Winter turnout

[Horsegirl25]

Sorry guys but I am forward planning for this winter which is fast approaching
I am trying to work out the best solution to manage my grazing this year, as I well and truly f*cked it last year and ended up with boggy knee deep muddy fields!!
I am fortunate enough to have 2 'fields' more like paddocks but big enough for my 2 to share (14.2 and 16.2) this summer they started going out together, they are fine now after my gelding asserted his dominance so will continue to do this through winter.
In the summer I have been rotating the fields 4 weeks at a time so letting one rest and switching, this seems to be working well and fields look good.
Now my dilemma is, last winter my field closest to the barn (front field) my mare wrecked to an inch of it's life, it was the muddiest I have ever seen it (they were individual turnout at this point and she doesn't do good alone) The field furthest away (back field) has a semi hard standing bit at the gate so it doesn't get half as muddy, this was my geldings field last winter.

They are currently up the back at the moment and the front field is resting. Now I was thinking about switching them back down the front letting the back field rest until winter and then using that as my winter field.
Now my question is when should I switch them back to the front to allow the back field to rest and prep for winter? When does the grass stop growing? When is the right time to switch them back up, I am conscious of doing it too early and then leaving no grazing for over winter. Should I have them up the back for half the winter and then down the front for the other half? I have no idea, any similar experiences are welcomed!
Is there even a good way to manage winter grazing? I am very fortunate that I have the 2 fields to rotate between and would still like to have the horses out for as much as possible, our yard allows every 2nd day turnout in the winter so they wouldn't be on the fields 24/7.
I may be p*ssing in the wind here and end up with the back field a mud bath but it's further away out of sight out of mind.....

 

[TheMule]

They need to come off it now if you want it to grow up enough for winter.
I’ve just taken mine off the winter fields- generally I then try to keep them off until the clocks change. September and early October are good grass growing months

 

[SEL]

I've got more grass than I know what to do with this year, but my normal approach would be to rest anything needed for winter about now and leave it as long as I can before using it.

I am hoping for cold & dry because I haven't yet grazed my wettest acre. It wasn't dry enough until late May but there was so much grass in the other paddock I've tracked it and they've barely made a dent. Grass over my knees.

 

[Horsegirl25]

Perfect thanks guys - disgusting we are having to already think about winter Lol

 

[Sealine]

I'm at a livery yard. We have daytime grazing in the winter. Our winter fields had hay cut off them at the end of June. They've been grazed for the last four weeks and we'll come off them this weekend and won't go back until two weeks before Xmas. We will then stay on them until the end of March by which time they will be trashed. They will then be harrowed and rolled ready for hay to be cut again in the summer. It always amazes me how the winter fields recover.

 

[dorsetladette]

Yep as others have said rest now until the clocks change. the longer the grass the less they cut the ground up in my experience.

 

[Highmileagecob]

We move off the grazing after Bonfire Night, and the pasture is closed off. The winter turn out is just that. Very little grass, and absolutely no forage to be left in the field due to the numbers involved. We tend to turn out for four or five hours only in the winter months.