The yard where I kept my first horse, had a sign hanging up in the tack room, saying “The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Maybe they were just warning you to look, before yelling out that you couldn’t find your girth, but that quote has always stuck with me.  When you see something every day, you stop seeing it. ...

“On yonder hill there stood a cow It must have moved It’s not there now”. That is a fine bit of poetry, isn’t it?  And, I didn’t even write it. The guy who did write it, was called William Topaz McGonagall (with the middle name of Topaz, how could he be anything but epic?!) He was born in Scotland in March 1825, and for many years was a success...

May was a brilliant month for us, and it is finally starting to feel like summer might show its face! We started the month with a fantastic day out at Badminton thanks to our wonderful sponsors Horsemart. A great time was had walking the course designed by Eric Winter and taking some pictures and videos of the riders we saw along the way. It was brilliant to see so many young and first-time...

Hi, This time I’m going to talk about flying changes. Flying changes are an important part of both dressage and show jumping, for dressage they come into play at advanced medium level and for jumping they can be used at any level. In the flying change the horse remains in canter but changes the canter lead during the moment of suspension, when all four feet are off the ground. This c...

Four horses were electrocuted after coming into contact with high voltage cables that were left hanging dangerously low to a farmers field by thieves.   The horses all died after wandering into the cables. The distressing scene was found on Sunday afternoon and reported straight away to Northern Powergrid. The horses were unable to be removed immediately from the area which ...

Moving Livery Yards by Cheryl Johns, Founder of LiveryList As with any business, clients of livery yards come and go. Some horse owners move very rarely and only through necessity, others move more regularly simply because they feel a better offer comes along. Spring and autumn are the most popular times for horse owners to start thinking about moving yard, with lots of movements o...