ZF Equestrian

01/10/2025

19/09/2025

Morning Wisdom!! ❤️🐴

20/08/2025

The fundamentals of any treatment plan can be divided into two areas (physical management and pharmacological management), and the same applies for lameness treatments.

Although there is a lot of focus on drugs, the physical management of the condition is just as important as pharmacological intervention. Every treatment plan differs from horse to horse, but as long as the lameness doesn’t increase, a general rule of thumb to maintain the physical side of treatment is to keep the horse active. You can do this by:

✅ Maintain active movement with low impact exercise
✅ Spend extra time warming-up
✅ Avoid working on hard, concussive surfaces at any pace faster than a walk
✅ Keep the horse’s weight under control, to avoid extra pressure on joints from excess weight
✅ Talk to us and your farrier to make sure there is a good hoof-pastern axis in order to equalise weight distribution throughout lower limb

Treatments should be tailored to every individual patient with you, vet, farrier, physiotherapist, nutritionist and trainer. Give us a call to discuss your specific options.

02/07/2025

13/05/2025

🐴 LIVERY SPACES AVAILABLE ! 🐴

As some of our rehabs are heading home we are opening enquiries for livery spaces at ZF Equestrian .
Assisted DIY - Full livery
Sorry we don’t offer unassisted DIY

⭐️ We currently have space available on our well located, spacious, friendly and inclusive yard just outside Thame.

⭐️ Livery packages include ⭐️

💎 Large stables with good air flow.
💎 Turn out, bring in and feet picked out.
💎 Hay, straw/ Abios included
💎 Basic hard feed included.
💎 All year turnout in secure paddocks with excellent grazing.
💎 Large (30x60) outdoor floodlit arena with dressage markers and a full set of show jumps on an all weather surface.
💎 Solarium with hot and cold water wash box.
💎 Monarch horse walker
💎 Direct access to farm land and local hacking.
💎 Gated entry and secure tack room.
💎 Physiotherapy treatments and Sports massage treatments available at extra cost (included with Rehabilitation livery).
💎 Friendly, positive atmosphere to suit everyone from happy hackers to competition horses.

⭐️ We have a wealth of experience with all types of horses, training and rehab. Also a fully qualified and insured Animal Physiotherapists and Equine Sports Massage Therapist on site.

⭐️ We also offer:
- Rehabilitation and box rest livery - Holiday or short stay livery
(availability dependent on spaces)

⭐️ Full exercise programmes available. Bespoke to your needs. Ground work, lunging and ridden schooling. We will create a program to suit you and your horse.

⭐️ Please Text and/or Call Zoe on 07516760706 to have a chat, ask questions and discuss your Intrest
⭐️ please do leave a voicemail if calling and I will get back to you ASAP.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

16/03/2025

🐴 LIVERY SPACES AVAILABLE 🐴

ZF Equestrian are opening enquiries for two livery spaces which have become available. Assisted DIY - Full livery ( Sorry we don’t offer unassisted DIY).

⭐️ We currently have space available on our well located, spacious, friendly and inclusive yard just outside Thame.

⭐️ Livery packages include ⭐️

💎 Large stables with good air flow.
💎 Turn out, bring in and feet picked out.
💎 Hay, straw/ Abios included
💎 Basic hard feed included.
💎 All year turnout in secure paddocks with excellent grazing.
💎 Large (30x60) outdoor floodlit arena with dressage markers and a full set of show jumps on an all weather surface.
💎 Solarium with hot and cold water wash box.
💎 Monarch horse walker
💎 Direct access to farm land and local hacking.
💎 Gated entry and secure tack room.
💎 Physiotherapy treatments and Sports massage treatments available at extra cost (included with Rehabilitation livery).
💎 Friendly, positive atmosphere to suit everyone from happy hackers to competition horses.

⭐️ We have a wealth of experience with all types of horses, training and rehab. Also a fully qualified and insured Animal Physiotherapists and Equine Sports Massage Therapist on site.

⭐️ We also offer:
- Rehabilitation and box rest livery - Holiday or short stay livery
(availability dependent on spaces)

⭐️ Full exercise programmes available. Bespoke to your needs. Ground work, lunging and ridden schooling. We will create a program to suit you and your horse.

⭐️ Please Text and/or Call Zoe on 07516760706 to have a chat, ask questions and discuss your Intrest
⭐️ please do leave a voicemail if calling and I will get back to you ASAP.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

11/02/2025

Always find this interesting

Do you really understand how big your horse's lungs are? This picture is a horse's lungs fully inflated...amazing when you think they are enclosed in a horse's body! Did you know a horse takes in 2x 5-Gallon buckets of air ever second? Think of how much that really is. So, do the best you can to help your horse breathe!

31/07/2024

⚠️Hard Ground!!⚠️
With the high temperatures this week the ground is starting to harden up! Please be aware as tempting as it can be, cantering/galloping your horses on the hard ground can lead to lameness. The concussion horses experience from the hard ground puts a great strain on their tendons and ligaments. Injuries such as splints, bruised soles, fractured pedal bones, strains and ligament damage are often seen as a result of the hard ground.
We hope you enjoy the nicer weather and the freshly cut stubble/open fields but please do take into consideration the surfaces and conditions before allowing your horse to have a good blast! 🏇🏇🏇