Stubble fields..................

We already have one!!!! We enjoyed it greatly after a heavy shower overight softened the ground... My horsey now has to inspect EVERY field entrance we pass in case it yields a stubble field!

Praise be to stubble fields!
 
Ohhhhhhhhhh I LOVE stubble fields :D

We drove back from Aston-Le-Walls to Hastings this evening and I saw combines out making ready lots of 'fun runs' for us horse riders :D

I will be out there tomorrow :)
 
Ours too. Stubble before lunch, plough before dinner. They've all bought massive combines this year which means they're getting through it at a fair rate of knots.
 
Yes, get the stubble riding in whilst you can! Am already cantering lovely circles on some near here, v. pleased that new boy is doing this and not galloping off! Long live stubble.
 
I'm sure you all have, but can I just ask that you make sure you have the relevant farmers permission to ride on their land.

As a landowner there is nothing more infuriating than local riders assuming that they have the right to ride over your fields without having the courtesy to ask permission first.
 
Hi, We are arable farmers and yes the stubble is great, as previous poster says please make sure that you have permission and also do check that there are no gaping holes - ours has great big cracks in the earth due to the dry weather - big enough for my horses feet - so enjoy but do take lots of care!
 
Better to ride on the stubble than on the margins where farmer may lose single farm payments if horses trample all the species rich plants...

...Bear in mind tho that many places undersow cereals with a grass crop, and that will already be coming up underneath the harvested grain.

So unless its bare earth and weeds underneath, please do check, otherwise there will be very peeed off anti horse farmer!
 
Fields are worked quite quickly especially if rape is being sown. Also our fields are ripped straight away, so there can be deep crevices where the tramlines were.
Ditto make sure you have permission to ride on fields - I once went to try a horse and was taken to a stubble field, when we were heading towards game cover I asked if we were allowed on the field, the horse owner didn't even know who the field belonged to! I suggested we go round the cover and leave. It's very rude to ride on fields without asking.
 
Yes, childhood days :) the riding was endless when there were stubble fields...
Now I have recently moved into really great surroundings again for riding and lots of stubble fields about, think we are allowed on some of them, but have to wait for horsey to be back in work to make the most ... bit scary though, too, now that I am older and wiser, haha
 
Yes, childhood days :) the riding was endless when there were stubble fields...
Now I have recently moved into really great surroundings again for riding and lots of stubble fields about, think we are allowed on some of them, but have to wait for horsey to be back in work to make the most ... bit scary though, too, now that I am older and wiser, haha

One of my clearest memories is of being very very close indeed to the stubble, thanks to a certain riding school pony called Mikalo :p
 
I'm sure you all have, but can I just ask that you make sure you have the relevant farmers permission to ride on their land.

As a landowner there is nothing more infuriating than local riders assuming that they have the right to ride over your fields without having the courtesy to ask permission first.

Totally agree to this - the amount of horses I have seen this year who haven't obtained permission has surprised me. What non farming people do not realise is that there could be people out shooting. Bearing in mind when we are shooting deer, the range of the bullet from the rifle is 1800 metres it's very important to know who's on your land!
So everyone out there ASK ASK ASK before you go charging on the stubble!!
 
Am I the only one who hates stubble? Sharp spikey stuff, full of rabbit holes and flints, and generally hard as concrete.:(

I keep well clear.

Misery, aren't I?:rolleyes:;)
 
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The wheat field on the left is just across the road from me, all 300 acres of it, really ought to go round it sometime I suppose. (Yes, permission granted)
 
I haved asked permission and got told no ... gutted, I know others who ride on it anyway, I just couldn't though and anyway knowing my luck I would get caught lol. So just a bit green with jealousy

Liz
 
I'm sure you all have, but can I just ask that you make sure you have the relevant farmers permission to ride on their land.

As a landowner there is nothing more infuriating than local riders assuming that they have the right to ride over your fields without having the courtesy to ask permission first.

Totally agree to this - the amount of horses I have seen this year who haven't obtained permission has surprised me. What non farming people do not realise is that there could be people out shooting. Bearing in mind when we are shooting deer, the range of the bullet from the rifle is 1800 metres it's very important to know who's on your land!
So everyone out there ASK ASK ASK before you go charging on the stubble!!

One rider near me ruined it for the rest a few years ago. They didnt ask permission and spent hours charging around on their horse and it didnt end well. Since then all riders in the area have been banned from riding on them :(
 
The 2 farmers who farm the land where I live never let you go on the stubble :( and they would go ballistic if they caught anyone on it, they're both very "anti" horse.
 
The 2 farmers who farm the land where I live never let you go on the stubble :( and they would go ballistic if they caught anyone on it, they're both very "anti" horse.

Whilst there are undoubtably some "anti horse" people please bear in mind that for many farmers it will be a case of adherring to their insurance.

By allowing riders onto their land they open themselves up for liability if the horse or rider are injured. Many insurance policies expressly exclude this and therefore they would be personally sued if someone chose to do so.

Very unfortunate but a depressing sign of the times :(
 
thats I think at the heart of the problem. I think riders would be more willing to seek permission if the answer (quite understandbly due to subsidies and liabilities) didnt tend to be an automatic no. So all the farmers out there who take a wee risk by agreeing, good on you, and all the riders on their fields, dont you dare sue them if you fall off while re-enacting cavalry charge :-))
 
I love stubble fields. When i went to try out Catchie before we bought him luckily it was stubble field season (:D) so the owner let me take him in his stubble field which was amazing! luckily the farm im on livery at has about 3 fields made into one big one so when its stubble its mahusive!!! :D can't wait for it to be cut so we can get in there again :)

Love xx
 
i've got 200 plus acres of stubble fields to ride in - all owned by my inlaws so no problems with permission - bring on the fun times, yeeeeehaaaaa
 
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