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Horses are like people, we all enjoy a treat once in a while. Something refreshing to help them cool down in the summer, or a treat, to reward them for good behaviour. Sometimes, and this is perfectly understandable, we might take a wander down to th...

Today's tutorial is Walk Pirouette. I call this my 'Tuning fork and figure of eight' exercise.   Start from a regular collected walk, ride on parallel lines like a railway track. I lineup with my mirrors, one side to the othe...

I often get asked "What do you feed Bailey?" and "Do you have a preference between hay and haylage?". The answer is, I feed both.   I feed Bailey 50/50 hay and haylage through the summer and then come winter I increas...

There are probably only a few words or phrases that really strike fear into equestrians: “loose horse”, “strangles” and “box rest”. Hopefully, you’ve not encountered the first two but I’m sure the ...