Equine Livery Packages

Individual care and training, tailored to your horse.

Our livery packages are designed around the individual horse rather than a fixed formula. Whether you have a youngster needing early education, a horse ready to begin its ridden career, an established horse requiring further development, or simply need trusted care while you are away, we aim to provide a calm, thoughtful and professional approach.

We place a strong emphasis on producing confident, thinking horses. Training is progressive rather than rushed, with each stage introduced in a way that suits the horse's age, temperament, previous experience and physical development.

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  • From £200 per week

    For foals, yearlings, two- and three-year-olds who would benefit from professional handling and age-appropriate education before backing.

    Young horses can learn a huge amount without being physically overworked. Our approach is based around short, thoughtful sessions that build confidence, understanding and good habits without unnecessary pressure.

    Training may include:

    • Leading and tying up

    • General handling

    • Picking up feet

    • Preparation for the farrier

    • Grooming and accepting touch

    • Loading and travelling preparation

    • Confidence around unfamiliar objects and environments

    • Understanding pressure and release

    • Preparation for veterinary procedures

    • Introduction to tack where appropriate

    • Groundwork

    • Long-reining where appropriate

    • Preparation for gradings, evaluations or shows

    What's Included

    • Full day-to-day care

    • Stable and/or turnout management as agreed

    • Forage

    • Standard bedding

    • Routine hard feed within our standard allowance

    • Rug changes

    • Daily checks and handling

    • Individual training programme

    • Regular age-appropriate training sessions

    • Progress updates

    • Owner handover or training discussion before the horse returns home

    Youngstock livery can be used for a specific goal or as part of a longer-term education plan.

    The aim is not to have the horse doing as much as possible as early as possible. It is to make each new stage smaller, easier and more familiar when the time comes.

  • From £250 per week

    Backing should be the continuation of an education rather than the beginning of one.

    Our pre-backing and backing programmes are individually structured according to the horse's age, physical development, temperament, previous handling and confidence.

    Depending on the horse, this may include:

    • Groundwork

    • Long-reining

    • Introduction to tack

    • Mounting preparation

    • Accepting weight and a rider

    • Developing understanding of basic ridden aids

    • Establishing confidence in walk and trot

    • Introducing simple ridden routines

    • Owner handover and transition home

    What's Included

    • Full day-to-day care

    • Stable and/or turnout management

    • Forage

    • Standard bedding

    • Routine hard feed within our standard allowance

    • Rug changes

    • Daily handling

    • Individual backing programme

    • Groundwork and long-reining as appropriate

    • Introduction to tack

    • Mounting preparation

    • Initial ridden work when the horse is ready

    • Progress updates

    • Owner handover session

    There is no fixed timetable for backing a horse. Some horses progress quickly through a stage, while others benefit from more repetition or more time to process what they have learnt.

    The priority is not simply getting someone on the horse. We want each horse to understand the process well enough that we can confidently build on it afterwards.

  • From £275 per week

    For backed horses requiring further education, development or help with a specific area of training.

    Programmes can be tailored to horses at different stages and may include:

    • Establishing the basic ridden aids

    • Improving relaxation and confidence

    • Straightness and balance

    • Improving responsiveness

    • Developing transitions

    • Improving way of going

    • Introducing poles and jumping

    • Further education away from home

    • Preparation for competition

    • Returning to work following time off

    • Addressing gaps within the horse's education

    What's Included

    • Full day-to-day care

    • Stable and/or turnout management

    • Forage

    • Standard bedding

    • Routine hard feed within our standard allowance

    • Rug changes

    • Daily checks and handling

    • Individual ridden training programme

    • Regular schooling or groundwork sessions as appropriate

    • Progress updates

    • Owner coaching or handover session before returning home

    Where appropriate, owner coaching can form part of the programme so that the work completed during livery transfers successfully back to the horse-and-rider partnership at home.

  • From £40 per day

    Not every horse needs to stay for several weeks.

    Short-stay training livery can be useful when you would like professional help with a particular stage, skill or problem without committing to a longer programme.

    This may include:

    • Loading

    • Long-reining

    • Pre-backing preparation

    • Introducing tack

    • Handling issues

    • Confidence-building

    • Refreshing established groundwork

    • Introducing a new skill

    • Getting training back on track

    What's Included

    • Full care for the duration of the stay

    • Forage

    • Standard bedding

    • Routine hard feed within our standard allowance

    • Turnout or stabling as agreed

    • Daily handling

    • Training focused around the agreed objective

    • Feedback and recommendations before the horse returns home

    We will agree the aims of the stay beforehand and create a focused programme around the individual horse.

    For some goals, a minimum stay may be recommended to give the horse enough time to settle, learn and consolidate what has been introduced.

  • £35 per night | £225 per week

    For owners who need reliable, professional care for their horse while they are away.

    Holiday Livery provides full day-to-day care alongside routine exercise, allowing horses already in work to maintain their normal routine while their owner is away.

    We will aim to keep your horse's routine as familiar and consistent as practical so that their stay is settled and straightforward.

    What's Included

    • Full day-to-day care

    • Daily turnout and bringing in as agreed

    • Stable care

    • Forage

    • Standard bedding

    • Routine hard feed within our standard allowance

    • Rug changes

    • Grooming and daily handling

    • Daily health checks

    • Routine exercise

    • Administration of routine supplements or medication where agreed

    • Regular owner updates

    • Coordination with routine farrier or veterinary appointments if required

    For a weekly stay, Holiday Livery includes up to five exercise sessions.

    Exercise may include:

    • Ridden exercise

    • Hacking

    • Lunging

    • Groundwork

    • Other appropriate work based on the horse's usual routine

    Holiday Livery is designed to maintain your horse's existing workload, rather than progress their training.

    It does not include schooling to address specific issues, introducing new work or progressing the horse's education. Horses requiring this level of input should be booked onto one of our Training Livery packages instead.

  • Routine hard feed is included within our standard allowance.

    This covers the normal feeding requirements of horses on our usual ration.

    Horses requiring specialist feeds, unusually high quantities of hard feed, veterinary diets, performance feeds or owner-specified products outside our standard ration may incur an additional charge.

    Owners are also welcome to provide their horse's usual feed where preferred.

    Any additional feed costs will be discussed and agreed wherever possible before or during the horse's stay.

  • Additional charges may apply for:

    • Specialist or additional feed

    • Supplements supplied by us

    • Specialist bedding requirements

    • Veterinary treatment

    • Medication requiring additional management

    • Farrier or veterinary call-outs

    • Clipping

    • Transport

    • External arena or venue hire

    • Competition entries

    • Professional training or competition fees away from home

    • Additional owner lessons beyond those included within the package

    Any additional costs will be discussed with you in advance wherever possible.

  • Our Approach to Horse Production

    We don't believe every horse should be left completely untouched until four and then expected to learn everything within a few intensive weeks.

    Equally, we don't believe horses need to be physically drilled from an early age.

    There is a considerable amount that can be taught through short, thoughtful and age-appropriate education.

    Horses can learn to listen, think, understand simple aids, accept new experiences and develop confidence without being physically exhausted.

    By spreading education appropriately across the horse's development, backing and ridden work can become the next logical step rather than a sudden change in everything the horse knows.

    Our aim is always to produce horses that are confident, trainable and well prepared for the next stage of their lives.

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