Recently one of the Seaview Juniors was offered on loan by someone in barrow, not from the yard. A pony to hae on loan they were told the pony was suitable for a child to ride, unfortunatly it has turned out not to be the case and has left a young child with a broken wrist.

If you want to loan a pony make sure you either take an experienced person with you to look at it, or you know the horses background.

Not everyone is always truthfull and what may suit someone may not suit you. The owner of this pony was a genuine person and was very upset by the accident.

Thankfully the parent of the child always made sure that the child wears a body protector and has an up to date safe riding hat other wise it could have been more than just a broken wrist.

Please remember that though the nights are getting lighter, to wear your Hi Viz jackets still (yellow or pink jackets) its still very easy for riders to be missed by car drivers, as both a rider and a driver often because I know the roads that the riders take I am more alert, but other drivers arent.

Also remember to thank car drivers, many do not understand that you may need to give a rider on a horse as much room as another car, so its about educating them. But as a driver there is nothing worse when you have given room for the rider to completley ignore you, if you cant remove a hand from a rein then a verbal thank you, a nod of the head is better than ignorance. And your behaviour might affect how that car driver behaves next time.

Recently one of the Seaview Juniors was offered on loan by someone in barrow, not from the yard. A pony to hae on loan they were told the pony was suitable for a child to ride, unfortunatly it has turned out not to be the case and has left a young child with a broken wrist.

If you want to loan a pony make sure you either take an experienced person with you to look at it, or you know the horses background.

Not everyone is always truthfull and what may suit someone may not suit you. The owner of this pony was a genuine person and was very upset by the accident.

Thankfully the parent of the child always made sure that the child wears a body protector and has an up to date safe riding hat other wise it could have been more than just a broken wrist.

Hannah Torkingtonis selling Alex, he is a fab safe hacker, he is 16 and comes with all tack etc she is looking for about £2000 for him.

Claire is selling her horse boxand wants £3000 for it.

There you go horse and horse box £5000 who needs a stable he could live in the box.