Thankyou to everyone who has supported us today. We are really grateful for everyone’s patience. As a small business this is a tough gig when the weather turns. The horses still need feeding and rent needs paying even if we don’t do lessons. That’s hard enough. Having lovely clients that understand and even go the extra mile to keep things ticking over… we do appreciate you ❤️ and Foxes Competition Centre thankyou for coming to the recuse and hiring us your beautiful indoor.
#theshowmustgoon
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Saturday 11th January Academy still going ahead 4pm-6pm … all Lessons Cancelled but availability for lessons at foxes indoor 🤩🤩
The deep freeze is still deep and still freezing here at TopLine.
Ridden lessons will not be going ahead today it’s too hard and slippy 😭
All will defrost soon guys and we’ll be back on it!
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Nice warm mashes for ponies this morning. All of our horses have mash all year round. It’s a fab way of getting water into them to keep them hydrated. Especially in extreme hot or cold when they might not be drinking enough.
We actually feed all of ours veteran vitality. From 4 year olds to 22 year olds. Why veteran for young horses? Well… we should all be looking at what is inside the bags of feed … not just what is printed on the front. Do you know exactly what is in your feed? How much digestible energy? Protein? Fibre? Vitamins and minerals? Probiotics? You should. Our feed ticks all the nutritional requirements for all of our horses (except some requiring different support but they still have veteran as a base).
It has a good level of Digestible Energy so when they are working harder the energy is readily available to them and when they are put in the winter the energy is there to help maintain condition.
We used to feed separate pre/probiotics but these are included in this feed already. These help maintain digestive health.
We also used to top up with a vitamin supplement with vitamin E and selenium (as hay loses its nutritional value the longer it is stored and Vitamin E degrades very quickly) our feed now has fantastic levels of all vitamins and minerals so we don’t need to feed extra supplements.
So yeah… it says ‘veteran’ on the front but the actual contents is a ready made, easily absorbed feed that means all of our horses are receiving top quality nutrients consistently throughout the year. Boom 💥
TopLine Turnout. In all its full glory. Our horses get time out every day. Some are out of a night and some of a day. We have separated the other and smaller ponies to make sure they have enough access to hay while they’re out and they are on the higher ground which is dryer so less strain on their little legs.
Then we have these hooligans… I am lazy and I feed them here. We either push a bale out into the field or throw hay over or use nets. Depends who is out, what the weather is doing (so nets if it’s windy etc) they never go longer than a few hours with no hay but we do vary it. When they aren’t eating the hay they browse the bushes or graze the grass. Horses that spend the night in the field come in of a morning for their feed, hay and time in a stable.
Horses that have been in of a night need to go out and move and socialise. Some go out and have hay, others we don’t feed hay as we want them to move around not just stand and eat.
Seeing the horses today in that sunlight was just so peaceful. They just stood soaking it all up it was beautiful to see them so happy and relaxed.
Todays afternoon sessions have been rescheduled for tomorrow 😊 enjoy the snow and stay safe all ❤️
Tomorrow’s jump clinic slots with spaces still available at the following max heights:
9:30 am 50cm Lilly, Amelie, Eloise
10:15am 60cm Cari, Alice, Lucy
2pm poles/30cm Cheryl, Jen
Happy new year all 🥳 we had some very heavy rain last night resulting in a little puddle in the manège. It usually drains quite quickly. With tomorrow being the jump clinic I’m wondering whether to postpone until Friday? I will check levels again when I go to tuck up for bed. Normal lessons are ok but for a clinic I would want full use of the manège 😬
Also, we have been inundated with messages the last few days. We will be getting back to everyone asap once holidays are over. We need some rest too 😅
You asked … we listened…we acted…
We are launching a new academy sesssion to run for the next 8 weeks. This is open to all levels of rider. The new academy session will be 4:30-6:30 sundays. We also have a new group starting 4-6 Saturdays.
These sessions will equip students with the practical skills and the thought processes needed to be able to take care of a pony and train them effectively. With one hour theory or unmounted practical and one hour ridden sessions each week. It is suitable from age 7 to 15. The final week (week 8 ) will be an academy showdown with dressage tests and show jumping competitions. Sessions are £35.
We also have some availability in our competition academy (for riders wanting to train and compete. These are more intense and allow the students to train with some top trainers, attend arena hires and local competitions with a home training session Sundays 9-11am. The cost for these varies depending on location/activity etc.
*** reassessed and still a nope ***
Stay inside guys and stay safe ❤️
Due to the beautiful weather the ponies have decided they would rather have a duvet morning please. Lessons up to 12pm are cancelled and we will reassess this afternoons lessons as the wind and rain is supposed to die down as the day goes on. Stay warm and safe everyone ❤️
