how many of you ride in the snow

[stacie21]

just wandering as had mixed opinions, i dont as dont want the snow to ball up in his feet and end up on stilts whats your view

 

[CambridgeParamour]

I ticked the top one, however, the mare I hack (Bridleways only) and school has no shoes, and is very surefooted. I jumped her in the snow last year too.

Will lightly school my (shod) gelding but wont hack him as he's spooky, so obviously more likely to slip.

 

[Deefa]

I will hack off road and school but would never go on the roads, more to do with the drivers you could potentially meet than my horses coping tho!

 

[RobinHood]

I rode 2 horses in the snow this morning. The first one is barefoot and I had a great time trotting and cantering round and our fields and through the woods. The second one is shod all round and at walk he kept stumbling as the snow was stacking in his feet, but it didn't happen so much in trot/canter.

 

[Shantara]

I would ride more, if I had a horse and could drive But yea, I hope the snow will still be around tomorrow

 

[Kellys Heroes]

I don't as one mare is quite clumsy - if we can get across the yard to the school its fine - and my mare is recently back in work after a lot of time off work and she gets quite excited out hacking and mixes her legs up!! So we daren't take her out unless it is the newly fallen crunchy snow with no ice under
K X

 

[JFTDWS]

yes, mine are unshod and happy to enjoy the snow - wouldn't go on the roads though...

 

[Jesstickle]

I hack off road in the snow. I don't bother schooling as I'd get no sense out of BH so it isn't worth the hassle!

No shoes though so don't really have to worry about snow balling up

 

[stacie21]

does it ball up or not then i wanted to but only rode friday and saturday for first time in 7 weeks after check ligament injury so thought it best not to but maybe i will from now as it does look great fun

 

[3Beasties]

I hack in the snow but only off road. My TB is fully shod but I don't have much of an issue with snow balling up, I think faster work helps to prevent it.

I loved riding in the snow last winter but we haven't had enought to be able to yet this winter.

 

[stencilface]

I might pop out for a walk this afternoon, going to go for a drive to see what the snow is like and whether the roads have cleared enough. Horse not been ridden in a week though, and on restricted turnout I'm a little concerned he might be an idiot, which is probably not a good combination with snow stilts and slippy roads

I think snow balling up is also dependant on the type of snow and the temp, once is starts thawing a little is when its starts balling - icy cold fluffy snow doesn't tend to do this so much