In my head I break down my horsey life into three distinct phases. Pre-season winter; where there's no competitions but I'm actively training the horses and focusing on fitness. In-Season; where we're training and competing, and then Off-season winter; Where I'm riding for fun occasionally but mainly just giving the horses a break.
I am firmly in our off-season phase, the horses shoes are off. I ride, maybe, once a week, maybe not at all. In this phase they are stabled at night (in pre-season they're stabled in the day) and out in the day and they take up about 1.5 - 3hrs of my time a day, which is basically the least amount of input they require year round.
I get to the yard just after 6am and turn them straight out in the field. We're still lucky enough to not need much haylage out in the field as there's still a fair amount of grass left but the mud is starting to turn up uninvited! I then muck out both stables, which are on a mix of equinola chopped straw and straw pellets. Then I prep the mash feeds for later and head on home to get ready for work.
I work 8-4 and have a 30minute commute to work. I then go straight to the yard from work, pull the beds down, fill the haynets, make the feeds and bring the ponies in. So pretty low maintenance really!