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13/03/2025

Little snippet of Belle 11yo 15.2hh full ID mare, fantastic, safe all-rounder that has done a bit of everything

Full advert to follow

06/03/2025

These two wonderful girls were very sweet at their first outing to the lovely indoor at Malthouse Farm Livery and Stables after coming back into work from their winter breaks

Fully registered well bred Connemara mares, 5yos Misty that is a sporty gorgeous type and Cha-cha, chunkier more traditional power house

Both have been cross country schooling and around a course and riding well on the flat for their age

Incredible manners as you can see in the little snippet below holding eachother's leadropes over their necks

Official adverts to come soon 🥳

24/02/2025

🦄 Time has come for Pepper to find her new best friend (very sadly, she is a yard favourite to say the least) 🦄

Pepper 14.2hh 4yo Connemara mare, class 1 breeding all along and N/N for HWSD is back into full work after her winter break

She was just very gently sat on as a 3yo and walked, trotted, cantered away last year and now she has slowly been brought back into work over the last couple of months

This little mare is the perfect bundle of good looks and talent

She has been ridden by RIDERS with ANY SORT OF EXPERIENCE already and that alone says a lot about a baby horse, various people from young and still bouncy/unbalanced to older and nervous riders

I trust her to look after anyone that I put on board

Beautiful, correct conformation, short coupled with plenty of neck, athletic type with the most gorgeous feminine, dainty little head

You never see her grumpy or upset, she is always smiling and happy to do whatever she is asked, she is not at all mareish or opinionated like a lot of mares of her age, she just wants to be your best friend and to please you

Pepper has incredibly correct movements with a big, ground covering but very balanced canter for a little horse, obviously green due to her age but she will be impressive in the show ring or as a dressage pony

She has hacked in front, behind, in company, on her own, she rides and leads perfectly (both leading from and being led off), on the road, in traffic and in open spaces, I am still to find something that this little girl would shy away from, she is a bold, brave ride and always in a snaffle

She has a great careful jump on her, she reads the fence and uses her brain, she jumps all sorts of fillers and has been to a couple of outings already, she has been around a full course as well as in an indoor, proving brave, careful and giving everything a go

She marches out upfront and catches up easily with the big horses she has a great forward attitude to life, she has never put a hoof wrong from the first day she has worn a saddle, she doesn't buck, nap, bronc, rear, bolt, no nonsense for this little lady

She is incredibly friendly, loving but gentle and polite on the ground, she loves children, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE for a little girl to have her, if Pepper could talk she would want to dress up for tea parties and turn into a unicorn, having her feet painted with glitter, she loves ANY sort of attention

She is good with the farrier, to load, travel, lead, wash off, tack up etc

She is one to snap up now before she starts competing and giving glimpses of what an amazing pony she will be (and expensive 🤣)

The tackless pictures are from a few months ago, she has grown and filled out in the meantime

Open to viewings/vettings/ family members and instructors but please no time wasters as we are plenty busy already

Based in Malmesbury

Clara 07478199827

12/02/2025

These two gorgeous boys didn't stay around for long 🥰

Oliver 🫒6yo 14.3hh dun cob gelding and his pal Godfrey 🍒 4yo 15.1hh strawberry roan cob gelding

Godfrey found his new home within 3 days and Oliver only after two weeks, didn't get around to advertise them nor even sit on Godfrey 🙈

Lovely sweet, genuine boys so polite and friendly

This is a pic of them when they just arrived from Ireland

If you are looking for some good cobs please message what you are after and bare with!! We have a couple of great contacts for them ☺️

07/02/2025

Look at Pepper 🥰

4yo 14.2hh fully registered, absolute angel baby Connemara mare

This pony has it all, she has a good jump, great mover, gorgeous look and her manners are to die for, first time at this venue, patiently waiting for her turn

We adventured on Wednesday to Malthouse Lodge Farm Livery to use their lovely indoor arena

