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27/01/2021Read our guide to get an insight into this fascinating breed and find out if owning a racehorse, or an ex-racer, is right for you.
Please someone tell me I am not the only one who has been 100% ready to jack horses in this year. 25 years of riding and 16 years of horse ownership and never have I ever been this fed up.
Our fields have been underwater since late November, meaning turnout has been impossible, even on the limited turnout they have had, has still lead to a battle of mud fever and thrush.
I wanted to protect the paddock as much as possible for spring, but it got so trashed that we will now have to use our hay fields for summer grazing, meaning no free hay this year.
As for mucking out, I haven’t shaken the smell of ammonia out of my clothes for 4 months and can’t remember the last time my socks weren’t covered in straw!
I remember 3 days in total where the ground started to dry and we didn’t have a puddle on the yard. The reason I remember those day so clearly is because I was nearly blown away when my tonne bag filled with air and nearly lifted me like a kite, that’s right because on the days it was nearly dry we had 2 storms!
I have absolutely no where to ride at home – Gosh my own school cannot come quick enough! So I am lucky if I ride twice a week, requiring me to box up and travel to arenas.
I have forgotten what other footwear exists than wellies and have adopted strong skiing skills from being dragged around by pent up horses on wet grass.
But it’s March, it MUST be nearly time the clocks went forward, it MUST be nearly time for the rain to stop, it MUST be nearly time for the horses to go out, it MUST be nearly spring, right?!
Read our guide to get an insight into this fascinating breed and find out if owning a racehorse, or an ex-racer, is right for you.
So that was a slight turn up for the books with all the snow over the weekend, did everyone enjoy it? My poor partner had to get up early on Sunday and Monday morning to take me to the yard as I was petrified of the ice (a lot of the roads weren’t gritted and the snow had compacted on them😫) but we made it each time!
That cold blast we had for the last week or so was a good reminder its still winter! One day I had to jump (okay amble over very uncoordinatedly) both my gates to get to the stables as the locks were so frozen! I do have to say though it made for a pretty drive to the yard seeing the trees all frosty.
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