Gwynant Performance Horses

24/06/2024

New sales livery in , out for a walk to see her new surroundings, she's very sweet not bothered about leaving her new friends, will get her ridden out this week and her advert will go up. For those already asking she's 13hh and 10yrs old.

24/06/2024

Dressage this Sunday 30th
Entries close Tuesday night 8pm
Intro B and intro C - B has a junior section.
P12 and P14 -N34 and E50

23/06/2024

Had an update, Ffi arrived safely and looks happy in her new place.🤞🤞

22/06/2024

Well what can I say 🙈. She's such an inquisitive baby, very loving, this girl is going to be extremely special ❤️

22/06/2024

And in-between horses coming and going, we fitted in a coaching session.

22/06/2024

As one left another arrived, very sweet kids pony for sales livery , will be assessing over next few days and look out for her advert, she's very kind and gentle. 🥰

22/06/2024

Well Fanta Ffi has gone on her trial today for a few weeks to some lovely people, and I'm hoping she gets on and fits in with her new friend when she arrives, she has been a total sweetheart to bring back into work for sales livery, and as u can see totally wild, just before she left I was trying a spare saddle on her, no headcollar or anything just saddle and I was even busy on my phone at the time trying to get a picture of how saddle was fitting, please don't copy me, with no hat 🙈. I rode her down to be loaded too, my last ride on her for now unless I visit her , 🤞, she has found her new home. 🥰.

21/06/2024

I have had replies to this and will be travelling at some point down to Cheshire way to hold a session dates and details to follow, if interested in booking please contact asap as I need to know numbers. Thanks.

I have had interest in this, if you can get a small group of people together at a certain venue I don't mind travelling a distance to give 1 or more sessions. If you need me to organise a place that's fine, but if you know a place around your area better then please just message or call and we can organise it.

Who would be interested in learning for fun how to ride jockey style on your own horse/pony have you ever wondered how the jockeys do it?
Horses move freer, and it's great fitness for the rider, it's not easy at all, you will use muscles you didn't realise were there lol 😆 we're all used to the usual way of riding and schooling, why not try something different.
And you can also try an exercise saddle to really feel what it's like to ride in racing position. Once you have the hang of it.

You may not like it, but you may love it when you see how your horse can move, but usually once you have learnt it, your riding and the way of your horses movement improves for many reasons.
You as a rider become more balanced , and in turn you balance the horse, which then helps the horse move freer.
Once you get the hang of it , I'm sure you will love it.
You can do it on any horse or pony.
If anyone is interested I can arrange a session/sessions either at an indoor school as a group of people or individuals.
Just need to know if anyone would be interested, adults or children!
You don't have to like racing to want to improve your riding in different ways.

17/06/2024

Doesn't even move when I go in, such a chilled out baby. 🥰.

17/06/2024

Didn't even wait till I walked away to lie down, everyday she literally comes in and drops down to sleep 😴. Spends the rest of the time out so it's nice to just let her in so she can chill and sleep 💤

17/06/2024

Love updates on my previous sales livery 😍, she said he's happy and a brilliant boy. So happy for him.

16/06/2024

One muddy boy and a little pip squeak having her afternoon nap. They come in for about an hour a day so I can check her over etc, and everyday within 2 mins she flops down and has a nap lol 😆. She's usually flat out snoring ,🙈.

15/06/2024

I've been asked about doing one to one sessions, for people who suffer with anxiety or are nervous, I can accommodate this too if you wish. Not a problem at all, I want my sessions to help everyone and anyone learn how they can do things themselves with horses. For more information please message me.

15/06/2024

I love how chilled our horses are including the liveries, so relaxed and easy to do. Happy horses. 🥰

15/06/2024

Prince Arthur.

I know a lot of you follow him to see what he's up to so I thought I'd show you videos from when he first came until now.

So it's been only nearly 5 months owning Prince Arthur, and in that time he has packed in so much proving how versatile and ex racer can be, don't get me wrong it's not been easy at all, and never will be, this is Arthur after all, 🙈.
I've put videos here for you to see how it's gone thru the months, from the first few days we had him going hunting and how Bronwyn Butler rode him, and other than not sure what to do with the jump he was a superstar, to the video of myself thinking it was a great idea to teach a lesson from his back, lol 🤣, oops 😬.
Well they learnt how not to do it. And I just loved it, even if we did nearly crush the person taking the video lol 🤣, you will see, he heard the person riding clicking at their horse and he decided to have a flip across the school.
Just showing how sensitive to noises these gorgeous ex racers can be.
But then we went racing, and although he was a complete idiot, he is a beautiful one, even tho he dumped me as we mounted, and had to be led and calmed down before letting me go, and the fact of he didn't want to stay in control he just wanted to sprint off, we were right at the back until flag went down and he saw the gap and went, 🙈 but he put his heart into it, burning himself out 🙈, but still didn't want to stop, trust me I tried.
The relationship we have is amazing, it's a strong bond we both have, I think it , he does it, he plays about , I stay with him and laugh, and I'm sure he's laughing too.
He has a wicked sense of humour, yes horses do have one, he is kind, loving, but a complete norman when he wants to be. But a lovable one. My kids can bring him in and out, play with him, he is such a genuine boy.