It was Pepper's first time in and indoor, she was absolutely foot perfect both to ride, jumping everything first time and not looking at a thing and to handle/wait for her mate Misty to have a ride, such a delightful baby 🥰

Impeccable manners and incredibly straightforward to ride, she will be an asset for anyone looking to produce a bold, talented, straightforward young pony 😊

03/02/2025

Horsey friends!! Any recommendations for hay feeders for the fields? Boxes, haybells, anything ideally in the area, ideally that can be delivered, needs to be big enough to feed 4/5 horses and need multiple 3 to 6 depending on size and prices

Need to be delivered in Malmesbury area

Clara 07478199827

16/01/2025

I can't believe it's been a whole 6 years of having this little pony in our life 🥰

Time really flies, who would have thought back then he was going to be destined to be tortured by a little 2yo girl (3 next week!!) 6 years down the line 😂😂

I am only joking she is really nice to him and he is to her too ❤️

He is an absolute demoniac saint for the ones who know him, you guys know what I mean 😂, naughtiest and best behaved one we have

We love little Gigi he is great fun with a good sense of humour for the good riders, an absolute rock for baby Lea and more wobbly little ones

Both of them had a go at their first show last summer (and probably last 😂 although he was by far the nicest pony in the ring, there are much more fun things to do out there for a baby horse with a baby child)

Happy delayed birthday! To many more years together and to the day I will finally be brave enough to take him hunting, yes he is only 13.2hh no I am not joking 😂 🎉 🎂

13/01/2025

Now that we got rid of all the ice and horrible weather this lovely boy is back looking for his new person

He needs someone experienced and understanding of sensitive and green horses

He will be a lovely project for someone, he is handsome, good moving, well bred and a real sweetheart that means no harm, very polite on the ground friendly with other horses both mares and geldings

13yo Welsh D cremello gelding that has done a bit of everything in the past with previous owner and had a big break (no injuries) since to then be moved onto the current owner

He is looking for a lovely hacking/hunting/funride home as nervous in the arena

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Malmesbury

Clara 07478199827

08/01/2025

Another cutie just arrived 🥰 so many lovely mares in at the moment

Mallie, 15hh built like a table Connemara X ID 4yo this year

Even if chunky, still athletic and big moving with a gorgeous grounded, wise beyond her years personality

Fun forward ride, obviously green

Below popping her first cross as she just arrived and came off the lorry, absolute no fuss no spooking no nonsense

She just gave it a go, walked, trotted, cantered in an arena she has never been in before, with horses passing by, coming in and out of the field on a very windy day

Little superstar in the making

Malmesbury, Clara 07478199827

07/01/2025

Some flicky toes alert!

Quick sneak peek

Seriously smart competition type, fully registered Connemara mare, 14.3hh with growing to do, 5yo this year, to snap up before she turns into mega bucks, she is a little power house 🥰🥰 beautiful mover, beautiful person, beautiful jumper!! Already graded and class one

Misty 🦄

04/01/2025

After being incredibly poorly throughout pretty much all Christmas holidays I am back (a bit wobbly) into the swing of things, I seem to be able to ride but please don't ask me to bend down to get anything from the floor 😂😂

Come with us on a little hack with the lovely Apollo!!
15.1hh 13yo (in the new year) Cremello Welsh section D gelding

A sensitive soul, but really sweet, he doesn't buck, bronc, rear, nap, very easy to do on the ground, looking for a hacking/outdoors/fun rides/hunting home unless someone experienced willing to put the work into his arena work ☺️

Open to offers to find him the right person

Please feel free to get in touch

Malmesbury

Clara 07478199827

26/12/2024

I want to wish all our friends, followers, clients and helpers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎄🎄🎁🎁

Let’s hope 2025 brings Fulfilment, Health and Happy Horses and owners 🥰🐎

From Lea, Gigi, Ola, Barù, the rest of the CDM Equestrian team and I ❤️

This morning following Lea's orders, it was a must to go for a Christmas hack through the village on reindeer Gigi looking for his "missing wings" (accompanied by very enthusiastic dad that kept complaining about how fast a 13.2hh can walk 😂, VERY FAST if you are my 13.2hh). We very disappointingly didn't find Gigi's magical wings so him and Lea will have to wait another year to enroll to the "Unicorn Academy" unfortunately 🦄🦄

