Nativelover
Well-Known Member
I've posted before about my worries over winter, but the problems seem to be starting already!!!
Current yard:
Lovely stables, well kept fields, 24/7 in summer, 2x week in winter, good storage, nice school, poor hacking and difficult YO. It's also a good 30 min drive away making it difficult to 'nip' down to change rugs etc and YO won't do it.
YO has upset sharer and she no longer wants to share at that yard!
So I need more than ever to move, but where!!??? Here are my options so far;
Yard A
In my village, small yard that feels a bit cramped, next to no storage, only allowed to order hay/bedding from 1 source, grazing ok'ish in small paddocks fields shut when really wet fencing not great, YO was very much "I had to do what she thought best, not what I knew was best for my horse".
Small but nice school, hacking is excellent.
Yard B
About 10 min drive away, lovely large stables, I would have to get a container for storage, no facilities at all, no school, hacking good but busy road would limit riding to during day, all year turnout in managed fields. Right on a motorway with only 1 old post and rail fence between hard standing and road.
Yard C
Home with my mum, 2.5hrs drive away, lovely stables, school, good well managed fields open all year round, good hacking but busy road first. Would only be able to visit when I went home!!!
I've tried without success to find another yard, even typing this out I don't like any of the options above, but I know I've got to get away from current situation. I literally have stopped riding and I hate going up there. What the hell do I do??? My horse needs turnout daily, staying in really does not suit, but 99% of yards within a reasonable distance close the fields for months on end.
I've knocked on doors, I've put notes on gates, I've advertised, asked people, stopped horse riders. This episode with my sharer is the last straw now, I can't face another winter struggling like I did last time. I feel very lost...
Current yard:
Lovely stables, well kept fields, 24/7 in summer, 2x week in winter, good storage, nice school, poor hacking and difficult YO. It's also a good 30 min drive away making it difficult to 'nip' down to change rugs etc and YO won't do it.
YO has upset sharer and she no longer wants to share at that yard!
So I need more than ever to move, but where!!??? Here are my options so far;
Yard A
In my village, small yard that feels a bit cramped, next to no storage, only allowed to order hay/bedding from 1 source, grazing ok'ish in small paddocks fields shut when really wet fencing not great, YO was very much "I had to do what she thought best, not what I knew was best for my horse".
Small but nice school, hacking is excellent.
Yard B
About 10 min drive away, lovely large stables, I would have to get a container for storage, no facilities at all, no school, hacking good but busy road would limit riding to during day, all year turnout in managed fields. Right on a motorway with only 1 old post and rail fence between hard standing and road.
Yard C
Home with my mum, 2.5hrs drive away, lovely stables, school, good well managed fields open all year round, good hacking but busy road first. Would only be able to visit when I went home!!!
I've tried without success to find another yard, even typing this out I don't like any of the options above, but I know I've got to get away from current situation. I literally have stopped riding and I hate going up there. What the hell do I do??? My horse needs turnout daily, staying in really does not suit, but 99% of yards within a reasonable distance close the fields for months on end.
I've knocked on doors, I've put notes on gates, I've advertised, asked people, stopped horse riders. This episode with my sharer is the last straw now, I can't face another winter struggling like I did last time. I feel very lost...