elsielouise
Well-Known Member
so I move my competition horses tomorrow away from full livery to a rented field with a field shelter with generator (my shelter is a double one with half stable and half shelter). This is my plan for the winter:
6am - by toechlight - field check basics - are they standing up and no blood! Throw in haylage or feed depending on weight and workload. check rugs not hanging off back end.
1pm - paid groom arrives, removes rugs, grooms and checks over, lunges each one twice/3x a week. hay, feed as required.
8pm - again with my torch field check.
I plan the above Mon-fri but in addition I hope to get to school each of them (there's only 2) two mornings a week, hack once and compete/lesson once. If the weather deteriorates I can 'stable them' in the shelter with shavings on rubber matting (shelter on decent ground) and turn out at 6 and have my groom muck out etc, They'll have to stay out til 8 though.
I think it will work as have done this before with non competition horses- though am slightly nervous about things like mud fever and keeping clean for comps etc.
oh and do you think I should clip with this routine? I reckon with decent rugs it will be fine (they have MANY decent rugs)
It's the first time I haven't had them fully stabled on full livery over the winter but the field is 2 mins from my house and the last few winters I've paid full livery but only seen them twice a week.
6am - by toechlight - field check basics - are they standing up and no blood! Throw in haylage or feed depending on weight and workload. check rugs not hanging off back end.
1pm - paid groom arrives, removes rugs, grooms and checks over, lunges each one twice/3x a week. hay, feed as required.
8pm - again with my torch field check.
I plan the above Mon-fri but in addition I hope to get to school each of them (there's only 2) two mornings a week, hack once and compete/lesson once. If the weather deteriorates I can 'stable them' in the shelter with shavings on rubber matting (shelter on decent ground) and turn out at 6 and have my groom muck out etc, They'll have to stay out til 8 though.
I think it will work as have done this before with non competition horses- though am slightly nervous about things like mud fever and keeping clean for comps etc.
oh and do you think I should clip with this routine? I reckon with decent rugs it will be fine (they have MANY decent rugs)
It's the first time I haven't had them fully stabled on full livery over the winter but the field is 2 mins from my house and the last few winters I've paid full livery but only seen them twice a week.