24/12/2024

🌊Apollo🌊

If you like to stand out and are a fan of blue eyes here's the boy for you

Apollo is 13yos, cremello, 15.1hh Welsh D gelding that is looking for a hacking/hunting/funrides/outdoors home

Read the advert before enquiring please, it's all in there 😊😊

Very well put together and well bred too, Apollo is great fun, forward little guy that will jump anything in front of him and give anything a go, however in true Welsh style he is sensitive and a bit nervous of new people, he won't suit someone novicey or tense, he is a real one to one kind of horse that will thrive to have a good relationship with the one right person

He never bucks, broncs, rear, he is not nappy, he happily goes in front and behind, he is not spooky, he will go on his own and he is not strong either

He is green for his age, he had few years in the field due to lack of time and I think a big chunk of his education related to the "flappying and desensitizing part" is lacking, he has always been own by novicey people and still needs to gain more trust and understanding of the ridden work with someone balanced and experienced

By no means he is "dirty" or "nasty", he never tries it on, he is genuine as they can be and he will be fabulous with more experience under his belt, he is very very talented

He is just a sensitive, green horse and he will worry with a nervous rider or with someone that is off balance, for anyone balanced and quiet that can ride (you don't need to be John Whitaker nor Carl Hester) he will be fantastic

He has mainly hacked, he has jumped around a course and cross country schooled and done a bit of everything with the previous owner, he is amazing out there and very enjoyable for someone wanting a switched on but safe hack

He has a great scopey jump and moves beautifully, not a typical Welsh that is all knees and no engagement, he really works well when relaxed and rides like a little Warmblood

In the arena he has been confused by a very lovely but novice rider so he needs someone confident that can support him and keep him busy until he relaxes (normally takes around 5/10 minutes) without adding any tension by pulling and kicking and giving mixed signals, if you pull or kick at the wrong time when he is nervous he gets worried, hence why he will need to go either to a hacking/funride/hunting home or with someone that in the arena has patience and understanding of sensitive green horses

He will just need a couple of months of consistent work and I am very positive he will be a lovely all-rounder

He will be really great for someone that likes to put a lot of work into groundwork and/or natural horsemanship, he is a very intelligent guy that reads your body language increadibly well, learns very quickly and once you have his trust he will do anything for you, he will just need time to settle with a new human

On the ridden side he doesn't get fresh or hot if he has had time off, he was off for a few months and I just hopped on and took him hacking with no issues, he was a bit tense but about 10/20 into our hack he relaxed and flopped on a long rein, after that first hack he has been fab out both on the road (very good with any kind of traffic) and in open fields/woodland

Only in a couple of weeks here, he has improved massively and I can do anything with him myself but also all my groom that are less experienced but well balanced have ridden him including a middle aged nervous lady and a young teenager and he was a very good boy for everyone

He is good to do everything with on the ground, if he doesn't know you he can be a bit nervous to be caught, so for the first couple of days he wore a headcollar in the field but he is absolutely fine now, I can just grab him from the neck of his rug and bring him in with no issue

Knowing that he is not for everyone Apollo is open to offers to find him the right home, the last thing we want is him being passed around or misunderstood, he is a kind soul and will be someone's best friend if given time to settle and come back into consistent work

Based in Malmesbury

Clara 07478199827

07/12/2024

I apologise to everyone getting stuck on this post 😅 it's a long hopeless one

I just came across this picture that made me a bit emotional

This is a bunch of very special ponies that I had the pleasure to ride and work with for many months and I am today massively grateful for making me a better horsewoman

