I have been meaning to reply here for a while.
I am officially horse mad. I have been riding and owning and messing about with horses for about 40 years!
Until last week we had three horses but sadly my 26 yo Pure Arabian mare had to be laid to rest as she'd gone completely blind. We knew she had vision problems but she'd started missing gateways and bumping into things. We think possibly her hearing had gone downhill too. I broke her in myself when she was 2 so we'd had half my life with each other. I still burst into tears regularly but I know my angel daughter Ellen now has a lovely horse to ride. Fortunately I have her son and daughter in the paddock and my Andalusian mare will soon be coming home from the lease she's on. The hardest thing about saying goodbye to her was that she was fat and healthy apart from being blind.

I am a riding coach and work part time. I am registered EA/NCAS so have jumped through the hoops for a qualification and have insurance etc.

I run clinics in body awareness riding and I coach a LOT.
My horses live here at home and I broke in my Pure Arabian grey gelding. I sent my young black arab/wb mare off to one of my students to start as I'd taught her how to break in and I wanted the horse done consistently which was hard to do with my baby.
I am about to get back to riding after being in a bad car accident about 18 months ago. I can't wait!!!!!

Today I have one of my clients show horses here and I just finished plaiting and show prepping him for her to take to Cooma show tomorrow.
My life is horses!

Out of interest my old mare was happily in a stable/yard every night as I don't like to hammer my limited paddock space with them out 24/7 she seemed to cope well. I always rug when they are stabled in winter 'cause I don't think they can move enough to stay warm when space is restricted. I LURVE prydes feeds too!