GARY FOGGON'S
TIME SAVING TIPS
THIS WINTER
Winter does not have to be all about dark nights
and early mornings. In this issue international
rider Gary Foggon of Team Black Country
Saddles provides some handy hints to make good
use of precious time throughout the autumn and
winter
• Always place a small plastic football or tennis ball in your horse’s water
bucket to prevent water freezing which allows constant access to water.
• Buy plenty of haynets and fill them all at once, this can save time on dark
mornings and nights.
• Invest in a set of overalls to wear over your daytoday clothes, this saves
time changing and prevents unnecessary trips home.
• When turning your horse out in a morning, weather permitting, try to get
your stable ready for the evening. If all the mucking out is done, water
buckets filled and haynets sorted, you won’t then need to do this in the
evening leaving you more time to concentrate on your riding.
• To save time on mucking out why not deep litter your horse’s bed until you
have more time at the weekend.
• Work together! Try and join up with a fellow horse owner at your yard and
devise a rota where you take it in turns to bring each others horses in from the
field or turn them out. This will give you a little more free time.
• Prepare buckets of hard feed in advance this can shave a few minutes off
your daily routine.
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