AJ Sports & Equine Therapy

30/08/2024

This has climbed as the day has gone on. Be careful guys

08/08/2024

08/03/2024

Happy international women’s day to all those horsey girls ! We are hardcore breeding! We get stuff done and we love our horses !

01/03/2024

Paddy was very keen on getting AJ Sports & Equine Therapy to massage him during Lola"s treatment!

07/02/2024

Be careful guys- this strange ‘every season in a day’ weather isn’t helping the lami risk !

07/01/2024

Pleasure to be part of this team ❤️

And last, but by no means least - we could not function without our AMAZING support team who help keep us running behind the scenes.

We have our amazing team of Grooms who help keep the site clean, and animals cared for - currently we have Olivia, Sophia, and Emily - with Holly starting soon! Danielle also ropes in her family on many occasions to help with field maintenance and her 'good ideas'...

Our amazing animal care team - supported by Scarsdale Equine , Scarsdale Farm Vets The Donkey Sanctuary , Moo-Haven , Mel Bhavsar - Equine Podiatrist , AJ Sports & Equine Therapy , and Mary Kate, our equine dentist.

We're also super grateful to our amazing landlords, Etwall Alpacas, our friendly farmer Alex Walker who's always on hand to help with some of our bigger jobs that need heavy duty machinery! We also share a site with some amazing businesses who have supported us massively along the way.

Our board of Directors: Amy, Sarah, Jamie, and Kenton are also always on hand to help with the running of the service, as well as our HR consultant Stephanie and our accountants, LJ Hanbury Ltd.

Here's to a drier 2024...

25/11/2023

As suspected with this mornings frost 🙈

13/11/2023

A first for me working with a Donkey. He was a totally joy!

16/10/2023

15/10/2023

Love this!

14/10/2023

Be careful guys. We are already in the amber warning after a couple of days in the red. This weekend’s forecast is likely to take us back into red. ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

10/10/2023

If only people would take notice of this -

After recent reports we thought it would be a good time to remind drivers of how to safely overtake horses on the roads 🐴 🚗

As soon as you see a horse on the road whether it is being ridden or not, you should slow down.
Always leave at least 2 meters of space between your vehicle and the horse when overtaking.
If the road you are on has solid white lines, you can only overtake if the horse is travelling at speeds under 10mph.
If the horse is going faster than 10mph then give them more room when overtaking.

The best approach is wide and slow when overtaking horses.

08/09/2023

Today was a special day for me as a therapist. The beautiful Echo has been my client for a long time now and earned himself a special title on my client list 😜It’s fair to say he’s had lots of issues and his wonderful owner has preserved when many would have quit. I have always had faith in their journey and we have worked as a team to help Echo. Today was the first time he’s really relaxed and enjoyed a whole treatment - and it was a privilege that he felt able to do this with me, something I’ve been hoping to see for a long time. After his treatment his mum caught us having a little moment, he gave me kisses and we just stood together- not something we could have done until now. Just a reminder how fantastic these animals are and how lucky I am to call this my job. ❤️

26/08/2023

Happy national dog day to all my clients with 4 paws 🐾! Here’s a picture of one who is known to many as royalty and who is a privilege to treat! ❤️🐾

20/08/2023

When I first started this job I never considered how it would effect me loosing clients over the rainbow bridge. As I now have many clients and I’m in contact with so many horses, inevitably it does happen. It’s never easy and I always feel the loss as I’ve got to know the horse and their human family and most of all I care. ❤️

Yesterday was one of the hardest as it was the turn of not only a long standing client but one of my best friends horses. A horse I know as a client but also have spent many years riding out on Tom with her and loving her and her antics. For my friend I know how utterly heartbreaking this is. But I also know she has left a legacy and will always be with her. Many years ago she was a force to be reckoned with, an ex racer with quirks- but she landed on her hooves with Molly and boy did they fly- it’s been amazing to watch. I will always remember your first treatment all those years ago, you went from fired up fire breathing to asleep on Molly’s shoulder. And you loved every treatment since.

We are privileged to have these beautiful creatures. Yes they are hard work but god they are worth it. Not everyone gets us horsey folk but this life choice we make is wonderful, scary, exciting and at times painful.

Hug your fur babies tight, breathe them in, forget the hard times and most of all enjoy them!

RIP Roxy you were one of the special ones and thank you for letting me be part of your journey ❤️

21/06/2023

Can’t beat quality shire horse time. Henry is such a lovely boy ❤️

14/06/2023

Be careful out there today guys !

13/06/2023

😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️

13/06/2023

These boys were fab today - Jesus showing me a new massage technique too !

04/06/2023

Elfin knows what Sundays are all about

28/05/2023

With grass and lami levels a constant worry for us at the moment here’s some inexpensive little enrichment ideas for anybody box resting or restricting grazing 🐎

18/05/2023

He’s a privilege, super proud of how far he’s come- now more a concern that he might fall over as he’s so relaxed ❤️

Chris REALLY enjoys his massages with - it's so lovely to see him enjoy this after struggling so much with ulcers that he couldn't even be touched!

18/05/2023

When you’re treating a few horses in the fields so take your box in but the others know where auntie Amy keeps the treats. Treatment box prison it is 😂😂😂

17/05/2023

Perry was a gem this morning - lovely to see you Lesley Lowe ❤️❤️❤️❤️

09/05/2023

What a gorgeous gentle giant this boy is ! ❤️easy to see why his mummy loves him so much.

24/12/2022

I’d like to wish all my clients a very Merry Christmas and a happy 2023. Thank you for all your support in 2022 and I’ll look forward to working with you all again in the new year. ❤️
Tom says Happy Horsey Christmas ❤️

14/10/2022

Lily was an absolute pleasure this morning. She’s such a fab girlie. Nice catch up with Gemma Rigley too! ❤️

19/09/2022

Thinking of our royal family today as we say our final goodbye to our wonderful queen. The ultimate horse women and an inspiration to us all. RIP your majesty ❤️

16/09/2022

This looks an interesting watch !

https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/pain-free-horses-dont-react-like-that-film-aims-to-help-riders-hear-what-their-horses-are-saying-802535?utm_content=horseandhound&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1TbfPZnIN615253FudZ9lOXR3l71-ZXWcHjOG0WP0hpwQ3MbB59b1gJtg

The creators of a new documentary on the ridden horse pain ethogram (RHpE) hope it will improve horse welfare and performance, as well as horse sport’s future. The RHpE comprises 24 behaviours including tail-swishing and an open mouth, the presence of eight or more of which may indicate that the h...