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Mixed surface, track/equicentral living in Rutland. 24/7 freedom, forage & friends. Amazing hacking💗
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28/11/2024

What a difference a day makes 💗

From battling winds and torrential rain yesterday to blue sky, frost and sunshine today.

Hope everyone coped yesterday 🙏🏻

Through the ears of a horse…..makes all the hard days worthwhile 🥰

23/11/2024

Help….

I’d say over 99% of our feed is just adverts these days 🙄 Anyone know any way to reduce these? I’m guessing not but worth an ask 🙏🏻

Would much rather see people we follow and respect than companies aimlessly trying to flog products ☹️

Pics of some of our track residents from sunnier, calmer days to cheer us up on a very grim Saturday 🌪️☔️

22/11/2024

Strange how this photo reminds me a little of charcoal rubbings…remember those 🤔

See how the snow depicts some of our tracks and lounging areas. Weve been so lucky with the weather these last few days…..love waking up to this view 💗

22/11/2024

If I jussttttt stand on my tippy toes…..maybe a can make a little more mischief today 😂🙅‍♀️

The adventures of Jonny (& Sir Claude’s bottom ) 😂🥰

21/11/2024

Winter….aren’t your horses stabled over winter? A question that is often asked…./

Simple answer - nope! Why would we 🙅‍♀️😁🥰

Freedom, forage, friends 24/7, 365 days a year….:always 💗

07/11/2024

Hay boxes……

We love ours and have used these for years but although they are the most robust of all that we have tried, even these are not indestructible 😁

So, as with everything we do, we learn and adapt. This years experiment is weighting the boxes with bricks so that they don’t get lifted by our cheekier residents 😂 this is only for the boxes on our hardstanding and hard core track areas. The ones on the main track areas are attached by posts.

We’ll see how these fare this winter 🤞😁

To clarify though…..we LOVE these boxes. They really work well with our netting systems, all size of horse and last the distance unlike some of the more expensive “horse” specific products we trialled in the early years 💗

02/11/2024

So this is what a thousand pounds looks like 😳😂

Well Jelka……we can’t wait to put you to the test!

Who else is using Jelka mats 🤔 be interesting to see your photos and hear your stories.

25/10/2024

Mud mats….how many can YOU fit in a barrow 🤔

My very wobbly journey was a mere 10! Need to work on my abs! 😂

21/10/2024

Mud mats…..our extremely flexible friends! 😁

Seriously, having mud mats as opposed to larger, heavier mats is a god send at times like this or when you are considering more permanent solutions for the future and just need something to bridge a gap in an area or two 💪

These and some of their friends are heading towards some of the feeders on the track which have gotten quite muddy with all this rain. Given this is the second year now, we have taken the decision to invest in jelka mats for these areas next year.

They still have their large hard standing areas and their surfaced, smaller track for autumn/winter but April and October are becoming wetter and wetter each year…..we’ll let you know how it fares next year 😊 it’s always a learning curve & always room for improvement no matter how long you have been running a track 🙏🏻

05/10/2024

More stunning photos from our very talented, resident photographer 🙏🏻💗

Also, exciting times as we wait for our very first delivery of Jelka mats to add to our variety of existing surfaces which include limestone, sand, mud mats and previously gritstone.

We’ll let you know how they compare and are rated by the residents when put to the test! 😁

02/10/2024

Hi All

Just a reminder, our last remaining space is assisted DIY on our evening rota. I’m afraid we have no full livery spaces available at this time but thank you so much for your enquiries 🙏🏻

I have a number of local contacts that I am happy to share however so if I can help in this way, I always will 💗

30/09/2024

Never cease to be blown away by some of the sunrises and sunsets over Rutland 😳

Though typical, chose between mud and hardstanding, they line up on the mud 🙅‍♀️😂

Thank you Carly 💗

25/09/2024

We have one gelding space on our grass track/equicentral side for the right horse/human combo. (Our grass free side - suitable for laminitics and those with EMS is currently full but always happy to pop names on our waiting list for the future.)

Spaces don’t come up often here and when they do we really take our time in filling them to make sure we get the best fit for you, for us and our existing horses & humans 🙏🏻 We do have a detailed enquiry form before offering to do a tour but that’s because we cherish our wonderful settled herd and our wonderful humans, all of who are all on a similar wave length albeit doing different things with their horses💗

For those of you who don’t know us: Established in 2016 we operate a natural hybrid track/equicentral system in Rutland and cater for all walks of life. We have two tracks, one grass and one grass free. Our two herds are purposely kept small (max 5 in each) and we are one of the very few assisted DIY track systems in the country 💪

Our residents comprise a mixture of horses from ridden and/or walked out in hand to those happy just chilling, doing ground work or retired.

Our assisted DIY packages start at £240 pcm, require just one visit a day (to fit in with a rota) and includes all adlib forage - 365 days a year! For those wondering - we get through approx £75 - £110pm per horse, per month of mixed species low sugar/starch meadow hay! Remember, for our grass free residents, hay is their key forage and also the main forage for our grass track dwellers over Spring, Summer & early Autumn! No worrying about your horse running out of forage here 💗

Ideal for all barefooters, whether you want to take advantage of the amazing hacking and bridleways that surround us, want your beloved companion to live a much more enriched and natural lifestyle within a small, friendly herd or whether your horse is grass sensitive and needs an environment that is 99% grass free. We have two tracks - one grass and one virtually grass free, set over 12 acres of old ridge and furrow meadow land on the outskirts of the small conservation village - Belton In Rutland.

