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Post by LuckyRed on Dec 2, 2008 10:05:45 GMT 1
A friend of mine has just been told her husband (he's in the Army) is to be posted from Northern Ireland to Colchester in Essex - by 15 Dec! As a result she is looking for a DiY livery yard for her 2 boys Lucky and Star (Lucky is a 14.3 welsh part bred and is the Lucky of 'LuckyRed' and Star is a pony ridden by her 7yr old and 3yr old)
Does anyone have any contacts in the Colchester area - or yards to look for or avoid? Or anything else about horse owning in that area - she's never been to that part of the country before so will have to find farriers, chiros, dentists etc - starting from scratch!
Thanks
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Post by geeup on Dec 2, 2008 10:45:01 GMT 1
colchester has a garrison, which runs horsey showjumping events so I'd start there. Its a really horsey part of the world and just north of Colchester is an area near Priory saddlery, theres loads of small liveries there. As for local communication lines try Horsedates.co.uk.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2008 13:03:59 GMT 1
Sara K's a good person to ask. Maybe send her a PM. I'll pm you with the details of my physio and my EDT. I'm not good on farriers in the area, though. As for her local RA if she ever needs one, she's drawn the short straw there...  Essex Rider might be worth getting hold of. There are bound to be things advertised in there that might be useful. |
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Post by LuckyRed on Dec 2, 2008 13:39:59 GMT 1
Thanks everyone!
She's just rung to say she has a place for the horses at the Garrison saddle club - she sorted them out before even contacting the Housing Officer to sort out a house!
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Post by geeup on Dec 2, 2008 14:02:35 GMT 1
oh lucky horses, life of luxury ;D
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Post by LuckyRed on Dec 2, 2008 17:14:02 GMT 1
I guess there have to be a few advantages to being in the Army!
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Post by Just Me! on Sept 11, 2009 11:12:04 GMT 1
Wow.. to stable at the garrison will be amazing.. they've certainly got the equipment! xx
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Post by LuckyRed on Sept 11, 2009 11:50:41 GMT 1
I don't think she liked the garrison that much cos she's moved the horses to another yard that is near some woods so the kids can hack out
neigh 1 - if you drop me your contact details for your yard I'll forward them to her in case the yard she's now at doesn't work out
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Post by catm on Sept 12, 2009 11:21:46 GMT 1
Second Sara K - we got in touch when I was living in Colchester last year altho not sure she's been on the DG recently..
I have her contact details so can ask her to get in touch if you like?
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