Which yard (Lancashire based)???

What would you rather

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BlondeAmbition

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You may remember a few months ago I was looking for a yard, well the search begins again unfortunately!

Yard One
<u>Good Points</u>
1, The stables are secure
2, The fields are all post and railed
3, There is an individual field for mare and foal
4, The mares and geldings are turned out seperately
5, The hacking is fantastic
6, The school is floodlit

<u>Bad Points</u>
1, The mare who in in foal can only go out for 1 hour a day
2, The horses (generally) are only permitted to go out for a few hours every other day
3, There is only one field being used for 20+ horses in winter and it is trashed totally
4, It is not clear how long the mare and foal will get out (PM me for more details on this as I don't want to put it on an open forum)
5, All horses on the yard have stable vices as a result of the lack of turnout



Yard Two
<u>Good Points</u>
1, The stables are all large and airy
2, They can go out every day in winter
3, There is someone on site who does the livery
4, The mare can go out all day every day from the moment she goes onto the yard (and then with her foal)
5, The school is floodlit
6, The horses can go out 24/7 in summer
7, There is a horse walker
8, Mare and foal will get out with some shetlands so not just the two of them

<u>Bad Points</u>
1, It is not as pristine looking as Yard One
2, Some of the fields have barbed wire on the fencing (although not the one for mare and foal)
3, The yard is full of dogs, chickens, geese etc etc
4, The two horses (I have another one too) would not be in the same stable block
5, The hacking requires you to go along a busy main road before you can get to any decent hacking



So, which one would you choose???
 
imo tidyness is a big thing of mine with yards. my yard is tidy ish, but if it was mine id smarten it up even more. i couldnt cope with chickens/geese around all the time, and it would annoy the hell out of me not having the horses on the same stable block. when i first had archie he was in a different block to Bloss and it took twice as long in the mornings and evenings. Now they are practically next to each other its much easier.

if i was you id keep looking. If there are little things that are bugging you about the second yard, which it seems like there are, then dont move there for the sake of it. I know your current YO is being a bit of a pain, however limited turnout is better than nothing imo...........x
 
Yes where abouts in Lancs are you looking?
Id go for yard 2 over one if I had to pick, turnout for me beats stuck in every other day in summer especially. Otherwise I'd keep looking.
 
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