Join like minded people and enjoy a wealth of benefits for your horse:
✔❤ Freedom, forage, friends - turnout 24/7 - 365 days a year
✔❤ Adlib forage/hay 365 days a year through netted hay boxes around the tracks and/or on the loafing areas
✔❤ Access to standing, mixed species meadow hay paddocks from Nov - March for grass track dwellers
✔❤ Ridge and furrow provides for natural physio around the tracks
✔❤ access to hard standing loafing areas 365 days a year.
✔❤ misters for those hot, fly annoying days
✔❤ access to various open shelters 365 days a year. No shutting your horse away for hours a day!
✔❤ large grass schooling arena
✔❤ various enrichment around the tracks, salt licks, scratching posts, play mounds, sand pits, woodchip rolling areas
✔❤ secured, covered area for vet visits, treatments etc with electric access
✔❤ automatic water troughs
✔❤ cctv and owners live on site
✔❤ Tea and coffee making facilities
✔️❤️ Tack and Feed shed
✔️❤️ worming program
✔❤ purposely small herds
✔❤ amazing hacking on our doorstep
✔❤ Secure storage
✔❤ friendly, genuine people and horses

Freedom, forage and friends really are at the cornerstone of everything we have set up here and although our grass free track is suitable for EMS and laminitic prone horses - both tracks provide an amazing environment for all from happy hackers through to retirees. Just because you would like the best life for your partner, doesn't mean you can't ride or walk out!! We do!

If you would like to join us here at Hardy Hooves please pm with your email address and we will send out an enquiry form for you to complete.

18/09/2024

We are so lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the world with such a fantastic bridleways network on our doorstep 🥰

Just because our horses live on a track, doesn’t mean they don’t go exploring 😁

01/09/2024

It certainly didn’t take Aurora long to win over everyones affections 💗 this time it’s Zulus turn but she has been very fair with her attentions! Patiently and persistently working her way into the herd, not that it took much 😂

26/08/2024

Happy 1 week anniversary Aurora 🥰

7 days after coming out of quarantine and being introduced to her herd, Aurora is well and truly in with the plotting crew 😁

If you look closely the whole grass free herd of 5 are together here, chilling in the early morning sun 💗

Thank you Carly for the amazing photo 🙏🏻

14/08/2024

We are getting a lot of enquiries lately for full and retirement livery 🙏🏻

It is so lovely that you are wanting to join us but just a reminder, we are one of the few assisted DIY track systems in the country. We do not currently offer new full or retirement packages. If this changes in the future, we will of course advertise here and let those who have been enquiring, know 💗

We do have one grass track/equicentral space left, previously reserved but sadly the owner had to pull out last minute due to their horse unexpectedly requiring a serious of procedures.

If the right fit comes along, we will happily reserve the place but currently we are focusing on our latest addition, our first in almost 18 months. We’ll be wanting to let her settle in first before we consider filling the last space but feel free to get on our waiting list for when we’re ready 🥰

As you’ve heard before and so true here…..it’s not first come first served…..it’s got to be the right horse & human combi in order to join us x

06/08/2024

Love this photo!

When Zulu met Aurora for the first time for polite, over the fence intros… 💗

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Videos

More tractor Ted action 😁 Not bad for a 47 year old…….Ted that is, not me sadly 😂

A virtual tour of Hardy Hooves For those of you getting in touch, a little behind the scenes tour. We’ll do more of a tour of the grass free side soon 😊

A virtual tour of Hardy Hooves Barefoot Track / Equicentral Living so you can see where and how our residents live ……& yes, you’ve heard right…..we are opening up a couple of new spaces 😁🥰 Grab a cuppa though because it’s 5 minutes long!!! 😳 #barefoothorse #horsetracksystem #naturalliveryyards

Video of said power Harrow in action 💪 😊

Power Harrowing

We power Harrow the grass free track every May, just to get rid of any stubborn shoots that have survived over winter. Normally a lovely local farmer does this for us but this year we have invested in the kit ourselves to give us more flexibility. If you’re relying on someone else to do it, I would recommend waiting for a prolonged forecast dry spell so that any shoots dug up, will die off in the sun 👌🥰

Track life

Track life……this time, hopefully, the right way up 🤦‍♀️😂

Quest

Quest deciding the tigers have gone and it’s safe to join the boys 🥰

Track opening

Reopening the main grass free track…..Quest letting the boys get eaten first 🙅‍♀️😂 The residents on this track are either recovering laminitics and/or have EMS……doesn’t stop them enjoying track life 💗

Was it a dream 😳

Was it a dream 🤔…..Just a few days ago, blue sky, sunshine and an almost dry grass free track 🤦‍♀️ looking a little differently now but all still out enjoying themselves 🙅‍♀️ (Caveat - these are our grass track dwellers lending assistance over winter to help trash the grass free track for their mates 🥰)

Living out

Very sensible ponies as the humans brave not just rain but hail this morning 🤦‍♀️😂😂😂 they chose to stay on the hard standing and munch hay 😁 I think it’s safe to say hysteria is now definitely setting in but better to laugh than cry and at least the ponies are still happy and oblivious 😘

Our “raging” brook!! One of many contributing factors that enables us to keep our horses out 24/7, 365 days a year - no matter what the weather throws at us! Freedom, Forage, Friends …..always 💗 #horsetracksystem #horsetracklivery #barefoothorse #horseslivingout #naturalhorse