Hi Jo55. Glad to hear you are a like minded sole.

I have a black warmblood mare Phoenix who I do dressage on. She is the love of my life (well I guess OH and daughter fit in there too). I ride about 4 times per week. One of my major worries at the moment (probably naive thinking on my part) is that I won't be able to continue riding particularly once winter comes (I am in Australia, so very hot atm). I know that compared to the concerns of most on here this is pretty minor but so long as I can be with my horse I feel I can cope mentally with most things.

So what's your horse like? Does she/he live with you? I would love to live with mine but live close to Melbourne so for practical reasons she is agisted about 40 minutes drive away.

I also have a border collie, Cody and a cat Sarah. I had another cat, Wanda but sadly she died 2 weeks ago
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