Backing and Training

* Special offer for Winter training *
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Is your aim:

- to get your horse or pony backed ready for riding in the Spring ?
- to bring your horse on during the winter ready for competing?

Do you need:

- fittening work for your horse but can't manage the necessary hours?
- a horse or pony that has been turned away bringing back into work?
- a horse or pony prepared for sale?

Take advantage of our special winter rate for livery and full daily care:

£35.00 per week (feed, bedding, shoeing, etc., extra)

Schooling, hacking, etc: £20.00 per session (up to 4 sessions a week)

Our overall approach

Classical Training Method: patient, methodical progress rather than "quick fixes" or gadgets.

Involving owners: we make sure owners know what work has been done, how and why.

Treating each horse as an individual: finding the methods that suit a particular horse or pony

Honesty: we never exaggerate what can be achieved in a given time.

Flexibility: we will arrange the work to help owners with limited budgets.

Backing

Usually from three years upwards but we will accept a horse or pony before that if mature enough. We produce horses and ponies for any discipline, for showing and for general riding.

What you can expect:

The foundation

We ensure that your horse or pony:

- is easy to handle, lead and be tied up
- has good manners at all times
- accepts tack calmly and willingly
- gets used to new and potentially scary things
- works quietly on the lunge (i.e. without rider) in walk, trot and halt

LENGTH OF TIME IS 100% DEPENDENT
ON HOW MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE AT HOME.

We ensure that the horse or pony:

- always stands still to be mounted
- goes forward in walk and trot with a rider
- understands the basic riding aids
- will go out on the roads with a companion

THE AVERAGE TIME IS 4 TO 6 WEEKS

Schooling on

Horses that have come for backing often stay for further training or come back the following year to start jumping, etc.

Older horses

We take older horses for training and retraining and have a wealth of experience in overcoming long-standing issues. These can't be resolved by magic in a few weeks but it is possible to "teach an old dog new tricks" and also to modify bad behaviour.

What you can expect:

- a thorough examination of why and how problems have arisen (including physical causes)
- the same patient and methodical approach that we use for young horses
- practical help and support to build owners' confidence

WE SET THE HORSE AND RIDER ON THE RIGHT PATH,
BUT LASTING SUCCESS ONLY COMES
IF THE RIDER CONTINUES THE WORK AT HOME!

Prices (from Easter 2009):

WHATEVER YOUR TRAINING NEEDS,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT OR VISIT US
WITHOUT OBLIGATION.