Daydream fund challenge part 4

lostinrates

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

d in containing one (injured as he had no shoes ) horse in a layby, where we waited till the police and an equine vet arrived......poor horse was bleeding buckets from his torn hooves. Just hope the others were rounded up without injury - crazy motorists were hurtling past, despite DH's best efforts to slow traffic.......

Well done you for stopping and helping. .

Just want to clarify most horses do not NEED shoes to go on roads. Injuries might have been from shoes ripping off, possibly more likely if shoeing over due or feet not good. Many of mine never or rarely wore shoes out of competing when it was essential, some never wore shoes. Some always did.

( by essential when competing I mean when competing under rules which demanded it.....not that the horses had to have shoes to do it)

alfie_1

Hi all. So pleased all is going well choille. Have u noticed the weather for you has slightly improved since my parcel....:D. So may be a fluke or the witch work works....in reverse ! . I was going to say the same as lir re the horses... mine have never had shoes... may have also torn fetlocks getting out of wherever ie brambles ? I'm " doing" a bootsale tomorow,so early start :eek: piggle wiggles are o soooo sweet :A makes me miss my mabel seeing big gal mummy I've sw apped over the freezer contents today just hope all is working . Ctc...did u say you wanted another chest freezer ? Its medium size not a whoppa . I got a lovely albeit dirty oil painting ( frameless) from the tip today for £1 . I gently cleaned the corner and signature/date is 1895 . Its just a mass of crysanths heads and odd leaf that fills the canvas. I love it !! Will be interesting to get true colours its aprox 20 x 15" ....

phoebe1989seb

lostinrates wrote: »

Well done you for stopping and helping. .

Just want to clarify most horses do not NEED shoes to go on roads. Injuries might have been from shoes ripping off, possibly more likely if shoeing over due or feet not good. Many of mine never or rarely wore shoes out of competing when it was essential, some never wore shoes. Some always did.

( by essential when competing I mean when competing under rules which demanded it.....not that the horses had to have shoes to do it)

Ah, thanks for that explanation LIR Not sure what the cause of the bleeding was exactly then - I haven't been involved with horses since riding as a child of nine/ten

All I know is a girl turned up who worked with the horses where they were housed some four miles away - she said they were racehorses but again I haven't a clue, although they looked like thoroughbreds - and said all but this one had shoes, which I assumed accounted for why the others were trotting and this one was not. She didn't hang around as once she knew that particular horse was in safe hands, she was intent on heading off to intercept the others.

The remaining escapees (between five and seven others - 'twas hard to tell exactly how many there were in total as they made a frightening sight, weaving through the traffic along the A41) had been moving much faster and had long since disappeared along the carriageway. The one we were able to apprehend was hobbling because of it's torn feet which left a huge pool of blood in the layby. We later retraced our steps and saw bloody hoof prints for miles The other guy that stopped his car to help seemed to think the poor thing wouldn't be racing again......

I just hope they are all ok.

Since arriving home I've been googling escaped horses in that location and it seems to be a regular occurrence along the A41, which I thought was a bit odd.

alfie_1

Cheshire police site says 9 horses escaped, 1 injured but all home now.....

phoebe1989seb

alfie_1 wrote: »

Cheshire police site says 9 horses escaped, 1 injured but all home now.....

Thanks Alfie I just found that myself on FB and came on here to update, but you'd beaten me to it......so glad they're all safe now!

choille

ferretkeeper wrote: »

~ears pricked up~ Black gloss sockets? :idea: you wouldn't happen to have any photos please? And where are they from?

When I asked for chrome surface mounted sockets my electricians nearly went into melt down :eek: don't see things like that around here :rotfl: it's easier to just get what you want and hand it over!

The company is called Trendi & they have an ebay shop, but cheaper buying from them direct.

choille

Alfie - your present hasn't been used much lately apart from the wellies which I wear daily & they are an absolute boon & fit a treat.Still not totally dried out so it is a necessity for good wellies & coz I wear them for ages it's excellent when they are comfy - which they are very.

Good the horses were attended to.

CTC - Lovely piglets.

We have someone coming tomorrow for outside finishing stuff who is great & has been here this week & just works. Hope it's dry as it's not on if it's wet coz of slippey roof.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

morning all,


just come back from the ranch, for an hour or two to do some batch cooking for the freezer, and to sow the mangy too's ( thanks davesnave, thought it was around now, but wanted to check)


grey and overcast here.. so fingers crossed it might open up later, but as long as it stays dry, that's the main thing...


Alfie... will need another one later on,


right a quick cuppa, while the mince is defrosting in the old microwave, and then operation batch cook will start, followed by 'goin a sowin' loads and loads of mange touts.. lol

alfie_1

Hi all.... just got back from boot sale and did rea lly well :j will do easter weekend next. Gonna have a gardening weekend next week weather permitting. Its crispy cool here but sun is beeming....:D. Just off to see pops then may mow ( long overdue !!) Need to aquire a hedge. Cutter :cool: .... glad the weather has improved for you choille.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

beautiful sunshine here.


if anyone wants some of the mangy toos. I have loads and loads surplus.. I had a big family size plastic trifle bowl full lol...


after I sowed loads ad loads I couldn't remember if I should have soaked them... lol..


right off back up the ranch now, Hubby, youngest are up there,, think they are playing around rotavating a bit of my veggie plot for me...cutting over hanging branches etc... boys and their toys lol