Once again thank you for an informative video. As far as stalls are concerned, horses do not lay down on the side but some can lay with the legs underneath. Laying sideways in small spaces can lead to an animal being 'cast'. However, because the sides of stalls are usually removeable the problem if it arises can be simply dealt with. You might find it also of great interest to visit the stables at the palace of Versailles. There are two; la grande écurie and la petite écurie. They were built by Mansart for Louis XIV between 1679 and 1685. One is now used as government offices and college but the other is still in use. When you do some research on it you will discover that the stables used a hybrid loose-box stall arrangement. At it's height 2000 horses were stabled there with 1500 staff.
Wow thank you will definitely take a look at The Palace of Versailles stables. That’s interesting about the stalls and makes total sense they could only lay down with the legs underneath. My large mare has got cast in her stable a couple of times and that’s in a decent sized stable so she’d have had no hope in a stall! Yes I read from a previous video I researched that it was normal quite easy to help a horse if it did get cast by moving the stall sides. However I did think the ones at Dunster looked quite solid in one of the photos, but they may not have been the originals.
You enthusiasm is obvious and infectious, I want to visit the stalls at Dunster too now! Thank you for another well researched and really interesting video.
The BHS used to be based at Kenilworth, and I'm pretty sure they did have Dressage competitions there, and maybe Showing comps...? The old grey matter is refusing to give up it's secrets!! 😂
I think your right! I feel like at one point all the major equestrian organisations were all based there or may still be. I think they did showing and show jumping as well.
@historicalhorses9816 they may well have all been based there, everything seemed to have Stoneleigh as their address. Wish I'd been able to keep some of my old Horse & Pony magazines...
Really enjoyed this. I'm sixty and as a child I remember the Spanish Riding School still using stalls for their stallions. Even in my lifetime, once upon a time, 16hh was a big horse. Nowadays, to me big starts at 16.2hh and only if that's not due to a massive wither.
Thank you. I just went on the Spanish Riding School instagram to see if they still used stalls but could only see loose boxes on there. I know the Royal Mews still gave stalls but not sure if they are used, they definitely have stables as well.
Been to many things at Stoneleigh, the Royal Show used to be there, the BS championships are held there, there used to be a horse trials there and also Your Horse Live is held there. The office address for BE, BS, BE and the BHS were all there at one time. Anyway, I always drive past Kenilworth castle to and from there! Also I have an old horse book that showed horses tied in stalls by a rope with a ball on the end so it kept tension on the rope stop them getting stuck. Love these videos.
Thank you for all this info! I never knew they once held a horse trials. I went there one year for the Trailblazers championships. Ah now you mention horses being tied by a rope and ball on the end that does ring a bell and I’ve definitely seen it in a picture. Thanks ☺️
One of my distant ancestors from the Luttrell family was born at Dunster Castle, so I’ve always wanted to visit. I want to even more now I know about the stables!
I think sadly working horses were tied all of the time. I’ve yet to come across anything that suggests they could move around. There was often a bit of length to the rope but not enough for them to move properly.
The method used in stalls by the British Army pre-war (when cavalry was used heavily for everything) was to attach the head-collar to a rope tied to a log in the manger set at a length of the horse's head when the head is high. This was to prevent the rope getting caught around the front legs and causing galls. Horses would never be left free inside a stall.
Once again thank you for an informative video. As far as stalls are concerned, horses do not lay down on the side but some can lay with the legs underneath. Laying sideways in small spaces can lead to an animal being 'cast'. However, because the sides of stalls are usually removeable the problem if it arises can be simply dealt with.
You might find it also of great interest to visit the stables at the palace of Versailles. There are two; la grande écurie and la petite écurie. They were built by Mansart for Louis XIV between 1679 and 1685. One is now used as government offices and college but the other is still in use.
When you do some research on it you will discover that the stables used a hybrid loose-box stall arrangement.
At it's height 2000 horses were stabled there with 1500 staff.
Wow thank you will definitely take a look at The Palace of Versailles stables.
That’s interesting about the stalls and makes total sense they could only lay down with the legs underneath. My large mare has got cast in her stable a couple of times and that’s in a decent sized stable so she’d have had no hope in a stall!
Yes I read from a previous video I researched that it was normal quite easy to help a horse if it did get cast by moving the stall sides. However I did think the ones at Dunster looked quite solid in one of the photos, but they may not have been the originals.
You enthusiasm is obvious and infectious, I want to visit the stalls at Dunster too now! Thank you for another well researched and really interesting video.
Thank you ☺️, I do love it. Dunster looks amazing the stalls and the castle.
The BHS used to be based at Kenilworth, and I'm pretty sure they did have Dressage competitions there, and maybe Showing comps...? The old grey matter is refusing to give up it's secrets!! 😂
I think your right! I feel like at one point all the major equestrian organisations were all based there or may still be. I think they did showing and show jumping as well.
@historicalhorses9816 they may well have all been based there, everything seemed to have Stoneleigh as their address. Wish I'd been able to keep some of my old Horse & Pony magazines...
@@Siobhan_Shivaun haha yes they did all have Stoneleigh in their address.
Really enjoyed this. I'm sixty and as a child I remember the Spanish Riding School still using stalls for their stallions. Even in my lifetime, once upon a time, 16hh was a big horse. Nowadays, to me big starts at 16.2hh and only if that's not due to a massive wither.
Thank you. I just went on the Spanish Riding School instagram to see if they still used stalls but could only see loose boxes on there. I know the Royal Mews still gave stalls but not sure if they are used, they definitely have stables as well.
Been to many things at Stoneleigh, the Royal Show used to be there, the BS championships are held there, there used to be a horse trials there and also Your Horse Live is held there. The office address for BE, BS, BE and the BHS were all there at one time. Anyway, I always drive past Kenilworth castle to and from there! Also I have an old horse book that showed horses tied in stalls by a rope with a ball on the end so it kept tension on the rope stop them getting stuck. Love these videos.
Thank you for all this info! I never knew they once held a horse trials.
I went there one year for the Trailblazers championships.
Ah now you mention horses being tied by a rope and ball on the end that does ring a bell and I’ve definitely seen it in a picture.
Thanks ☺️
One of my distant ancestors from the Luttrell family was born at Dunster Castle, so I’ve always wanted to visit. I want to even more now I know about the stables!
That’s very cool!
I have often wondered how they kept the horses in the actual stalls or did they just wander around?I know they were tied but was that all of the time?
I think sadly working horses were tied all of the time. I’ve yet to come across anything that suggests they could move around. There was often a bit of length to the rope but not enough for them to move properly.
The method used in stalls by the British Army pre-war (when cavalry was used heavily for everything) was to attach the head-collar to a rope tied to a log in the manger set at a length of the horse's head when the head is high. This was to prevent the rope getting caught around the front legs and causing galls. Horses would never be left free inside a stall.