From left to right we have Arthur (rising 6yo) that unfortunately has recently left us, Rumi (rising 8yo) retired from ridden work, Alan (rising 5yo) also retired from ridden work and Conner (rising 5yo) the only one still ridden that is being just brilliant in his new home

The three boys on the left are gorgeous looking young geldings that I like to think are just as grateful to have met me as I am to have had them crossing my path

They are everything that everyone out there seem to be looking for at the moment: athletic, overheights, beautiful fully registered Connemaras, well bred with gorgeous expressive faces, good jumpers, good movers

They all have been broken in and started by professionals that redeemed them sound and healthy and perfectly suitable to tackle anything a competition pony would have in the future, just a bit "green" or "sensitive" or with some sort of minor quirks

All these people couldn't have been more wrong even though the ponies showed some clear signs all along and then have finally (a lot later) been discovered to carry such critical injuries that wouldn't allow them to have any sort of ridden future and in Arthur's case not any future at all

I have been very upset and frustrated and angry for every single one of them over and over again and having them all "going wrong" in my hands. I was distraught by a feeling of guilt and disappointment that made me brooding and doubting of my future in the industry, that maybe I have some sort of "bad luck" following me that was trying to tell me this is not the job for me, maybe I wasn't emotionally "though enough" for this role and sometimes, even now I still have those feelings of nonconformity with any other producers and sellers. I don't know how other professionals would take similar situations, maybe I was too sensitive or too easily attached to these animals that take up so much of my time, my health and my life.

I remember taking and looking at this picture back then, when everything as we imagined for these ponies was going wrong and I remember thinking that everything for myself was going wrong too together with them until the pressure of the routine and continuity of the job distracted me and made me carry on taking care of the other 20+ horses we had at the time

Until today, when I bumped into this picture again after being detached from those feelings for a long time and all of a sudden a fresh, newfound point of view has hit me:

I have always been gifted (or cursed) to be able to see and to "feel" what I ride more than most rider that I came across in my not so long career with horses can, I wouldn't call it "a special connection" or a "gift" because I hate being the voodoo, daughter of nature type of person. My logical brain and I like to think my own self as some sort of pragmatic translator of the horses, maybe my analytical and increadibly critical brain and my exhaustedly trained hand/eye to brain connection and seek of knowing more are the real key of this incredibly subjective feeling of right or wrong that each horse gives me when under saddle.

I have learnt the difference between "a weak baby" and "an odd baby", a "stiff untrained horse that doesn't know how to bend" and something that mechanically can't bend, some learnt behaviours and a sign of discomfort. I weirdly get a migraine when riding horses with poll/neck head injuries and tensions and a bad belly by working with something with ulcers or GIT issues (I know!! Freaky and still yet to be explained!!) and I have trained that sensitivity to the problem so much that I would just tell what I think it's wrong and (at least the last few years) 100% of the times my thoughts have been confirmed by veterinary investigations.

So the same happened with the three boys and now I know why I met them, why they met me.

They needed me, they needed us, my fantastic team of professionals behind the scenes as well as their wonderful, understanding owners that have followed my gut feeling and my desire to find out more even if (especially in the case of Rumi) they have been previously investigated and assessed by vets, physiotherapists, chiropractors and other professional riders too (with Rumi making himself quite famous with millions of viewers on Facebook 😂) with nothing apparently wrong or clinically significant found

They needed us to save them from a future of misunderstanding and selfish people that would have sold them on over and over again, calling them names and punishing their so called bad behaviours by forcing them and oppressing them to do a job that they couldn't mechanically and physically do

They needed us to find peace with the human kind, learn to like us and enjoy our company because nothing at all out of their capabilities was asked of them anymore, they only needed to be present and to enjoy being a horse and all of a sudden we had this bunch of happy, relaxed, enjoyable and increadibly polite young horses, just like in the picture

And I needed the wonderful 3 boys

I needed these boys so I could learn to speak up when I felt there is something not right and to stand my ground and believe into my skills and experience even if with no proven scientific backup (yes I have a pony patting degree but you know what I mean!!) and even when other professionals are saying different

