Clarkston Farm , livery Lanark ML11 9UN

28/04/2024

A couple of visits to west kype farm this week
poppy and Ricky had a win in their prelim and novice class
Today it was Diego's turn , huge thanks to Caroline Paterson for her support at test and teach

24/04/2024

A young rider was lunging a horse when an old rider came close. After having observed him, the old man asked the boy: "Do you want to know the secret to communicate with your horse?" And the boy answered "Yes."

So the old man closed his own hand into a fist and said to him: "If you can open my fist you will learn the secret of communication."

The boy used his strength in every way possible by pinching, hitting, pulling, pushing...but he just couldn't open the hand. Finally, in frustration, he told the old man: "I can't open it, but please tell me the secret to communicate with my horse." With peace and calm the old man answered: "You could have simply asked me to do it."


Comunicare con il cavallo blog
artist Anna Speshilova

08/04/2024

Such a busy week for the Clarkston ponies , arena hires, competing and demo riding
As well as an awesome Debby Lush clinic
Amazing to watch so many horses and riders improve over the weekend 😃

24/03/2024

A good day for the Clarkston gals
Koda got a first and and a second
Mav and Lisa got two seconds

21/03/2024

We invest so much in our horses, feed , supplements, physio , tack etc
Don't forget the importance of investing in training
Aim for the best trainer you can get - (not always the coach you like best) the one who tells you how it really is - that's the one who wants to see you improve ; to see your horse develop and get stronger
That's the coach you want on your horses side

16/03/2024

Team Clarkston road trip

28/02/2024

DIY & Full livery spaces available
Solarium, private tack and feed lockers, tea room , indoor and outdoor arena, training mirrors ,sound system as well as fantastic off road hacking, regular visiting instructors and onsite trainer available
Salt therapy , pulsed electromagnetics and theraplate therapy shed

Please contact me to discuss your requirements

22/02/2024

Two stables becoming available next month
Please get in touch for further details

31/01/2024

Arena maintenance today
Many thanks to Scott Hamilton and Ross great job

21/01/2024

Last night a thing happened.....
We went to the Area Festival and somehow beautiful Poppy managed to qualify for the Nationals
Was in shock when I received a message from a friend who said "OMG you've qualified"
I hadn't a clue
It wasn't Ricky's day , a few baby mistakes kept his marks down
Huge thanks to everyone for all your help to make going happen
The girls at the yard were amazing. The super grooms,all the supportive messages, the various coaches who help, especially Debby Lush for all her hard work month in month out

20/12/2023

24/10/2023

Wow. This is powerful, eye opening and a little sad. This is why I’m not in the business of buying and selling horses...instead, I would much rather help equine enthusiasts understand just how sensitive horses truly are...

“Most horses pass from one human to another - some horsemen and women are patient and forgiving, others are rigorous and demanding, others are cruel, others are ignorant.

Horses have to learn how to, at the minimum, walk, trot, canter, gallop, go on trails and maybe jump, to be treated by the vet, all with sense and good manners.

Talented Thoroughbreds must learn how to win races, and if they can't do that, they must learn how to negotiate courses and jump over strange obstacles without touching them, or do complicated dance
like movements or control cattle or accommodate severely handicapped children and adults in therapy work.

Many horses learn all of these things in the course of a single lifetime. Besides this, they learn to understand and fit into the successive social systems of other horses they meet along the way.

A horse's life is rather like twenty years in foster care, or in and out of prison, while at the same time changing schools over and over and discovering that not only do the other students already have their own social groups, but that what you learned at the old school hasn't much application at the new one.

We do not require as much of any other species, including humans.

That horses frequently excel, that they exceed the expectations of their owners and trainers in such circumstances, is as much a testament to their intelligence and adaptability as to their relationship skills or their natural generosity or their inborn nature.

That they sometimes manifest the same symptoms as abandoned orphans - distress, strange behaviors, anger, fear - is less surprising than that they usually don't.

No one expects a child, or even a dog to develop its intellectual capacities living in a box 23 hours a day and then doing controlled exercises the remaining one.

Mammal minds develop through social interaction and stimulation.

A horse that seems "stupid", "slow", "stubborn", etc. might just have not gotten the chance to learn!

Take care of your horses and treasure them.”

- Jane Smiley

📸 Kaly Madison Photography

04/10/2023

Stable staff required , mainly mucking out 9-11 or can be earlier
Monday - Friday

03/10/2023

Some pictures from our Tina Layton clinic
We are so lucky to be able to have such fabulous trainers visit
Please message if you would like any clinic details
Many thanks to Tina for the pictures

01/10/2023

Tina Layton clinic today

03/09/2023

Superb two day clinic with Kimberley Battleday
Great improvements made in so many different horse and rider combinations

12/08/2023

Beautiful Poppy ready for her outing tomorrow 😍😊

07/08/2023

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24/07/2023

Great two day clinic with Tina Layton
Next visit1/2nd of October
Pm for booking or further details

10/07/2023

A good day out for the Clarkston girls
Five tests , 3 wins and two placings in the top 3
Well done to Rebecca and the Misses A & K Sweeney

12/06/2023

Clarkston’s Brave Soldier 1 day old

30/05/2023

This boys second day on the Theraplate

01/05/2023

Happy 1st May peeps

17/04/2023

Huge well done to oor Becky , who qualified in hand and under saddle for the TSR , this allows her to compete at Stoneleigh in July and a possibility of being selected to compete at The Horse of the Year show
Thank you to Val Main for a great clinic and for awarding various riders/ handlers their TSR ticket this week end

27/03/2023

Warm ups