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Breaking in/producing young horses of all shape and sizes, we believe in super cobs going around Badminton, also available and constantly searching for quality well behaved amateur-friendly horses and ponies

🌟 Sneak Peek: Lyra! 🌟This absolutely stunning mare is one to watch 👀Lyra is a rising 6-year-old Connemara x Thoroughbred...
07/10/2025

🌟 Sneak Peek: Lyra! 🌟

This absolutely stunning mare is one to watch 👀
Lyra is a rising 6-year-old Connemara x Thoroughbred, standing at 15.1hh – a smart, sporty type with a sweet, fun nature to match her looks 💫

She’s easy to have around and a genuinely lovely person day to day. A super little horse ready to go on and shine!

📍 Based in Malmesbury
📞 Clara – 07478 198827

🖤 Wonderful, Wonderful Big Young Cob 🖤Meet Alberto, a truly special 4-year-old cob standing at 16hh.With around 150 amat...
05/10/2025

🖤 Wonderful, Wonderful Big Young Cob 🖤

Meet Alberto, a truly special 4-year-old cob standing at 16hh.

With around 150 amateur horses coming through our hands each year, I can safely say I've ridden more cobs than I can count, from show ring stars and dressage types to jumpers and hunters. But dare I say… this boy is hands down the most enjoyable and genuinely wonderful ride I’ve ever had on a young cob of this size and type.

He’s correct, active, and balanced in all three paces. Alberto offers a soft contact, and his canter feels like something out of a dream, rhythmical, uphill, and easy to sit to. He moves through his back beautifully, and his natural engagement and athleticism make him a real standout. Plus, he’s seriously handsome with lovely markings and a kind expression.

Despite his age, Alberto gives you 110% every single ride. He works his heart out in the school, always trying to please, never putting a foot wrong or testing his rider, quite rare in a 4-year-old of his size.

On the ground, he’s polite, patient, and gentle. He’s got a brilliant he is kind and very trainable.

He’s been hacking out with riders of all abilities (always supervised, of course!! He’s still only 4!) and has proven himself quiet, willing, and straightforward, both alone and in company. He’s responsive but not sharp, quiet but NOT LAZY, the perfect in-between.

He always goes in a snaffle, happily hacks at the back of the ride, and doesn’t fuss when others leave him behind. His attitude is golden.

His paces are stunning, and he’s beautifully put together. He could turn heads in the show ring, do well in the dressage arena, or make someone very proud out hunting, he’s brave, sensible, and has that soft, buttery canter that makes you want to ride all day.

He’s also popped a few jumps under saddle and has had a very correct start in life, lots of varied hacking and light, consistent schooling that he finds easy.

I genuinely can’t wait to see what he’ll go on to do. He’s got all the quality and potential in the world, and while I’d love to see him in a competitive home, the most important thing for me is that he finds a forever home where he’ll be loved, cared for, and appreciated. Whether that’s happy hacking or strutting his stuff in the ring.

He is not your average cob, and definitely not a cheap one!! But in my experience, horses like him don’t come along often.

While he’ll no doubt make a fabulous novice ride in a year or two, please no complete beginners or riders who aren’t balanced or soft in the hand just yet, I’d love to preserve his confidence and keep his experience as positive as it’s been so far. That said, I do believe he would suit a confident novice with the right support around them.

Just to give you an idea of his nature: "I picked him up from the Irish transporter at a motorway service station on the M5. He unloaded calmly from a huge lorry full of other horses, popped straight into my little trailer on his own, and travelled another hour home without so much as a neigh or a shuffle. That told me a lot about him, and it was all good."

Alberto is a rare find: kind, clever, talented, and utterly genuine. If you’re looking for a horse with the looks, movement, temperament, and heart to go far, or just a best friend to enjoy for years to come, he may well be your perfect match.

📍 Based in Malmesbury

📞 Clara – 07478 199827

Caught in the wild: Clara, desperately inhaling a sandwich on the mounting block while the ever-patient Alberto the Gent...
25/09/2025

Caught in the wild: Clara, desperately inhaling a sandwich on the mounting block while the ever-patient Alberto the Gentleman waits for her to get her life together 🐴🙈

Between feeding, haying, turning out, bringing in, mucking out, riding, teaching, parenting and being everyone’s part-time therapist… who needs lunch breaks, right? 😂

Shoutout to all the horsey folks running on caffeine, crumbs, and chaos. We salute you. 💪🥪🐎

And yes I ride in wellies, we don't need no fancy stuff to produce the most gorgeous babies 😅

Producing future champions and best friends one bite (and boot) at a time 🐴💖



24/09/2025

Blue Update 💙🐴

Now that our big, handsome lad Blue has piled the weight back on after his long trip over from Ireland, the fun has officially begun!

He’s now been sat on, he has hacked out leading off another horse, super bold and completely unbothered by the world so far. He might not know much yet, but he’s trying his heart out and is the kindest soul to have around.

