Thurleigh Equestrian Centre

05/08/2024

Paris 2024 was amazing! We visited lots of areas in Paris and watched wonderful dressage in the stunning surrounds of Versailles. We saw the GB women's hockey team win their match and celebrated a win in the football 1/4 finals with the mad Morocco football fans! It was very hot, we walked miles, enjoyed great coffee and patisseries and loved the whole experience. Back to normal life now, feeling inspired by all the talented Olympic athletes and enjoying the rest of the Olympics on the TV.

04/08/2024

ONE 5 or 7 FULL LIVERY SPACE AVAILABLE.
If you are looking for a light and airy 20 x 40m indoor school to ride in, an Olympic size outdoor for when the weather is good, and top quality horse care at a professionally run livery yard, look no further!
We are a small welcoming yard, with lovely friendly liveries, happy horses, great staff and wonderful facilities.

We have one 5 or 7 day full livery space available for a gelding (sorry, we can’t take mares) from the end of August at Thurleigh Equestrian Centre.
We can offer;
• Peace of mind that your horse is being cared for by highly experienced staff who live on site.
• A large brick stable that is fully rubber matted.
• All year round turn out and overnight turnout throughout the summer - grazing in small group or individual.
• Outstanding levels of horse care, including late night check with evening hay provided
• Olympic size outdoor arena with mirrors – great surface that never freezes
• 20 x 40m Indoor school with mirrors and sound system – great for cold, rainy days
• A Horse walker
• A washdown room and solarium
• A sand turn out pen
• Rug room and tack room.
• CCTV and a very well lit yard for those dark winter nights
• Use of a heated clubroom with sofas and tea and coffee
• Direct access to miles of off-road hacking – no road work at all.
• An experienced instructor on site with discounted lessons for liveries.
• Regular clinics and training events with top trainers including Char Lassetter, Kim Ratcliffe and Keith Robertson.
• Regular visits from a great team of support professionals including saddler, physio, dentist and nutritionist.
• Secure lorry / trailer parking.

For more information or to visit the yard please contact Beth on 07973329883 or DM

29/07/2024

Fantastic to see a much deserved Gold medal for the Eventing GB team 😊. The Olympic dressage starts tomorrow, here are the times for the Team GB riders.

⏰ It's almost time!

The dressage action at Paris 2024 begins tomorrow morning at 10am UK time 😍 Here are the start times of the Team GB riders 👇

Tuesday 30 July
11.25 BST 🇬🇧 Carl Hester & Fame
15.11 BST 🇬🇧 Becky Moody & Jagerbomb

Wednesday 31 July
09.00 BST 🇬🇧 Charlotte Fry & Glamourdale

If you want to take a look at the complete start times, and the group details for the Grand Prix class, visit the BD Paris Hub: https://bit.ly/BDParis24-results

Fédération Equestre Internationale FEI Dressage

29/07/2024

STAFF ON HOLIDAY
Beth is away this week, in Versailles and Paris to enjoy all the Olympic action, so please bare with us if we do not respond to messages or phone calls until next week!

29/07/2024

There is coverage of the eventing showjumping on the BBC today. Fingers crossed for Team GB 🤞

Today's eventing showjumping rounds will be available to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer – check out the graphic for UK timings 📺

You can also catch all the action on Eurosport or on Discovery+ with a £3.99 standard subscription 💻

27/07/2024

NEW SUNDAY WORKSHOPS
From 18th August, Beth we will be offering two monthly workshops at Thurleigh Equestrian Centre for riders on their own horses or on one of our school horses.

Each monthly workshop will look at a different aspects of confidence and partnership building, so you can attend just one date or come along and join us each month, it is up to you.

🐴Building a positive partnership with your horse Workshops: 10.30am – 3pm
• Sun 18th August
• Sun 29th September
• Sun 27th Oct
• Sun 24th Nov

£95.00 per session including a day stable for your horse.

🐴Confidence Boosting Workshops: 10.30am- 3.00pm
• Sun 8th Sept
• Sun 6th Oct
• Sun 10th November
• Sun 1st December

£95.00 per session including a day stable for your horse.

