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Highlands Unbridled Traill Riding and Trekking Centre
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Highlands Unbridled is a small and friendly horseback riding centre offering fantastic trail-riding holidays for experienced riders and pony trekking for all ages and abilities. Coast to Coast riding holidays are our speciality and we have lots of different trails, with new rides added each year.

25/03/2025

Pony dentist visit was a success! We were blessed with beautiful weather and snoozy ponies for a very important check of their mouths and teeth.

08/03/2025

5% off April long distance riding holiday 🐴

Want to join us for a long distance ride in 2025? While most of our rides for the coming season are fully booked, we do still have a few spaces left on our early season 4 day rides. These are a perfect opportunity to explore the Cairngorms in spring before the dreaded midge season begins. April is one of my favourite months to explore the glens, with the beautiful snow capped hills of the Cairngorms and the crisp air all around. Quieter trails, gorgeous clear weather and best of all... no flies, ticks or midges!

You could even combine both rides to create an epic 8 day adventure!

We are offering a 5% discount for new bookings on our April long distance rides: Rogues and Rebels 12 - 15th April OR Spirit of the Glen 17th - 20th April

Email us at [email protected] for more information on availability and prices.

15/02/2025

The lovely Hannah from Salt in our Hair wrote a really informative and beautiful article on her blog about her horse care holiday with us this winter. If you are considering joining us for a horse care holiday next winter, you can read her comprehensive travel guide about her experience with us here: www.saltinourhair.com/scotland/horseback-riding-scotland

15/01/2025

Our most recent horse care holiday guests were kind enough to take up positions as models for our brand new embroidered jackets and hoodies.

The jacket is a Regatta 3-in-1, it provides waterproof and windproof protection and comes with a part mesh taffeta lining. The concealed hood and adjustable cuffs keeps rain at bay and prevents wind from getting in. When the rain disappears into the clouds, take off the waterproof outer-layer to reveal a slender softshell with a Highlands Unbridled logo on the chest.

Our hoodie features a small embroidered logo on the chest and a larger embroidered logo on the back. It beautiful navy organic cotton with a super soft feel and high quality finishings.

We will be offering these items along with polo shirts for 2025. If you are interested in purchasing and haven't already ordered, please send us an email with your size preference.

02/01/2025

A very happy holidays from a very wintery Highlands Unbridled. Looking forward to the adventures of 2025.

07/12/2024

We still have some limited availability for our winter horse care holidays for 2024/25! If your idea of heaven is being around horses all day, if you love animals and want to learn more about their day to day care on a farm in Scotland, if you want to ride through gorgeous winter highland landscapes… then this is the ideal holiday for you!

Send us an email at [email protected] for more information on pricing and availability.

02/12/2024

Been a busy few days with admin after our date release yesterday which means lots of time behind a screen for me (which is not my preferred place to be!)

Just know that while I'm drowning in endless admin and emails...in my head me and Breagha are prancing through the mist in the hills pretending we are on a quest to slay a dragon.

01/12/2024

REMINDER!
Get ready! Our 2025 long distance riding holiday calendar will be going online at 11am (UK time) today. Join us on the adventure of a lifetime - see you soon!

26/11/2024

The countdown for our 2025 long distance riding holiday dates is on, T-Minus 4 days left til the dates go live. In the meantime... our 2025 Horsey Wall Calendar is now available on our website! Get the new year off to a good start with a wall calendar featuring the best models, our ponies.

Celebrate each month with a stunning photograph from our adventures across Scotland. Beautiful ponies and breathtaking views, what more could you want for 2025?

Whether you've ridden with us on long distance holiday, visited our yard for a hack, stayed with us on a short break, volunteered with our horses or just love to follow our horsey adventures online... we'd love for you to celebrate with us and adore our ponies as much as we do. Each month features a stunning photograph of one of the herd on their adventures across the highlands. Please show your support and help us provide fantastic holidays and unforgettable memories for many more years to come. Hope you love this sneak peak of what's inside.

Head on over to our shop to get one of yourself!
https://www.highlandsunbridled.com/shop

10/11/2024

The days are getting colder and darker, the end of the year is almost upon us and tonight, there was a fabulous Aurora display dancing in the sky above the horses fields.

With the end of autumn almost here, we thought we'd give you all something to brighten up your calendars... the release of our 2025 riding holiday dates!

The dates for the day rides, short breaks and long distance riding holidays will go on our website at 11am (UK time) on the 1st of December. We will have all the old favourite rides on offer as well as some exciting new routes for you to explore. Set your alarms!

