Hoofprints Riding School

29/07/2024

Hi all,
If you are trying to contact me I'm afraid you can't as I have broken my phone.. I had it in my back pocket and sat on it while I was away...!
BUT I did have a lovely holiday!!
Hoping the new one will arrive tomorrow/Wednesday. :o)

15/07/2024

The diary has now been updated and there are many more future lessons to book. Book now to avoid disappointment 😀

https://littlehoofprints.ecpro.co.uk

14/07/2024

Making the 5am start worth while, these 5 were fabulous today. Imogen on Lexi, Corral on Bobby, Evie on Benny, Pippa on Harry and Amber on Nikki.
Rosettes were won, 🥇 the 🌞 shone, the company was lovely, good food and fabulous photos. 😇😇 🐴 🏵️

02/07/2024

More red white and blue flowers being delivered tomorrow. Red and Blue always run out first- so I’ve ordered double!!! And sold half of the blue ones already! So happy so many people love my flowers 💙❤️💙❤️

30/06/2024

Last of the Hoofprints pony spam this weekend! Final day of fun was XC schooling. Not something we do very often. Ponies were fabulous! Evie’s new pony Benny is an absolute saint! Really took care of her 🥰 literally could not ask him to be any better 😇
Both Clover and Harry were great, enjoyed themselves 😀

29/06/2024

Well another amazing day! 2nd round dressage qualifiers today, Evie had her first win on Benny in the warm up class with 66% then Won the qualifier on the amazing Harvey with 68%! And second on a Benny with 65% plenty of competition aswell!! Totally brilliant 🥇🥇
Mia rode Beau fantastically, Beau was a little spooky and Mia really supported her, she came 3rd with 63% qualifying for the finals. 😀
Pippa and Harry rode the prelim gaining 3rd place with 63%, 😀
SO proud of the kids and ponies 😊
All 3 kids have now qualified for the dressage trailblazer finals 🙌🙌
Now for me it’s wine time! 🍷🍷

28/06/2024

Well my little young horse Duke did well today! His first British Showjumping win! 🥇
Amber and Clover had a lovely round aswell, 😀
Thank you Chloe for the videos, a good day! And not to hot thankfully 🥵 😎

23/06/2024

A lovely Sunday ride out 😀
2 matching greys and two matching bays 😀

19/06/2024

After the sad departure of our yard cat Reggie a few weeks ago we now have 2 new little mice catchers.! Meet Bonnie and Clyde..! They might look cute now but if you are a mouse in a few weeks they won’t! Hopefully they will be useful we have lots of little mice moving in atm.!
They won’t be out and about for a while yet, they are in training! 😀 🐁🐁

12/06/2024

Looking for a qualified riding instructor to join our team. This person needs to be cheerful, kind, reliable, good with children, or nervous riders.
If you are interested please contact Lucy on [email protected] with your references. 😃

08/06/2024

UPDATE - the child in question has been brave enough to get a message to me and apologise, takes guts to own your mistakes, so well done.
Please though everyone, never assume they are all lovely horses, one wrong move and 1 of those horses will happily kick you back out of the field. Thank goodness this didn’t happen. 😅
They are not on a public right of way so no reason for anyone to be in there.
Thank you to everyone for your support 🙏🙏
ALERT! There have been children going into our fields and riding our ponies without permission. We have photo evidence, names and it has been reported. The pony she was sitting on is a retired pony who has a very sore hock and is out at grass. This is not safe!
If you have children please tell them NOT to ride ponies they don’t own, not to access land without permission. Not only is it extremely rude but the children could be seriously hurt. Some horses in fields are untrained, tell children not to assume all ponies know how to be ridden.
This is very upsetting.

04/06/2024

Sadly Williams scan was not as good as I hoped. 😢 He is no worse but no better. He needs lots more time so now is ‘out out’ with the resting and retired out on the lovely grass. He was VERY happy to be with Novah, Brian and Baloo 🥰

02/06/2024

02/06/2024

Pip has had a great week end! First she won an award for football, then today qualified Harry for the final of trailblazers dressage 2024 with a respectable 3rd place. Lots in the class so well deserved. Evie nearly made it but missed out by 1 place, she rode Benny so well today, another chance in a couple of weeks.
Lovely 🌞 and BBQ 🍗😃

01/06/2024

Meet Annabelle and Polly. Annabelle is the black pony, Polly the roan. Both 4 years and now ready for handling and training. New to us 2 weeks ago, we will let you know their progress. Managed to lead them so far! Annabelle is a little more sassy than Polly 🤣

27/05/2024

Well a fun packed weekend away with Amber, Pippa and our horses at Onley Equestrian. We have laughed, danced, cried, jumped many fences with highs and lows to our weekend. Duke may have finally found his brain 🙌 he did infact stop neighing and concentrate which gained him 2 double clears a 4th & 5th!
Pippa and Harry gained 2 x 4th’s and a 5th, Amber and Clover gained 2 x 4th’s! 👏
Evie joined us for the last night and was the first to go rodeo ! SO funny! Swingball, Volleyball, a man in drag as Tina Tuner was brilliant and all the staff at Onley were SO accommodating which really made the weekend fun and competitive. All the competitors were friendly and supportive towards each other, great weekend, lovely venue! I did have 1 to many and tell off the DJ for playing a sad last song… he then quit and left 🤣🤣 🤦‍♀️
Funny memories made with my girls and ponies 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Super tired now! 🥵🥵 😴

19/05/2024

The girls had a great morning at bury farm today. Mia did her first show with Beau, got a respectable score and placed 3rd 🥉 also qualified for the trailblazers 2nd rounds. Pippa won her section in the intro and 5th in her prelim also qualified in both tests. 🥇
Evie rode her first Test on Benny today, he was a star, despite bringing nervous she came 4th and qualified him for 2nd rounds along with the wonderful Harvey who was 2nd today 🥈 all did very well.
Busy summer ahead 😀😇

15/05/2024

Well done to Kim for all her hard work getting Twilight aka Piggy going as a riding pony. First day off the lead today, Kim has spent many steps long reining, handling and getting Piggy to settle and today was a bit step in her working career. Well done Chloe for being jockey, good team work I’d say! 😀🙌😇
Hopefully won’t be long and some of you may be lucky enough to ride her, 😀

10/05/2024

Some mounting block training with Tilly today. Huge 3 year old standing at approximately 17hh owned by Bernie Lake. This mare is SO beautiful inside and out. Definitely a pub gal! She will chill for ages with us. 🥰

05/05/2024

The sun has appeared and the table and chairs are out.

Open today and tomorrow 11-3.

05/05/2024

Duke and I did our 3rd affiliated British Dressage show, he was very good, neighed a bit.. but won the prelim 🥇🥇🥇and 2nd in the novice. Also gained 2 more qualifying scores. 😇😇
He also got eat lots of lush green grass for his efforts ☘️😋