Pett valley stables

28/02/2024

just some of the lovely comments about the yard this week .. makes the hard work worth it ❤️

02/09/2023

well done lovely finn and mariana ❤️

04/05/2023

28/04/2023

I have three stables coming up 5 or 7 day full livery in stockbury me9

🔶 set in 22 acres of outstanding beauty

🟣barn and outdoor stables

🔶 fantastic hacking

🟣 20x50 floodlit arena

🔶 toll ride & cross country course in hacking distance

🟣 close to the m20 and m2 for travelling

🔶 small group turnout

🟣 overnight turnout during summer months

🔶 lovely calm friendly atmosphere

🟣 experienced help available

🔶 one to one service so not dealing with lots of staff

🟣 fantastic well maintained grazing

🔶 our own lovely hay

no diy space available
Pm me for more info or call me on

04/04/2023

I have one 5 or 7 day full livery space available in stockbury me9

🔶 set in 22 acres of outstanding beauty

🟣 barn stable cool in the summer out of the wind and rain in the winter

🔶 fantastic hacking

🟣 20x50 floodlit arena

🔶 toll ride & cross country course in hacking distance

🟣 close to the m20 and m2 for travelling

🔶 small group turnout

🟣 overnight turnout during summer months

🔶 lovely calm friendly atmosphere

🟣 experienced help available

🔶 one to one service so not dealing with lots of staff

🟣 fantastic well maintained grazing

🔶 our own lovely hay

no diy or mare space available
Pm me for more info or call me on 07814464185

24/03/2023

we love big fluffy beds 🧹 💕

27/10/2022

wishing our leah and tommy all the best today at nationals ! hope all your hard work pays off .. tommy is looking fantastic 😍❤️

22/10/2022

happy birthday to our lovely aisha white hope you have a lovely day xx

19/10/2022

please like our lovely leah and tommys pic 💖 👑

24/09/2022

interesting

24/09/2022

massive good luck to our girls and boys today at the regional finals , go and smash it ❤️ , you have worked so hard xx Clare Martindale Leah Pezzato

18/08/2021

Have you considered Osteopathy to complement and become part of yours and your horses regular maintenance?⁣
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Regardless of your discipline or level, or even if you’re a happy hacker, both you and your horse could benefit osteopathic treatment.⁣
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Enquire now for more information or to book an appointment.⁣
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I am currently taking bookings into October, however have some availability left for September, with limited appointment available in August, so contact me as soon as possible.⁣
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Discount available for yard visits consisting of more than 3 horses.⁣
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20/12/2020

Slightly obsessed with the full Rouge Halo outfit! 😍💗

01/10/2020

Most horses pass from one human to another - some horsemen and women are patient and forgiving, others are rigorous and demanding, others are cruel, others are ignorant.

Horses have to learn how to, at the minimum, walk, trot, canter, gallop, go on trails and maybe jump, to be treated by the vet, all with sense and good manners.

Talented Thoroughbreds must learn how to win races, and if they can't do that, they must learn how to negotiate courses and jump over strange obstacles without touching them, or do complicated dance
like movements or control cattle or accommodate severely handicapped children and adults in therapy work.

Many horses learn all of these things in the course of a single lifetime. Besides this, they learn to understand and fit into the successive social systems of other horses they meet along the way.

A horse's life is rather like twenty years in foster care, or in and out of prison, while at the same time changing schools over and over and discovering that not only do the other students already have their own social groups, but that what you learned at the old school hasn't much application at the new one.

We do not require as much of any other species, including humans.

That horses frequently excel, that they exceed the expectations of their owners and trainers in such circumstances, is as much a testament to their intelligence and adaptability as to their relationship skills or their natural generosity or their inborn nature.

That they sometimes manifest the same symptoms as abandoned orphans - distress, strange behaviors, anger, fear - is less surprising than that they usually don't.

No one expects a child, or even a dog to develop its intellectual capacities living in a box 23 hours a day and then doing controlled exercises the remaining one.

Mammal minds develop through social interaction and stimulation.

A horse that seems "stupid", "slow", "stubborn", etc. might just have not gotten the chance to learn!

Take care of your horses and treasure them.

Written by Jane Smiley

29/05/2020

Just a Solomon having a snooze ❤️

28/05/2020

Bob the cob fully clipped today looking rather handsome

24/05/2020

Happy horses 🥰

24/05/2020

Happy horses at pv stables 🥰

24/05/2020

09/05/2020

23/11/2019

Today we had the dentist here doing some of our horses

19/11/2019

My hands are freezing, my toes are numb.

My fingers turn an unnerving blueish hue after fishing ice out of water troughs for ten minutes. Nothing a good shake won’t fix.

My hands are rough and patterned with calluses from another year of clutching a shavings fork.

Despite the 3 pairs of socks and “state of the art” wellies, I can’t feel my feet which is unsurprising after walking through a field of frozen grass.

The constant smell of horse follows me around until I find the time to change into “normal clothes”.

I spend the day worrying if I put enough rugs on, or maybe I put too many on. I see a post of Facebook that quickly convinces me I’ve probably killed my horse through overrugging.

The race against the light begins in the afternoon. I kid myself that I can bring in, poo pick, bed down, tack up and ride before the light fades. I was wrong, I always am.

I “waste” hours fussing on the yard. Checking waters, warming feeds, drying legs and making sure everyone is warm and happy.

My hair is now delicately laced with a mixture of hay and shavings, my face is red and I lost feeling to 80% of my body two hours ago.

I always smile as I turn off the lights and hear the happy sound of munching hay.

My hands are freezing, my heart is full ❤️

13/11/2019

Ready to come in , all our horses stay out as long as possible as much as possible 💙