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Autumn Newsletter See Below:

Notice Re: Pony Club:

Pony Club from now on is a Sunday morning!

Georgina will be taking the sessions and is keen to talk through badges and achievements you have completed, fill in any gaps on those nearly completed and then move forward with new ones.

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AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2010

WELCOME

Welcome to our Autumn Newsletter.

At the time of writing the weather has turned mild and dry again, just as we were thinking the wetter weather had arrived! The land is very quickly drying out and the mildness will bring a brief growth of grass and although not necessarily rich, constant feed monitoring of the horses remains important.

Our neighbouring farmers are busy ploughing, closely followed by the drilling tractor sowing rape or barley/wheat. We managed to get all our haylege in and in total made close to 700 bales.

The equipment we purchased allowing us to do more of the grass harvest work ourselves, although expensive, meant we were able to make our own decisions as to when to cut, turn, bale and wrap which hopefully results in having top class feed with very little mouldy bales. So far, those we have opened have been excellent.

THE HORSES

We have swapped all the horses over to winter routine now so all the stables are full at night and the only horses left out overnight are those that really don’t settle in like Henry.

Jade was referred to Rossdales equine hospital at Newmarket to have part of her frog (the soft triangular bit in the horses foot) removed which had an infected growth called canker. She spent 6 days in hospital and has been on box rest at our livery yard since returning home. We have been dressing the foot every day and our vets are pleased with progress, they even suggested we may be able to have her back by Christmas which would be a result.

Rocky had his X-rays done which indicate that his leg has healed and he has returned to light work. We will gradually increase this as he gets fitter.

Lai also had X-rays done and hers show arthritis in her hocks. We are currently looking into possible treatments to help her.

Mickey is progressing well and although he does have an occasional attitude he is willing to learn and we hope to have him available soon.

We have been loaned little Bracken who has already been trained to a high standard and has proved popular with riders.

Honeypot Riders Tack Shop

Our little tack shop located to the left of the main stable block is crammed full of riders clothing.

We stock a quality product at an affordable price and avoid the often expensive branded items. We also stock Hoggs of Fife country wear goods.

We have regular orders to our suppliers so aim to get ordered items in quickly. We have had some problems with Shires products selling out from the warehouse very fast this year but can often offer alternatives.

Our shop is always staffed at weekends and can be opened at anytime during the week when lessons are running.

Hot and cold drinks are also available.

Posters for forthcoming activities will go up on the notice board as soon as finalised and on our website:

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