I needed these boys so I could find and surround myself with professionals that "can see" like I do, "can feel" and "can love" the horses the way I do

I needed these boys so I could learn even more how to listen first and train after, to put the horse FIRST and the sport after, to put their brain and their feelings and their body language, even if minimal first and our needs and expectations after

Despite all the tears the boys and many others have brought me, I wouldn't think twice on taking on a sensitive Connemara, a bucking warmblood, a rearing thoroughbred, a bargeing draught, a petrified Welsh over and over again

I wouldn't think twice on helping another animal trying to express something instead of falling into a loop of learnt, defensive behaviours and feeling of pain and discomfort

I wouldn't think twice on giving a wonderful soul all the time and perseverance needed to see if they could happily give this ridden life a go or if it would be too much of an ask for their body

I might never be rich or might never make it around Badminton or the Olympics but I will be proud of every single one of this journeys with each one of these special clever animals

Lots of love and thoughts go to my three boys tonight, Alan and Rumi are happily keeping company to other horses, beautiful Arthur is overlooking us all and playing with every broomstick he can find up there and Conner, not even 5yo yet is helping a soon to be 60 yo incredible lady get her confidence back after a seriously scary fall from a previous pony that led to a nasty injury

04/12/2024

Look at these cutiepies go!!

They would look great under the Christmas tree 🎄🎁

Which one is your favourite??

Pepper rising 4yo 14.1hh cute as a button little pony, she is the perfect bundle gorgeous face, amazing conformation, big moving, good jumper, brave, bold and forward but polite and increadibly affectionate

Peggy that only just arrived and is desperately due a bath 🙈 is rising 4yo 14.2hh more switched on, competition type with a very snatchy jump!!

Two very lovely very different stamp of ponies both already broken in, walked, trotted and cantered under saddle and popped a jump

Clara 07478199827

Malmesbury

02/12/2024

I know I keep going on about how sweet this guy is, Egan (to make 15hh heavyweight cob gelding) is seriously cute and kind but also very smart indeed 🥰

Tonight I was planning to get a great video of me spinning around, jumping up and down and somersaulting off the saddle and instead we got this 🙈 fair to say that (only!!) 10 years of working with horses does this to you, I used to be a dancer believe it or not 😂😂😂 and a gymnast!! How embarrassing, fair to say that the wearing and tearing, clicking dodgy joints and the cold humbled me straight away 😂😂

Here's what you get, a decrepit slower than my grandma around the world and some very rusty scissors 🙈🙈

Nevermind

The cob is sweet! Maybe I will try a somersault, just need a few paracetamols and a yoga session first 😂😂

P.s. Vittoria Panizzon I am NOT making you proud with this one 😂

07478199827 Clara

Malmesbury

01/12/2024

Something a little different 🥰

Beautiful blue eyed boy Apollo has just arrived to come back into work and potentially find a new home

He has done a little bit of everything but his love is into hacking and exploring (he reminds me very much of good old boy Jack, if you have followed us for a while you will know too)

He is low mileage for his age

15.1hh 12yo Welsh D gelding, gorgeous model he will be under assessment for the next couple of weeks

28/11/2024

This shows how sweet Egan is, with the evil child hanging at the end of my whip 😂

It was Egan's first time in my arena, he has BIG paces in a little Cobby body, he naturally steady, straight and very rhythmical, with more fitness and strengthening he will be formidable. So so safe and sweet I could trot and canter down the long side with my hands out like an airplane and when you stop kicking he stops for you, he doesn't spook and is not sharp

He would be an asset to any riding school/RDA but also smart enough for someone to produce into the super dressage cob that I know he will be!

