Ashtree Equine Rehabilitation & Livery

21/08/2025

Huge thank you to PJ (Bit World) at Grimston for coming to the rescue with naughty Strawberry’s headcollar!! I’m a sentimental sod and she’s had it such a long time, so I’m so grateful to have it back good as new 🙌🏼🍓

20/08/2025

Continuing our ‘get to know us’ week, I thought I’d introduce myself personally for our followers that may not know me!
👋 Hi, I’m Alex, the owner of Ashtree 🌳🐎

I learnt to ride at 4 years old, I’ve not stopped since! Despite not being horsey themselves, I am incredibly lucky to have had hugely supportive parents in every way possible — driving me all over the country, learning how to leg me on, walk off ponies, and of course patch me up after the inevitable tumbles. They also instilled in me a strong work ethic: if I was going to have horses, I was going to put in the hard work too.

As a child, I started out showjumping before falling in love with polo at 11 years old. Polo gave me some incredible experiences, including the opportunity to play a GBR Home Nations tournament at just 17 years old. My final polo season in 2019 finished on a real high, with a 3rd place team finish and a Most Valuable Player award at the White Oak Polo Series at Chester Racecourse, where I was both the youngest player and the only lady in the series. Those are memories I’ll always cherish 💫

Alongside my own horses and ambitions, I worked in racing from the age of 16 - first in part-time roles around school and later full-time at a larger yard. These early years gave me invaluable skills and taught me the discipline of professional horse care. While studying at university, I balanced my degrees in Criminology and Legal Psychology (yes, really!) with work at a small dual-purpose racing yard - proof that the horses were never far from my heart!

Ashtree began almost by chance during the pandemic. Just as I was finishing my postgraduate degree, the trainer I worked for retired and kindly offered me use of his facilities during lockdown. A couple of people asked for my help with their ex-racehorses, two of which were challenging rehabilitation cases. The process of helping those horses recover, gain strength, and rediscover happiness sparked something in me. I knew I wanted to dedicate myself to rehabilitation and retraining.

Since then, I’ve continued to study and expand my knowledge with courses in Lameness & Rehabilitation, Equine Psychology, and Equine Nutrition. This has shaped how I run Ashtree today: always looking at the whole picture to keep every horse happy, comfortable, and thriving.

In April 2024, we made the exciting move into our beautiful new home, which you can see more about in our last post. I live onsite with my husband Mark, our loyal rescue hound Ernie, my ex-racers, and of course our two cheeky Shetland mascots, Rupert and Ted! Horses are at the heart of everything I do here, but anyone who visits will tell you Ernie likes to make himself just as well-known 🐾🤍

I’m so proud of how far Ashtree has come, and I feel incredibly lucky to spend my days helping horses be the very best versions of themselves. Thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way, and thank you for following our journey 💛🐴

18/08/2025

With lots of new followers joining us recently, we thought we’d reintroduce ourselves ⬇️

Welcome to Ashtree 📸 🤍
From full livery to rehabilitation and training, we pride ourselves on immaculate facilities, experienced hands, and a friendly, welcoming team. Whether it’s a post-injury comeback or a pampered holiday stay, we treat every horse like one of our own. 🐴✨

📍 Based on the Leicestershire/Nottinghamshire border.
Message us to arrange a visit or learn more about what we do!
www.ashtreeequinerehabilitation.co.uk

15/08/2025

𝗦𝗢𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 ☀️
If you're soaking your horse's hay in this much hotter weather, we'd recommend:
💧Soak hay for a shorter time than usual (1-3 hours)
💧Replace the soaking water each time
💧Keep the hay in soak in a shady/cool place to reduce the risk of fermentation
💧Rinse with fresh water, after soaking, to reduce any possible bacterial content
Please get in touch if you'd like any further advice.

12/08/2025

Double trouble!! 🖤

09/08/2025

Not long now until A-Level results day! 📚📝
Are you aiming to come to university in the midlands? If so, we offer a dedicated University Livery package 👩🏼‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓

This specifically designed package gives you all the benefits of full livery during term time, but allows the flexibility to take your horse back home during summer/winter breaks if you’d prefer 🏡 We of course also welcome students on our standard full and part livery packages.
📍 We are very well situated with excellent access just off the A46, and the below all in a good radius:
- 8 miles Sutton Bonington Campus 💙
- 8.5 miles Loughborough💜
- 9 miles Nottingham💙🩷
- 14 miles Leicester 💚❤️

We have a wonderful small group of liveries on a professionally run yard, including students of various local unis! Our facilities and reviews speak for themselves, check out our website for more ⬇️

www.ashtreeequinerehabilitation.co.uk

09/08/2025

Is there a better sight in the morning than green paddocks and happy ponies?! 😍

05/08/2025

🌟 New for September 2025! 🌟

Due to increasing requests for part livery, we are very pleased to be offering this new package from 1st September 😁
Our Part Livery package will include:
🗓️ 5 days full livery per week
🌾Ad-lib, homegrown hay
🌱Year round grass turnout
🥕Core feed
🛏️1 bale of shavings weekly
🏇🏼Use of all facilities, including XC Arena, training and dressage arenas, hot wash, solarium and more
🔐Central heated tack room
⚖️Quarterly weighbridge visits from Baileys Horse Feeds
🌀 Optional therapeutic treatments onsite such as TheraPlate, ArcEquine, Equilibrium Products, and Low Level Laser Therapy
🪱 Implementation of a minimal-drug worm control program with quarterly counts

We’re privileged to have wealth of outstanding professionals onsite regularly, including Chine House Equine Hospital, Adam Cooper AWCF, Belvoir Equine Veterinary and Dental Services Ltd, GH Therapies and plenty more!

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any queries, or to book a viewing 🐎

www.ashtreeequinerehabilitation.co.uk

05/08/2025

We always enjoy having holiday liveries with us, and we love it even more when they’re regulars! Basil often visits us for arena hires and for his holidays, and absolutely loves a kiss 😍
How cute is he! 🍃 💚

www.ashtreeequinerehabilitation.co.uk

04/08/2025

16/07/2025

Our XC Arena steps looking fantastic after a refurb!! 👌🏼

Available for hire as always 🐎
www.ashtreeequinerehabilitation.co.uk