My husband/daughter/farrier says he's a spoilt brat, which maybe he is, but he deserves to be. He's been in so many different places since he left racing, many people don't know what to do with them.
We still have a long way to go before eventing as we need him to be brave enough to go into water without having a meltdown lol 🤣, he's such a baby.
But look at this boy, he tries his heart out at everything I ask him to do, and he is such an amazing ride if you know how to ride him. And he does it happily, and god he is so much fun.
My Prince Arthur. The special ex racer with a personality of a person with ADHD 🤣.
Love him 😍🥰. One in a million. ❤️

14/06/2024

Please feel free to share.

The weekend of the 29th/30th of June I'm going to hold a couple of sessions around 2 hours , for both adults and children, to come and learn just the basics about horses/safety/grooming/ handling, and if they want to learn more on how we start horses off and get them going.

Have a go with our more experienced horses and practice yourself on how things are done.

I will give lessons according to ability, mixed abilities welcome, if there's anything specific you would like to learn, i.e. plaiting, or lungeing , then let me know and I'll make sure I cover it.

Weather permitting there will be a demonstration on how to ride in a race saddle and watch how a racehorse is ridden for those interested.

Opportunity to play with a foal, and work your way up to the experienced horses.

£20 per person, if more than one in group from same family please contact me for discount.

To book message me or WhatsApp so I've got it to put on the calendar.
Times provisionally will be Saturday 11-1pm and 3-5pm
And Sunday 11-1pm and 2-4pm.

12/06/2024

Full grazing livery available, over 50 acres of grazing. Near Garndolbenmaen. Onsite instructor and horse trainer. Transport available for trips out at request. Daily checks/feeds/rugs or whatever is needed is done.

11/06/2024

Prince Arthur is such a softie, and a bit tubby too 🙈 struggled to itch his foot with his belly in the way 😆, he's had a bit of time out as I've been busy and he's made the most of just eating lol 😆, so now back to work starting next week, see if we can give him a waistline again 🙈 and look at our little pip squeak, she's such a show off. 🥰.

09/06/2024

Thanks to Jannette Keeley for coming all the way over and giving my Prince Arthur the once over, he was not too bad only a couple of sore spots sorted nothing major. But I like to keep on top of things especially as I want to do more with him this summer.
He was a total star and quiet as a mouse lol 😆, going to another yard other horses he just got out of box stood there grazed had it done and went back in.
Whereas at home before leaving he was being his usual horror showing off to the girls who were in season.
Got to love him. Thanks Dawn Bloor for helping , especially holding whilst I play horse wrangler for naughty mares running around causing havoc.
Cannot recommend Jannette highly enough had her for years and trust her completely. She's amazing.

09/06/2024

Sorry it's a long one, I'm having a rant lol 😆

There's a lot more to training horses than just getting on them and getting them to do a job, you have to be able to feel and see if there are any issues.

Lots of people are out there to just make quick money, no matter what the cost to the horses health/well-being mentally and physically.
Or to the safety of the owners/buyers.

I have always ended up getting the horses that have usually been messed about with and then have problems, and something has happened and I get called, either a fall, or horse scared or not letting them do something, then it's a guessing game of chance to see what they are capable of both physically and mentally. Whether the issue has just been caused or was there previously.

And most people do not know the history of the horse they have as they only know what they have been told, or rather lied to, which is very upsetting.

And yes I usually do some digging work to find out history as it makes my job a lot easier, if I know what's happened, doesn't put me off, just gives me a heads up with what is going on.

Recently I've dealt with 2 horses, both with similar issues, 1 sold by a so called reputable dealer as safe, sane, riding school type horse.
To owners who totally trusted them.
But they did not disclose any previous issues.

This horse ended up with these previous issues affecting it not long down the line, which would have been there, but probably masked by various means known to most horse traders, so the buyer wouldn't tell, taking advantage of inexperienced people.
I suggested we had a proper chiropractor out one I've had for about 20 years, not just a massage person that people seem to use these days 🙄, which is great for the horses muscles but don't actually correct any issues, anyway that's another of my moans lol.🙈

We had my chiropractor out and the poor horses stifle kept clicking out under pressure, u could hear it, so the horse was fine, for walking and a slow trot, happy in the field pottering about, but ask for more and as a horse has to use it's hind quarters to canter underneath itself , if it clicked the pain must have been awful and it freaked out and spun and got the rider off, understandably.

This could have been masked with painkillers and with the horse being honest and kind, she did as she was told under pressure by them forcing her around with a whip.
Which is why she's petrified of whips too now.

Now not only is this extremely dangerous, but it's cruel to the horse, and the new owner a young girl who the pony was for, came off and her mum too, they could have got badly hurt or worse, And this was not their fault at all, the horse was telling them something.