Oh and such a lovely person 🥰🥰

Clara 07478199827

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Misty and Cha-cha

These two wonderful girls were very sweet at their first outing to the lovely indoor at Malthouse Farm Livery and Stables after coming back into work from their winter breaks Fully registered well bred Connemara mares, 5yos Misty that is a sporty gorgeous type and Cha-cha, chunkier more traditional power house Both have been cross country schooling and around a course and riding well on the flat for their age Incredible manners as you can see in the little snippet below holding eachother's leadropes over their necks Official adverts to come soon 🥳 #CDMEquestrian #connemara #connemarapony #jumpinghorse

Look at Pepper 🥰 4yo 14.2hh fully registered, absolute angel baby Connemara mare This pony has it all, she has a good jump, great mover, gorgeous look and her manners are to die for, first time at this venue, patiently waiting for her turn We adventured on Wednesday to Malthouse Lodge Farm Livery to use their lovely indoor arena It was Pepper's first time in and indoor, she was absolutely foot perfect both to ride, jumping everything first time and not looking at a thing and to handle/wait for her mate Misty to have a ride, such a delightful baby 🥰 Impeccable manners and incredibly straightforward to ride, she will be an asset for anyone looking to produce a bold, talented, straightforward young pony 😊 #CDMEquestrian

Another cutie just arrived 🥰 so many lovely mares in at the moment Mallie, 15hh built like a table Connemara X ID 4yo this year Even if chunky, still athletic and big moving with a gorgeous grounded, wise beyond her years personality Fun forward ride, obviously green Below popping her first cross as she just arrived and came off the lorry, absolute no fuss no spooking no nonsense She just gave it a go, walked, trotted, cantered in an arena she has never been in before, with horses passing by, coming in and out of the field on a very windy day Little superstar in the making Malmesbury, Clara 07478199827 #CDMEquestrian

Misty

Some flicky toes alert! Quick sneak peek Seriously smart competition type, fully registered Connemara mare, 14.3hh with growing to do, 5yo this year, to snap up before she turns into mega bucks, she is a little power house 🥰🥰 beautiful mover, beautiful person, beautiful jumper!! Already graded and class one Misty 🦄 #CDMEquestrian

After being incredibly poorly throughout pretty much all Christmas holidays I am back (a bit wobbly) into the swing of things, I seem to be able to ride but please don't ask me to bend down to get anything from the floor 😂😂 Come with us on a little hack with the lovely Apollo!! 15.1hh 13yo (in the new year) Cremello Welsh section D gelding A sensitive soul, but really sweet, he doesn't buck, bronc, rear, nap, very easy to do on the ground, looking for a hacking/outdoors/fun rides/hunting home unless someone experienced willing to put the work into his arena work ☺️ Open to offers to find him the right person Please feel free to get in touch Malmesbury Clara 07478199827

I know I keep going on about how sweet this guy is, Egan (to make 15hh heavyweight cob gelding) is seriously cute and kind but also very smart indeed 🥰 Tonight I was planning to get a great video of me spinning around, jumping up and down and somersaulting off the saddle and instead we got this 🙈 fair to say that (only!!) 10 years of working with horses does this to you, I used to be a dancer believe it or not 😂😂😂 and a gymnast!! How embarrassing, fair to say that the wearing and tearing, clicking dodgy joints and the cold humbled me straight away 😂😂 Here's what you get, a decrepit slower than my grandma around the world and some very rusty scissors 🙈🙈 Nevermind The cob is sweet! Maybe I will try a somersault, just need a few paracetamols and a yoga session first 😂😂 P.s. Vittoria Panizzon I am NOT making you proud with this one 😂 07478199827 Clara Malmesbury #CDMEquestrian

This shows how sweet Egan is, with the evil child hanging at the end of my whip 😂 It was Egan's first time in my arena, he has BIG paces in a little Cobby body, he naturally steady, straight and very rhythmical, with more fitness and strengthening he will be formidable. So so safe and sweet I could trot and canter down the long side with my hands out like an airplane and when you stop kicking he stops for you, he doesn't spook and is not sharp He would be an asset to any riding school/RDA but also smart enough for someone to produce into the super dressage cob that I know he will be! Oh and such a lovely person 🥰🥰 Clara 07478199827 #CDMEquestrian

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