Stubble fields! :D

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Anyone been stubble fielding yet?

The combines have just turned up here so tomorrow evening there will be some lovely big stubble fields to have a burn across....
Might be wishful thinking of course as the ground is way too hard here really, but rain is apparently forecast for tomorrow 🤞
 
We've been combining for the past two days, so have some lovely stubble. Pity its far too hard going to do anything about (not to mention the fact that the straw is still being baled)!
 
I appreciate my reply may come across as patronising, but if it saves one person and their mount from a problem it's worth the bad vibes from others. Please get permission from the land owner before riding on stubble fields. Please remember to walk your line first, you will be amazed at what horendous ground conditions are hidden by the beautiful looking crop. Maybe take into account that the ground is like concrete at the moment. I appologise if I come across as a "know it all". I just want others to learn from the mistakes I made as a young person, but was lucky enough to get away with.
 
Good point BSL.
Always ask (I’m a bit spoilt I guess being on a farm!) and always be careful,
I ride up the tram lines regularly and the cracks in the ground in a place or two are a trip hazard. In walk it’s fine but as you say if you just tear across without checking it could be dangerous.
 
Also, some farmers are very quick to oversow with an autumn crop like rape - at least ours are round here!

So while you may think you are riding on plain stubble, you are in fact, riding on a crop field.
 
Good point BSL. I remember a thread on this forum, a year or so ago perhaps, alluding to an open field gate being an open invitation for anyone to ride in the field :o :o :o :o
 
We always walk and only ride the local farmers fields that we are allowed on, I would also say some are very stony I tend to boot my horses for stubble riding ad the stones flicking up can do a lot of damage to legs.
 
On a fun ride my horse was brought down after the ground collapsed in a stubble field. The land was undermined by rain water and had dried leaving the unseen cavities. We fell together and my arm was trapped under her shoulder.
One of those really unforseen accidents.
It wouldn’t stop me riding on stubble if there was any round here.
 
On a fun ride my horse was brought down after the ground collapsed in a stubble field. The land was undermined by rain water and had dried leaving the unseen cavities. We fell together and my arm was trapped under her shoulder.
One of those really unforseen accidents.
It wouldn’t stop me riding on stubble if there was any round here.
Oh god! That must have been awful! We’re you both ok?
 
A timely reminder of my last year’s priority back when I had an easy horse 😂😂
A timely reminder of my last year’s priority back when I had an easy horse 😂😂

Hi, I hope you don't mind me resurrecting, your post. I just see so many riders in my area who don't seem to recognize the potential hazards. I just want everyone to have fun without causing damage to land owners property or themselves and their horses.. x Bsl (lost my sign in so now Dollbird. )
 
On a fun ride my horse was brought down after the ground collapsed in a stubble field. The land was undermined by rain water and had dried leaving the unseen cavities. We fell together and my arm was trapped under her shoulder.
One of those really unforseen accidents.
It wouldn’t stop me riding on stubble if there was any round here.

That must of been horrendous.I hope you were both ok.
 
Hi, I hope you don't mind me resurrecting, your post. I just see so many riders in my area who don't seem to recognize the potential hazards. I just want everyone to have fun without causing damage to land owners property or themselves and their horses.. x Bsl (lost my sign in so now Dollbird. )
Not at all no! Here at the farm where I am actually if people ask they will often say yes. Sadly people often don’t ask and go in fields where for one reason or other they shouldn’t
 
Oh god! That must have been awful! We’re you both ok?

My horse was fine. No visible damage and no lameness etc.
I screamed at first with the pain in my arm. It was followed by complete numbness and then I had most amazing attack of pins and needles ever experienced. Later I had bruises on my leg, nothing on my arm at all. 😀
 
A friend of mine came off whilst cantering across a stubble field. She looked as though she had been through some weird medieval torture, bleeding from a thousand tiny cuts on her arms and face. Ouch!
 
Stubble is so sharp I often wonder how it feels to the horses. And then the ground is uneven, or hard... I can't see the appeal!
Henry hated it. We used to have one that we rode with permission and I only went once, as he point blank refused to canter and picked his way through the stubble.

I took my coblet on one last week and walked the line. Ground looked awful to me. Lots of stones and cracks, so don't think I'll bother.
 
My grandfather was a farmer, as were all his friends, so when young I used to do a LOT of galloping. I am now no longer young and have spent a good week psyching myself up to have a little canter a couple of feet away from and parallel with the bridle way. Last night was ‘the night’ and we did about 3 strides...then stopped as it was like cantering on the road! It also looked quite stony and mine is b/f.

Now I seriously wonder why I ever did it! It looks spikey, slippery, stony and baked hard!

Oh well, I am psychologically pleased that I tried.
 
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