Then I get called asking to try the horse due to it not wanting to be ridden or something has happened, to find the horse isn't quite right, couldn't put my finger on it exactly , but knew something was wrong, until I put the horse in the school loose, and it couldn't canter on the right rein voluntary , always led on the left lead even on right rein, this is not a naughty horse, or unschooled , but in pain and scared, and the owners love them enough to actually get help.

And they were blaming themselves, when it was actually not their fault at all. Not one bit. But now they're left to deal with the issues, not knowing if the horse will ever be rideable again, and the other one I dealt with may come right with exercises and slow hard work. But I will take my time till it's right.

But this should never have been the case, I have many horror stories I've dealt with over the years, and issues not disclosed which could have killed me or new owners you wouldn't believe it, and a lot of issues have been psychological and dangerous, but in both cases recently the horse is in pain, these issues should not have been masked, they should have been dealt with first by the dealer/trainer and if they couldn't be resolved then they should not have been passed on, so either the dealers and so called horse trainers out there now are totally stupid, or so inexperienced that they can't tell when a horse is not right or they just like putting other people at risk.

And if I can tell a horse isn't right after one visit, then these ones who force horses round thinking they're being difficult, so they push them and use whips or spurs to make them do what they want to look good for videos or to sell, or Bute them up, or give them calmer, they should actually think, if a horse isn't moving happily in all 3 gaits without being forced, then maybe they should look again at the reason why.

Years ago it took me 2 years of work on a horse who when I met it, couldn't even stretch down to eat grass it had throughout its training been strapped up so much when trained even in a stable, it had no hind quarters and the neck of a huge stallion, it was whipped round with 2 whips to make it canter, when it was so sore he was lame and in agony. It had never even been in a field except as a foal. 😔.

The breeders blamed the owner saying she couldn't ride which is why it wouldn't canter for her, hence she asked me to go and see him for 2nd opinion on her riding, it wasn't her, it was the horse, he physically was in pain. And the owner had paid over £10 thousand 18 years ago.

But these were reputable breeders, who even do demonstrations still now, I have helped many of their previous horses to have a better life. But people don't see what I see, if you are having to force a horse to do something it isnt right!

There's a difference between force and training and control. And these dealers/breeders/trainer's really need to learn the difference as they screw up so many horses, and it's dangerous and can get people killed!
I agree some horses can be difficult, but I'm talking about if a horse won't even go freely loose schooling on both reins happily on both leads, if it's sore when u touch it's back or sides, it's not just ticklish , yes some are but mostly if you touch their backs they shouldn't move away, if it's being difficult for the farrier , maybe it's sore and can't stand, not all the time but definitely a lot of times, I have 2 that are like that because they're old and arthritic, that's just simple common sense for horse trainers/dealers, if they're not happy doing simple things then there is an issue.

It makes me angry that people don't put the horse first, just the money, when I'm asked to sell a horse, I get everything checked, and I will will disclose everything about them, including all their likes and dislikes, because I spend the time knowing what they're like, and understanding them, and I will also refuse to sell if the person isn't right.

That's why I'm poor, lol 🤣 I do it because I actually care about the animal and what happens to them, I'm not there for quick turn around jobs, make them look good and sell quickly for lots of money, I want them to have a future and a nice life ahead.

Just remember..

There's always a reason why a horse won't do something. And it's up to us not to force but to find out why.

07/06/2024

How bad is it when you can't get the number of horses you have at your yard right?? 🤔, and you have to count over and over to make sure lol 😆.
Both me and my daughter got it wrong. 🙈.
We do have an excuse, the number goes up and down quite a bit with horses coming and going, but when you can't remember how many you actually own yourself or where they are , then I think I need to get a manager in lol 🤣.

07/06/2024

Price list of services for more explanations of what each service includes please ask. And prices do vary, the schooling/training livery is from £60 a week -£180 depending on what you want. These prices are just a guide , I am flexible and try to help in any way I can.

06/06/2024

We have a cheeky pony who wanted attention thinking if she could pull the rope off I'd get her out, and a lovely Sadie and little pip squeak riding round the farm happily. Sadie loves being ridden in her headcollar in fact don't really need it, she'd go where I wanted without one, and her baby loves to join in. Such a gorgeous pair. 🥰. She's an amazing mum and horse.

05/06/2024

Thank you Bronwyn Butler for help the last few days with work, missing you already. 😔. Even tho u do try to get me killed on your tb, was that payback for using you as a ragdoll dummy!! Lol 🤣. Love u. Come back soon. 🥰🥰

05/06/2024

We don't just play horses at GPH we do know how to party together too. 🥰. A belated 18th and combined GPH drinks as a thanks for the hard work over the last few months. 😍. Why don't u join our team and have some fun, on and off the horses.come out competing with us or just get involved helping.

05/06/2024

Well little Ffi has officially been sold, didn't even get to the end of a trial and she'd won them over. I can't wait to see how far they can go with her, one to watch for the future. These kids are amazing and now the pony can do what she does best. So pleased she's found her new home 🏡. And a perfect one too. Happy owners and happy buyers, and a happy pony. ❤️😍.