued him a couple of times with lunge lines, but what if it happens at night when noone is around....??
I'm seriously thinking about him living out now, but I'm not very good at being tough...does anyone have any experience of this...or anyone know of horses of his type who live out all year round!!!
 
Actually I was told a smaller stable is better..

found this...

a smaller stable is better, as if the horse rolls over, it's legs hit the wall and then he rolls back - but if it is larger, he rolls over and gets his legs right round and in against the wall, where he can neither get up or roll back over (if this makes sense??) - unless it is so big that he can roll a full 360 degrees
 
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My boy....15.2 ISH gets cast alot...

...or anyone know of horses of his type who live out all year round!
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If my wimpy anglo arab, old TB and young arab can live out, then I'm sure that your ISH can. :D

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ETA. Icicles on the anglo's rug!

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They do have lots of hay. :)
 
What happens if you try a different type of bedding, something you can bank up into more solid banks? I would try one of the more substantial products like cushionbed or elephant grass and try and shape it so that he can't get stuck. If you would prefer to keep him in it might be worth a try.
 
Thanks for all the replies, there are no smaller stables, they're all round about the same size. Looks like I may have to be tough and leave him out!! EEK!! :)
 
Safer to leave him out. They can do themselves some serious damage! Get him out now so he can start to aclimatise. Good luck
 
My Selle Francais x Oldenburg lives out, go for it! Decent rugs and lots of them to change regularly when its wet, hay and good shelter I'm sure you'll be surprised how well he'll cope!
 
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