11/10/2024
Boarding available in Feversham (25mins south west of collingwood). We are a generally private boarding facility with a very limited number if public boarders and have ran the past few years just on referrals. A shift in our focus to bring in new boarders will allow us to put time and energy we would normally allot to our own horses in yours!
We provide the best one on one care with each horse watched and treated as if they were our own with regular contact with owners.
We have extensive rehab and "hard keeper" experience and LOVE senior horses! Also have extensive experience with broodmare and foals.
We are a mature 18+ barn with a mix of retired horses, broodmare, stallions, young stock and riding horses. Currently have THE best group of boarders where EVERYONE gets along and often ride together on the trails multiple times a week. If you're a solo rider though that's OK too! We are a zero drama facility and intend to keep it that way. Allowing you to enjoy your horse worry and drama free is our priority.
Specs:
[ ] Stalls are bedded deeply in the winter with fine shavings and are cleaned out using a stall shaker to ensure each and every stall is perfectly clean
[ ] Horses have 24hr access to hay both inside and out. They get what they need not a generic amount of everyone gets the same. We give them enough hay to last the night with minimal waste by morning. Outside there is always hay available even in the summer.
[ ] Night checks are done before bed when horses are in.
[ ] Happy to bring in any normal feed your horse may be on and feed any owner supplied supplements
[ ] Water buckets dumped and scrubbed daily. Troughs are dumped and cleaned at least weekly.
[ ] Each stall has its own direct water access making for easy bucket filling while still being able to monitor water intake.
[ ] High quality hay from a supplier we've been working with since 2017.
[ ] Lots of storage available both in the tack rooms (2) and upstairs storage.
[ ] Regular summer paddock maintenance such as mowing and harrowing to reduce weeds and parasites.
[ ] Outdoor and indoor arenas with a working equitation/mountain trail type course and small cross country jumps.
[ ] Back directly onto conservation trails as well as private trails on property.
[ ] Blanketing and fly mask putting on/taking off when necessary.
[ ] Maximum turn out! We believe horses should be horses and in order to do that they need to be outside with their friends as much as possible. In the winter they are out from 8/9 till sundown. When the weather allows (in the positive Temps, dry and clear) the horses stay out 24hrs. Generally they are out from may to October only coming in in extreme weather.
[ ] No long term individual turn out with the exception to our stallions and any rehab cases.
[ ] Barn sits around 3-5* all winter and stays cool in the summer should they need to come in to escape scorching sun or insistent bugs.
[ ] No lesson programs to battle for arena time
[ ] Use our vet and farrier or bring in your own
[ ] Trailer on site incase of emergency
[ ] Generally there is always someone on the property should an emergency come up.
[ ] I am the staff. I do this on my own so I know things are done right and am not waiting on unreliable staff, constant staff changes or corners being cut.
We are located in Feversham, Ontario at the old retired Checkmate eventing facility (no, most of the jumps are not still here unfortunately). We have a beautiful facility with lots to offer both human and horse.
Board is reasonably priced at $650 including hst.
Boarding your best friend out can be a stressful situation, especially if you can't trust your barn. Let us help you enjoy your horse again in a completely worry free environment!
