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Heavygoods

details of all the horses youve owned/loaned/had the ride of??x

Pickles - 13.1hh blue roan NF X gelding. Really sweet, sensible and just down right perfect childs pony although when i got him he was a bit nervy due to lack of contact and we thought we were gonna end up losing him because of DJD but it's under wraps and hes now teaching kids to ride which is just wonderful for him :)
Foxy - 13.2hh dapple grey welsh B, really seriously well bred little mare, very green around 5/6ish when I started working with her, basically brought her on and then sold her on. She was sooo sensitive which made her quite tricky but she was a sweetheart and not malicious at all
Bonnie - 13.2hh bay NF mare, she was 22/23 when I got her, batshit crazy lol but not mean she was just brilliant, very intelligent and knew her own mind and didnt like being taken for granted. Genuinely being serious when I say pretty much everyone struggled to get along with her except me and still to this day she lets barely anyone handle her etc so ya know ;)
Charlie - 13.2hh skewbald traditional cob. he was absolutely S T U N N I N G. rode him for yard owners daughter, he was incredibly well schooled, qualified for HOYS, RI etc in showing he was astounding and i was grateful and lucky to have been able to ride him whenever I wanted
Marble - 13.2hh piebald welsh thing, he could be such a shit when he wanted to be but he improved loads and was awesome in the end
Midnight - was spoilt rotten being able to ride her aaaall the time haha lovely little black 13.2 mare, literal springs in her feet was incred
Monty - 16hh grey gelding, quite old and a total schoolmaster brought him back into work for a friend and basically rode him whenever I felt like it, epitome of perfect, literally never put a foot wrong and was just BRILLIANT
Roxy - 16hh black mare. The main prob with her was that i got her without going to see her try her out looool so our fault really, but we thought she'd pretty much be the schoolmistress she was when she was with us before on our riding school, but she was shocking, bad tempered and just not very happy or easy to do at all and totally mareish, but nevertheless she improved drastically and i was so proud for sticking it out with her for as long as i did, but then school and personal life got the better of me as well and had to send her back adn stop riding altogether

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Yard routine?

On a weekday we feed around 8ish, it can be earlier depending if we are competing or it's going to be hot so Sam and I will get the riding done before the horses start melting, but on a normal day we just feed, rug up if any of them wear rugs and turn them out (inc DIYs because they're all assisted), muck out part/full liveries, hay nets/feeds, sweep yard and we are usually done by 10:30 at the latest so then we go for our lunch break. Come back at 3 to bring in the part/full's, put any needed lotions, potions and sprays on horses as they come in, then it's just skipping out, haying and feeding then we go home at 5pm

Saw you commenting on something on SH&P, your yard has space?! what's it like?

Yeah we actually have four boxes available at the moment but there are loooads of people coming to look about next week - our yard is beaut, we have a really nice bunch of liveries, the tea room is just fabulous and we n e v e r run out of milk, everyone is really welcoming and friendly

What are your horses fed on including supplements?

Wall's has alfalfa pellets and alfalfa light, protexin gut balancer, premier flex, seaweed & rosehip, vegetable oil and plenty of water to damp his feed down. He gets a large soaked hay net every night and has a lot of turn out
As of today Ector's having chaff, non-heating pony nuts, bute, devils claw, honey and a drizzle of molasses also watered down. He also has soaked hay 24/7 and a big bucket of graze-on ready grass at lunch time as he can't be turned out

What saddles do you ride in?

Ector was in a Stubben but as he muscled out we had to put him in a different one, he was in a Henri De Revel which was a lovely saddle
Wall's has a thorowgood dressage saddle and Kenton Masters long leg GP

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