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Monday 8am - 7pm Tuesday 8am - 7pm Wednesday 8am - 7pm Thursday 8am - 7pm Friday 8am - 7pm Saturday 8am - 7pm Sunday 8am - 7pm

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Little Acres Equestrian

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Little Acres Equestrian

Offering riding lessons to adults and children. Have qualified instruction come to you.
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Charlotte is a UKCC Level 2 general riding coach who specialises in helping riders over come any fears around riding and how they can work with their horse to achieve the best results.

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Kidderminster

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 7pm
Tuesday	8am - 7pm
Wednesday	8am - 7pm
Thursday	8am - 7pm
Friday	8am - 7pm
Saturday	8am - 7pm
Sunday	8am - 7pm

Telephone

07807200216

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About us

Little Acres was created in 2015 and opened its doors summer 2016. The yard was designed and developed by me - Charlotte Keen, Hi!

I have always had a passion for animals and as a young girl I always had small pets but never imagined having my own horse (let alone becoming a coach and having my own yard one day!) I worked in retail for much of my early 20’s and I did love it , it definitely taught me some valuable life lessons that I credit to being able to run my livery and coaching business now.

At about 24 I had my first riding lesson at a riding stables near to me - I think I had about 3 lessons when I had decided I wanted my own pony. So being the type of person that likes everything done yesterday I found myself a unbacked pony.. baring in mind id had a handful of lessons and in all seriousness didn't know how to put a head collar on! Thankfully I had been doing my home work and found myself a lovely private yard to put him on and a local BHS instructor who helped me back the pony for riding and help me work towards getting a BHS qualification under my belt. I did my Level 1 riding and horsemanship through the BHS.

As I become more familiar with horses and the equestrian world I moved to some bigger yards and as my confidence grew, I felt I could hold my own next to other horse owners and not look like a total tool! I brought and sold a few more horses over the next few years and just soaked up any knowledge I could - online, books, podcasts, clinics, lessons, you name it I was doing it.

I set up Little Acres after being inspired by other yards I had been on with my own pony and picked up things I liked and some things I thought I could do better. So in 2015 after months of searching I found where we are now, Lincomb Lane. It was big enough for my plans and in a perfect location next to other fantastic venues and some lovely countryside. So all my plans of more qualifications went on hold while I spent the next year turning this flat piece of land into my dream equestrian yard.

Skip to summer 2016 and I opened the front gate to customers and I was full within a few weeks - I remember thinking to myself “oh my god I am actually responsible for these horses and people trust me to look after them, wow!” I remember how daunting it was, but I soon settled into things and the yard has grown from strength to strength. As I met different horses and owners I began to become knowledgeable with issues owners were having and found I was able to offer advise and help. I spent the next 3 years just building the client base of the yard and expanding the business (I am pleased to say we now expand to around 12 acres opposed to the 4 we started with!)

At the same time as expanding the yard I enjoyed competing locally, bringing on young horses, developing horse and rider partnerships and just working generally with any horse that came onto the yard. After a few years passed and the yard was established I then turned my attention back onto my own training and qualifications and decided I wanted to be a professional coach and offer riding lessons from the yard. In 2019 I obtained my UKCC Level 2 general riding qualification.

My passion is working with people who love their horse and are wanting to go out there and have some fun. Horse riding can be very serious and sometimes we forget why we got into riding in the first place, 9 times out of 10 its because we were once a little kid (or an adult like I was!) who just loves horses and are in awe of being around them. Maybe you want to hack out with your pals and have a blast around the local cross country course with out fear of galloping off into the distance? Or you want to do your first dressage competition and you have no idea where to start with your training or what the heck your meant to do at a show?

I have been blessed with many opportunities to develop horses and riders and am now able to share my skills with other horse riders of any age or discipline. The great thing with running the livery yard is I have met such a wide variety of people and horses and they have all left their mark upon my coaching journey. I love a challenge so a horse who likes to test his owner is heaven to me! I brought a particularly challenging horse called Strider who when I first brought him bolted out of stables, charged off with out when you were leading him, wouldn't load on a lorry and was just generally a whole bag of nerves ..and I now offer lessons on him he's that changed!

I offer my services as someone who has truly started from the bottom with no idea how to put a head collar on to a qualified riding coach expanding her equestrian business into new territory. I want you to know with some clear goals and hard work you can do anything and I can help you get there.

I will leave you with my favourite quote “It always seems impossible until its done”