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As fun as this time of year is with stubble fields, just a note to say PLEASE make sure you have land owners permission to ride around them before you decide to o for a gallop. Teenager has this morning decided to come up the side of one of our stubble fields, which is in the process of being re fenced. Her TB got horribly tangled up in a wire fence which was lying on the floor and is now in a very bad way.
I manage to stick to the bits I am allowed in, so it is very unfair when someone else comes for a free-for-all and ends up putting their horse is such a way.
When the fields are in this state a lot of farmers use this time to re fence/correct drainage problems which often means unseen trenches and rogue wire on the ground. More for the horses safety as well as liability of the farmer please ask before hand- you really never know what is lurking in the headlands.
Also a little common sense- someone went for a gallop in OH's wheat field whilst they were combining, which caused the horse to spook and rider fall off. As well as the dangers to YOU and YOUR horse please do consider that anything that happens to you whilst on someone else's land results in them being liable, which may compromise how accomodating they are to you.
 
Well said. I hope all injured parties are ok.
Also in this day and age of drill seeding a field may look like a stubble field but it may already have been re seeded.
 
Well said. I have the LO permission to ride our local fields but ALWAYS walk/trot round first just in case there is anything untoward. There are often deep wheel ruts that you don;t see til you're on top of them when flat out, or big cracks when the ground dries out.
 
Poor girl, what an awful thing to happen.

I went for a gallop this morning, and on the way back saw a huge hole just where I had been, way out from the hedge line, so it wasn't a rabbit hole. I usually walk the route I am to gallop first, but didn't this time. Mistake, we could have so easily put a leg down this hole.

I don't think stubble fields are all that wonderful for galloping anyway as ours are usually rutted and rough, it was that we had rain last night that softened the ground. Too much rain and the fields become too deep and that isn't suitable for galloping either!
 
I will let you know how the horse is as I know but this morning it was in a bad way and I think will need a lot of skin grafting. They weren't sure whether it had torn into a tendon which of course will be even more worrying.
 
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