We expect our riding holidays to book out VERY quickly for next year. The majority of our 2024 high season dates booked out within 2 hours of the date release. Due to such high demand, if you have a specific route/date that you'd like to book, please make sure to email us as soon as possible after you view the calendar and be ready to pay the £350 deposit per rider to secure your spots. We will not be able to hold spaces without deposit payment. I will do my very best to keep the availability updated on the website however it is not live so the availability listed on the website is not a true indication of if spaces are available. To secure your desired route and date, we suggest you are online and ready for the date release as near to 11am on the 1st of December as you can.

Can't wait to see you all on the trails next year.

01/11/2024

The lovely Flora Mackinnon-Pryde on the even lovelier fjord horse, Freya. Me and Freya have had more than a few setbacks since I bought her in December last year, but I’m so so proud that her journey has taken a few steps forward after so many steps back along the way. It’s been a priority for me to get her hacking out with different riders to help her overcome her anxiety at new people and weight shifting. After a lot of work, she still has her moments of fear but she has now done two hacks 1.5hr hacks under saddle with a new rider. Freya is absolutely loving hacking out in company and strides out ahead confidently. So far we’ve just walked and done a trot or two. I hope our journey continues on this trajectory through the winter. I’ve felt so much guilt and inadequacy over the last year that I hadn’t made the progress I’d imagined as quick as I had hoped but this mare is proof that horses don’t give a toss about our plans. They communicate to us honestly and openly, it’s up to us to try to understand as best as we can.

17/10/2024

Miss Selkie pup starting to look grown up already!

16/10/2024

The leaves are turning every shade of autumn, the rowan berries are heavy on the branches, there's snow on the hills and the sun is lower in the sky each day... and with that, we are now finished our 2024 long distance riding holiday season. This year has gone by in the blink of an eye, it feels just like yesterday we were saddling up in the yard in April and riding away for a summer of adventure. What a year it's been!

For me personally, this year has been an emotional rollercoaster and it has been hard at times to keep up with everything but where there is a will, there is a way and it feels so rewarding to have made it through.

I can't thank our 2024 riders enough - I met some incredible people this year that I count as dear friends and I got the chance to reconnect with so many returning riders that my heart felt so full. What a privilege it is to get to ride with such awesome people and share my love of this landscape with them. For all those that came on a holiday this year, thank you. I hope you loved it - your appreciation, enjoyment and excitement make the struggles that come with working outdoors with vehicles and animals (and being at the whim of Scottish weather) worthwhile.

05/10/2024

Big welcome to my beautiful wee charcoal Labrador pup, Selkie! Selkies are a staple of Scottish folklore, they are creatures that can shift between human and seal form by donning their seal skins. I can't imagine a more perfect name for this wee girl - she looks just like a seal pup. Rua wasn't too sure about being a big sister at first but she now absolutely adores her. Can't wait to see their adventures together.

11/09/2024

It's hard to believe there are only a few more long distance rides left before the end of the 2024 season. Here are some of my favourite moments I've captured on our rides so far. It's been a privilege to ride with so many incredible people this year, I have met so many new faces that I absolutely adore and have had the complete joy of riding with memorable characters from years past. It's been so much fun to share these beautiful trails with such beautiful people and animals - even if the weather has been less than kind to us this summer! I hope you enjoy some of the highlights!

15/08/2024

I don't quite know how we've found ourselves in the middle of August already - this year has been such a whirlwind. Despite feeling so entirely exhausted, it's moments like these that invigorate me and remind me why it is we do what we do. As I stood on this glacial plateau surrounded by rocks billions of years old on the descent into Torridon, I was blessed by a quiet moment of awesome beauty as a rainbow unfurled beneath me. It has been one of the toughest summers for me to get through mentally and physically combined with the Scottish summer this year being far from kind... but this moment made me remember that we are so, so lucky to be here with these incredible animals and that what we do matters so, so much.

23/07/2024

Stumbled across a very majestic scene as we made our way down the hill on the ponies this afternoon. This gentleman kindly posed for a few minutes before sauntering off up the hillside.

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Murley Steading. Ballogie
Aboyne
AB345DY

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.highlandsunbridled.com/

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Videos

If there’s anything in this world that I believe in, it’s this little mare ❤️

Join me and Rua on a sunset wander through Torridon as we check out potential trails for our future pony trekking adventures. In the midst of such a busy summer season, it was pure bliss to be able to lace up my boots and hit the trail.

A week of glorious weather as we crossed Scotland, coast to coast! This is such a magical trip, not only for the incredible canters and stunning scenery but for the real sense of adventure and journey within the experience. We traverse historical hill trails/drovers routes, cross pathless boggy moors, gallop on sandy beaches and experience the real joy that comes with a slow, sustainable and truly magical journey through the highlands.

Nacreous Clouds

I have never, ever seen anything like this. I walk out my front door to fill hay nets and I was completely blown away (metaphorically but also literally because there are 60mph winds right now) by this incredible display of polar stratospheric clouds. What an incredible Christmas Eve present that I’ll remember for a very long time.