Which should come first

[muddy_grey]

I am moving out of the big smoke and back to the countryside so can finally get a new horse. I am moving to a new area though and where I lived previously I had real problems finding a nice yard. Would you look for the yard first or the horse? I don't know whether to find a yard and then hope there's space. Or find the horse and then find somewhere with room.

 

[nicnag]

The yard, definately. No point if finding a horse you really like then struggling to find a decent yard. Round us it's pretty busy and quite a few of the yards are full or have waiting lists, the ones which have availability might be poor so ensuring you have a good place to go is important and may also dictate the type of horse you can buy if you can only find turnout?

 

[AmyMay]

Yard most definately.

 

[saskia295]

Yard, without a doubt!

 

[rach1984horse]

Yard. You would be gutted if you found the right horse then lost him because you had no where to go.

 

[JulieL]

Yard. Defo - just in case you buy a ponio and have no place to put it - doh!

 

[laura_1983]

def the yard, you could also then maybe find the right horse through the yard/people on it!

 

[htobago]

Yard! Definitely! And give yourself plenty of time to find the right place - it took me months and months!

 

[Hayleycob]

Another vote for yard !

 

[Donkeymad]

Another vote for the yard, unless you can keep it in your back garen for a while

 

[muddy_grey]

Thanks Everyone. I will start looking tomorrow. You'll probably see a post about it later. Hee Hee