Getting my own place to keep my horses was a dream come true. A long long held dream, ever since I had ponies in fact. There are some advantages to livery yards – hacking out with others, someone on hand to help out if you …
When we talk of training, we tend to think of a specific event, something we have planned for, prepared for, something involving equipment or special area. But really all interactions we have with our horses are an opportunity to train, for example, how we expect …
Whilst I am getting fed up with the cold, the wind, not to mention the mud, winter is very useful for regulating the ponies weight. In fact it is an important part of horse management, especially in modern times. Naturally ponies would find food scarce …
When I get started on a project I get very focused, I should say very very focused. This works extremely well in the male dominated corporate industry I work in, but with my horses ……. not so much… Over the years I have tried to …
When I bought Windy Acres I knew I wanted to implement an Equicentral system (this will be covered in further blogs) and a good central area was key. I wanted a shelter rather than stables as I wanted the ponies to have full companionship and …
Today is Freethinkers Day, celebrating Thomas Paine who was born on January 29th 1737. British born Thomas was instrumental in the American revolution with his pamphlet ‘Common Sense’. He also lived for a while in France (falling foul of Robespierre) and wrote the ‘Rights of …