The monthly confidence boosting workshop is specifically designed to help you if you are struggling with confidence issues or you want to boost your confidence. Whether you are having a confidence crisis, trouble just getting on, or whether you are finding other aspects of riding too challenging at home we are here to help!

The monthly positive partnership workshop is focused on developing harmony and a positive partnership with your horse. You will learn to listen to their feedback and to establish a true connection and bond, along with having fun with your horse and learning new skills.

These workshops will be a mixture of ground work, group discussion sessions and ridden work, using tailored coaching that focuses on developing harmony and a positive partnership with your horse, establishing a true connection and bond along with having fun. They will be full of a variety of activities, giving you time to spend with your horse and other likeminded people.

Please see our Events Page for further details of each workshop. The booking form can be found in the comments section of each event.

27/07/2024

The Paris Equestrian Olympics has started with the Eventing dressage today. There is full coverage on Discovery channel.

Results can be found here;
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/equestrian?day=27-july

KEY OLYMPIC DATES
27 July – Eventing: dressage phase
28 July – Eventing: cross-country phase
29 July – Eventing: showjumping phases and team and individual medal ceremonies
30–31 July – Dressage: Grand Prix
1 August – Jumping: team qualifier
2 August – Jumping: team final and medal ceremony
3 August – Dressage: Grand Prix Special and team medal ceremony
4 August – Dressage: Grand Prix Freestyle and individual medal ceremony
5 August – Jumping: individual qualifier
6 August – Jumping: individual
https://www.britishequestrian.org.uk/teams/paris-2024/overview-of-the-games

Official Paris 2024 Olympics schedule and results for Equestrian. Find results as they happen - which athletes are taking home medals.

15/07/2024

BIOSECURITY UPDATE
At Thurleigh Equestrian Centre, the health and safety of our horses and riders are our top priorities. As there has been a recent increase in outbreaks of Equine Influenza and Strangles, to ensure the health and wellbeing of our horses we will be implementing stricter biosecurity measures and kindly ask for your cooperation.

If you have contact with horses outside of Thurleigh Equestrian Centre—whether you ride elsewhere, share or own a horse at another location, or visit and interact with other horses or stable yards, we ask that you adhere to the following guidelines:

🐴Change Your Clothing: Please do not visit us in the same clothing you wore when interacting with other horses. All clothing must be washed before coming to our facility, particularly your gloves.

🐴 Change or sanitise Boots: Please ensure that your boots are changed or thoroughly sanitised to prevent the transfer of any potential pathogens.

These measures are crucial for preventing the spread of equine diseases and infections, and for keeping our horses safe and protected.

If you have any questions or require further information regarding these biosecurity measures, please do speak to Beth or Katie or get in touch.

Thank you for your attention to this important matter and for your continued support in keeping our horses safe!

Further information about equine infectious disease can be found at https://www.facebook.com/EquineInfectiousDiseaseSurveillance

25/06/2024

Jack, our Andalusian stallion is loving this spell of warm weather and sunshine and the mini's, Ice and Costa are making the most of the shade from the trees.

24/06/2024

We said goodbye to Henry the mechanical horse last week. I don't think he wanted to leave as it took two of us and the help of a ramp and crowbar to get him back into his trailer! 😂 It's been great having him to stay and he has really helped our riders to improve their riding position and balance. Many thanks to for letting us use him, hopefully he will be back with us again.

17/06/2024

Little Charlie has decided that Felix's breakfast is definitely better than his! Sharing is caring 🙂

16/06/2024

Tally having his teeth checked by Kieran from . During his routine dental check, Gemma English Equine Dental Services spotted that he may have a cavity in one of his molars, so Kieran came to see what could be done and confirmed that Tally needs to have a filling. Thankfully this got picked up before any more damage occurred, which is why we are so grateful to Gemma's skills and her routine visits and for Kieran's expertise.

06/06/2024

One of our pairs of Swallows decided to nest in the stable we have been using to house Henry the mechanical horse so we have been able to watch their progress from the saddle 🙂 Both parents have done an amazing job and all 6 babies have now fledged and are learning to fly around the stable block.

