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bonj2

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The grass grows far faster than can be grazed in that size of field in the summer and is either turned by the farmer into silage for his cattle or hay which he sells to us or at the market usually around may or june, and then in september for the winter.

The rule of thumb is one horse in one acre of grazing. I keep 2 in a 5 acre field, and they have mostly grazed it down over the winter. I think if push came to shove, then we could have had another animal in the 5 acres, but the grass and ground under it would have been fairly buggered by the end of the winter, and the horses would drop their condition (starve) between Christmas and March/April. Hay is the best of the grass at the peak of its growing cycle with all of the goodness this brings, and that is why it is cut at specific times and kept when either the grass in the field has been grazed down, or the animals have to be brought off to avoid turning them to quagmires.

As for fertilizer, the farmer was harrowing our field this evening to get rid of the dung. He will do this a few times a year and this helps aerate the soil and saves us having to poo pick a very large area.
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Great. Very nice. The fact remains, though, horses are all twats.
 
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Bollo

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bonj said:
Great. Very nice. The fact remains, though, horses are all twats.
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New Forest ponies aren't twats, they're as cool as f***.
 
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very-near

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bonj said:
Great. Very nice. The fact remains, though, horses are all twats.
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You need to quantify this one Bonj. Some can be real idiots, some can be really quit intelligent (relatively speaking). A bit like people really.

If you train the animals to compete in the way we have done, you can see that some have the intelligence to figure out some fairly tricky stuff and show that they enjoy doing it, and some are without hope.
 
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Ronaldo

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I've joined this thread late, but all the horses in the stables where I get my allotment pooh have all had funny hair cuts. Why, they look silly?
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Horses are given funny haircuts (clipped) in the late autumn so that they can be rugged (wear a blanket) through the winter. The rug in to keep them warm if they are stabled and warm and clean if they are turned out (put in field) as they roll in any mud available.

Horses need to be clipped if they are ridden through the winter because if they retained their own winter coat they would perspire (sweat) too much.

In conclusion, it should be said that not all horse riders are toffs. Almost all are "normal people" who fork out a fortune in order to pursue their chosen hobby. It is quite possible to be a life long cyclist and also enjoy horses.
 
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jimboalee

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I think it may be partly due to the general attitude of horse riders who are in the main respectful of other road users and the road traffic law.
You don't ever see horse riders going through red lights or along pavements do you.
If cyclists acted more responsibly I'm sure we would be offered a little more consideration


.....nahhhh drivers just hate cyclists full stop :tongue::biggrin::biggrin:
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Oh no?

There's a narrow single lane bridge near me which is controled by signals. I cycle across on green but always stop on red.
Two equestrians, one Sunday morning just rode through the red and forced the oncoming car to stop on a green :biggrin:. They took so long about crossing the bridge, the signals changed round a full cycle before the car could cross. This made me irate :ohmy:

To my surprise, the car driver would down her window and shouted "Hello Jill", at the elder Horserider.
 
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very-near

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Ronaldo said:
Horses are given funny haircuts (clipped) in the late autumn so that they can be rugged (wear a blanket) through the winter. The rug in to keep them warm if they are stabled and warm and clean if they are turned out (put in field) as they roll in any mud available.

Horses need to be clipped if they are ridden through the winter because if they retained their own winter coat they would perspire (sweat) too much.

In conclusion, it should be said that not all horse riders are toffs. Almost all are "normal people" who fork out a fortune in order to pursue their chosen hobby. It is quite possible to be a life long cyclist and also enjoy horses.
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+1
 
Bollo

Bollo

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bonj said:
yeah they aren't horses they're ponies.
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This UML Class diagram says otherwise......

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bonj2

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I don't have a problem with horses, I just don't think they should be allowed to be ridden on roads.





































Or bridleways.
 
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very-near

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bonj said:
I don't have a problem with horses, I just don't think they should be allowed to be ridden on roads.



































Or bridleways.
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Do you also object to cattle being driven to the milking parlour or any animals being moved down the road or is it just the act of exercising horses in a public place which you object to ?
 
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