Here's a little clip of him absolutely acing some desensitising 😂

We’re totally smitten with him already and can’t wait to see how he shapes up under saddle, he’s going to look the part, that’s for sure! 😍

📍 Malmesbury
📞 Clara – 07478 199827

22/09/2025

Sneak Peek 👀 – This canter though… 😍😍😍
I could honestly sit to it for hours!

If there’s such a thing as a dream cob, Alberto is it.
I adore all of my youngsters, but I’ve never sat on a cob with this kind of rideability and cadence—especially not at just 4 years old. He’s seriously special.

We’ll be sharing his full sales advert very soon, but for now… how gorgeous is he? 💫

📍 Malmesbury
📞 Clara – 07478 199827

18/09/2025

Baby boss is back at it! 👧🐴

This time, she’s working on some serious deep desensitizing, slowly and quietly approaching the horse, giving it space to make its own decision...

NOT!! 🙃

Also, shoutout to Dad, who’s clearly an accomplice in her very unique desensitizing techniques 😅

You can really tell which horses have been here a while (Ernie the TB = totally unbothered 💅) and which ones are new...
Alberto, for example, has clearly never seen a bright orange volleyball in his life. 🧡🏐

And guess what am I doing? Shoveling poo 💩🤣

17/09/2025

For everyone asking…
"Is Steven a strong cob?"

Well, here he is, 15hh of Cob x Connemara fun 😊

Just 4 years old, straight out the stable after spending the night in and two days off, in the wind and rain… and still a total dude 🥰

Oh!! And the gate open!!

Steven’s got it all going on 👏

Look who’s all dolled up and ready for his advert! 🥰🥰As if we couldn’t love him more, Albert looks absolutely STUNNING a...
17/09/2025

Look who’s all dolled up and ready for his advert! 🥰🥰

As if we couldn’t love him more, Albert looks absolutely STUNNING all clean and plaited up! With that beautiful top line and presence, I bet he’d look just as gorgeous hogged too 😍

Our gorgeous baby elephant is officially ready to find his new human 💕 Full advert coming soon!

Albert is a 16hh (still growing — he’s only 4yo!) maxi coblet with a heart of gold and beauty to match.

16/09/2025

🚨 Baby Boss Update 🚨

In the grand kingdom of the yard, Baby Boss is once again ruling the roost. But this time, her trusty electric car has been swapped out for some serious horse power, a new four-legged mode of transportation, the one and only baby pony, Gigi.

I am scared to let them out into the world off the lead (for theirs and everybody else's safety 😉), but that doesn’t stop them from being a pester in the barn, getting stuck into wheelbarrows and stealing chaff from feed bins

Gigi is a star team player, not so innocent himself and Baby Boss is already making plans for their next big "meeting." 💼✨

And of course I am the poo shoveller 💩

16/09/2025

"How do we bombproof our young horses? And how we get them confident in all kind of situations?
Simple really—start 'em young with drive-by toddler inspections 😂 (I can't always take all the credit!!)

The real boss rolls up in her pony-powered chariot to keep standards "stable" around here.
Meanwhile, I’m just the hired help shoveling the p**p 💩

Her leadership style? A little neigh-poleonic 😂 Tiny but terrifying, making sure mucking out meets her high standards 💅🚗

15/09/2025

Gorgeous new arrival!

Meet Jacob, 4-year-old, 15.1hh ID x Connemara – who has now been officially “Stevened” 😄

He was very pleased to get out in the field with some friends his own age.
And of course, any opportunity is a good one for Steven to pester and play! 😂

Funny babies 🐴

Both and more available

📍 Malmesbury

📞 Clara – 07478 199827

Who else but Steven would be the pick of the yard to nanny the new boy Jacob (4yo, 15.1hh Connemara x ID) on his first p...
14/09/2025

Who else but Steven would be the pick of the yard to nanny the new boy Jacob (4yo, 15.1hh Connemara x ID) on his first proper hack?

Not exactly the smoothest process when you're riding and leading on your own, in horizontal rain, strong wind, splashing cars and the usual lovely drivers 🙃 but Steven absolutely nailed it.

He waited patiently when Jacob needed to stop and stare, even reversed and leg-yielded towards him so I could get Jacob going again (all while I was riding one-handed 😅). Led him past traffic like a pro, giving him all the confidence in the world. Just amazing.
He’s 4 going on 70 and still the happiest little lad even in awful weather 🐴💙

Can’t believe he’s still here waiting, someone must be looking for a fun, easy, genuine boy like him?

The rain was so bad my phone wouldn’t even record 😂 So here’s a soggy Jacob looking unimpressed with this whole hacking idea… and Steven’s lovely ears keeping him company.

📍Malmesbury
📞 Clara – 07478 199827

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Oaksey
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