05/06/2024

Only on a stable yard would finding a 1kg bag of fine white powder left in the feedroom not raise any eyebrows or the interest of the Police 😂

27/05/2024

Katie Stevenson and I finally managed to find time to hack out with Felix and Aragon today. We all enjoyed it, even if it did rain a bit! We are hoping to get more hacking in now the weather and ground has improved.

24/05/2024

We have a new course starting on Sat 8th June - The Theory Behind The Riding course. It is running for 1.5hr per week for 7 weeks on either a Saturday at 11am OR a Sunday at 10.30am. Speak to Katie or Beth for more information or to book a space.

24/05/2024

Everyone here is wishing our wonderful super groom Chelsea Chelsea Dainton a very happy 21st birthday! Have a great day 🎂🍾 xx

17/05/2024

Its gorgeous Tally's 21st birthday today! He loved the yummy birthday cake from his mum (thanks Jools!) and he had great fun in his lesson in the sunshine this afternoon. He's looking fabulous for 21!

13/04/2024

Jack, our wonderful Andalusian advanced school horse had a spring in his step in his lesson this morning. We have all enjoyed being able to work outside in the sunshine today 😀🐎🌞

11/04/2024

The Swallows have returned and the jet wash is out, Spring has finally sprung ! 😊☀️

01/04/2024

We really like this initiative from the BEF. Fair, ethical, kind treatment of the horse is something all of us should have as our main priority. Without the good will of our wonderful school horse's we would be out of business! We feel the same about our brilliant staff too :)

We commit to the ethical and fair treatment of all horses and other equids under our care ❤

Today, we’re uniting with our member bodies and other industry leaders to endorse the highest standards of equine welfare, wellbeing and ethics under a new Charter for the Horse 🤝

The charter outlines the actions we all must observe to meet the mental, physical and behavioural needs of each individual horse, under six headings…
1️⃣ Empathy
2️⃣ Care
3️⃣ Respect
4️⃣ Consideration
5️⃣ Ethics
6️⃣ Learning

Read the full charter and find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/BEFCharterForTheHorseLaunch

Want to show your commitment to our horses? Download a copy of the charter via our website and display it on your tack room wall or venue notice board 📌

21/03/2024

CARBON CALCULATOR FOR STABLE YARDS.
It is great to see the launch of a industry specific carbon calculator that can allow yard owners to calculate their carbon footprint, understand more about the impact they are having on the environment and make changes to improve sustainability. We have been looking at ways for the yard to be more sustainable for a few years now. We have changed the type of concentrate feed we give the horses, we source our hay and haylage from our local farm and have changed our bedding to Ethos , a lovely miscanthus bedding that is Carbon Negative. With this toolkit I can now work out what this all means and what more we can do to improve sustainability and reduce our impact on the environment.
For anyone interested, the toolkit is free to use and very easy to navigate:
https://calculator.farmcarbontoolkit.org.uk/equine

20/03/2024

🐇🐴 EASTER ACTIVITIES 🐴🐇
We have lots of things to get involved with over the Easter holiday, on your own horse or with one of our horses. There are polework sessions, jumping sessions, in-hand sessions and pampering sessions, so something to suit everyone 😀 If you would like more information please get in touch with Beth or Katie. To book, please use the booking form attached.

07/03/2024

On my way to this year's National Equine Forum 🙂. I was delighted to be asked to chair this morning's session on the impact of the National Minimum Wage increase and Paris 2024 update. It's also lovely to have a day in London, get out of my jeans for a change, listen to some really interesting speakers and be able to catching up with friends too.

Speaker Biogs The 32nd National Equine Forum will run as a hybrid event on Thursday 7th March 2024 ( ), with Slido used for the submission of questions, both from face-to-face delegat…

05/03/2024

This years National Equine Forum is on Thursday and the programme looks really interesting and is a great way to keep up to date on key industry themes. Topics include; The Equine Industry in a changing world, impact of the National Minimum Wage increase, Prep for Paris 2024, Environmental sustainability & land management an Equine health updates. You can register to live steam the event using the following link.

Ticket sales have closed to attend in person, but you can still register to join us online via our live stream.

Find out more here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-streaming-registration-32nd-national-equine-forum-nef24-registration-775439188487?aff=oddtdtcreator

15/02/2024

So lovely to be teaching in the sunshine today.