Yard dilemma!

[Nicnac]

This is exactly what everyone says over here. If you’re cold, you’re not dressed for the weather. People ride over here, outdoors, shock horror in double minus figures. ?.

I used to live in Minnesota - now that's cold!

 

[Sail_away]

Having been at a livery with a nice indoor, and then had to move - you actually don’t miss it as much as you might think. When I was there I couldn’t believe I’d coped without an indoor before, but I haven’t really noticed not having one (and there’s been some pretty grim days since!).
Turnout would be way higher up my priority list.

 

[quiteniceforacob]

Which area are you looking at? I’m on outskirts of London and have amazing turnout and clinics/ on-site shows - no indoor school but you don’t have to give up everything!

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Based on what you said, even though they have an indoor school at your current yard, it doesn't sound as if you have much/easy access to it. So basically, it's not a very useful perk.
Sounds much better to me with the perks with turnout, which you will actually get to use on a regular basis at the second yard.

Besides, Ulla Håkanson who has won 2 Olympic Bronzes in dressage with the Swedish team, in München, and Los Angeles, and last I heard about her, some years ago still rode dressage when she was well over 70 years old, has never had access to an indoor school when training her dressage programs. Sometimes she did not even use an outdoor school, without simply trained her program components when out riding in nature.

So at least some riders manages very well without indoor schools.

 

[Brockles77]

Hi all - so, it's nice sometimes to hear about what happened post-advice. I ended up staying, and procrastinating and doing another winter at the riding school. It was a bit better but isn't great now. They come in at 3pm and it's hot in his box. SO - I am finally moving almost a year to the day of this post! Not to the original yard but to another one that's even better. Still no covered riding but, I want him to be out much more, and his new yard has 12 hours per day, and overnight if it gets hot. It's quite scary but - I am finally off and excited about it! Fingers crossed I can deal with winter! EEK

 

[nagblagger]

Thank you for the update...good luck on the move, right thing for your horse..

 

[J&S]

Good idea, the more turnout the better. Best of luck at your new yard.

 

[Cob Life]

You get used to rain!
ihave a rain sheet for the horses and water proof jods and a long good coat for me and we just kick on and do it. The only weather I don’t ride in is thunderstorms or thick snow.

 

[Honey08]

For me turnout would be much more important than whether I could ride undercover!

Absolutely. An indoor school is a luxury. Decent turnout is a necessity.