Mills Stables Retraining Racehorses

17/09/2025

I try not to share really personal things on this page but this is very close to my heart and if you support it, please let's keep supporting it and give ourselves the same rights as our beloved animals!

I completely support this and have just sent another email!
We give our animals a dignified death and if we didn't and we left them to suffer and waste away until they died, then we would be reported and prosecuted but we are expected to stand by and watch family members and our most loved ones suffer because they have no choice but to have palliative care and wait to die!
Everyone has their own opinions on this and I respect that but I believe that it should be our own choice as to whether we die with dignity when we are ready or if we wait it out until we waste away and the body finally gives up on it's own!
End of life care and support is so important, but I believe that when it gets too much we should be allowed to decide that it is time and not have to be left to waste away in pain until our bodies give up on their own.
Anyone that believes palliative care means you die with no pain and you have dignity, has never seen someone suffer at the end of their life.
Why can't we have the same rights as our animals?!
Why do we have to suffer?!
Why can't we make our own decisions as to how and when we leave this life?!

My life, my choices!

It takes 2 minutes

16/09/2025

Just had a lovely ride on Duque ❤️🏇
Needed that, some horsey time and cuddles!

15/09/2025

Another lovely retrainer headed home at the weekend!
The lovely Bertie spent 8 weeks with us and he has been an absolute pleasure to start retraining 🏇
A very good racehorse who only recently retired, but what a gentleman.
He is perfect for his new owners and after only their first time riding him, they took part in one of our demos for our National Racehorse Week open day!
Bertie is a sensitive soul and tries so hard to please. He has struggled with his weight since leaving Racing but we look forward to seeing him bloom into himself as he settles back in at home and has the winter to take things slowly with his owners as he continues that transition from Racehorse to riding horse!

As always the help doesn't end when they leave us after some retraining, we will continue to support them all for as long as they need us!
The wine and chocolates were a lovely thank you 🥰

If you are thinking about getting some help with your Racehorse, do get in touch about our retraining livery and don't forget we have our demo day on the 12th October when you can learn all about how we start the Racehorses who come to us for retraining and learn to understand what your Racehorse is trying to tell you!

12/09/2025

Love these cakes from Narco and his owner 🏇
Narco came to us with quite a few issues and worries that many other professionals couldn't explain and we were his last hope ❤️
He is now back home and doing really well and his owner popped in today to bring us these gorgeous cakes and card and yes the cakes do taste as good as they look!
We love doing what we do and helping horses and their owners. Seeing them thriving when they go home is all that we want but these were a really nice thank you for all our hard work 🥰

We have spaces available for retraining liveries so do get in touch if you are struggling and need some help. Don't just right them off, we have helped many horses that no one else has been able to!

12/09/2025

This lovely little boy is Overly who was rehomed a couple of years ago but due to owners circumstances changing he is back with us to find that next new person in his life!
Top photo when we started his retraining in the begining of 2023 and the bottom yesterday 🏇
He is the sweetest little horse who rides like a pony, so he will suit some teenagers coming over ponies looking to move onto their first horse.
The kids still must be able to ride though, so please if you are going to contact us, coming off a kick along cob and they have just started cantering won't work! A plucky young rider who wants to go out and have fun will be the ideal match for him or a small adult.
He has been out competing and at arena hires, is great to hack and is easy to handle on the ground.
He does windsuck a little sometimes after a feed but it is manageable.
He has only just arrived back with us but will be available to view from next week!

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11/09/2025

Capo Bay, Gintini, Knockrobin & Five Bar Brian, some of the lovely Racehorses that we have rehomed for Deva Racing 🏇
You must all know Duque by now because he is still with us and waiting to meet his special person 🙏
They don't go anywhere until it is the right home!

11/09/2025

When retraining and rehoming isn't just about turning them around and out quickly, it is about supporting them through their lives!
Found these old photos of Enemy & Marshall 8 years ago 🥰🏇

10/09/2025

This boy is very special! 🥰🏇
First time back in the school and hacking out!



Contact me on WhatsApp for more details 07815 740052

I love this horse!Dark Enemy ~ 12 year old, 16hh gelding and built like a tank!We retrained him as a 4 year old, he stayed with us until 2021 and then we sol...

08/09/2025

New retraining video on our YouTube channel! 🏇
This the final video for King who if you remember came to us with some very serious behavioural issues and he'd had some lameness at home with his owner.
If you haven't watched his first video, it is definitely worth a watch and to follow his retraining journey with us!
https://youtu.be/_UL33RK8QqY?si=cY9zTI52pUXK2yPq

If you have any issues or worries with your former Racehorse, do get in touch because we can help!

Don't forget to book tickets for our demo day at our Midlands Racehorse Rehabilitation yard on the 12th October when you can meet us and the horses and see hands on how we retrain and help these Racehorses transition so well to a new life out of Racing and to become lovely riding horses 😊

To get in touch with us, call or message on WhatsApp 07815 740052
https://youtu.be/-XCtxsIwY18?si=1wn52l0sXhZ3U1HQ

Watch as we take you behind the scenes of racehorse retraining with King in these 4 videos that we have produced for him, showcasing the full journey from hi...

06/09/2025

Life! 💪
As I finally sit at my computer again for for the evening and it is already past 10pm as I start writing this, the realisation is that I am well and truly over loaded on trying to keep up with all the updates and videos that I promise everyone!
I am trying to catch up but at the moment I am stretching myself further than I ever thought was possible to do and I just don't have enough hours in the day or night at the moment.
Please bear with me and if I haven't replied to messages yet, do give me a nudge because I may have forgotten to get back to you!
Since February our lives changed when my Mom got diagnosed with acute Leukemia and we entered a whirlwind of unknown and she spent 3 months in hospital with me visiting every day whilst we continued to keep everything going 😢
The girls we have working for us our amazing and they stepped up and helped us get through that time. We managed to keep all the horses going with loads in for retraining and rehoming and not many people knew about what we were going through, many still don't.
I finally managed to get her home the end of April and we have spent the last 4 months trying to be as normal as we can be although still stretching ourselves with the new things that have now become part of our everyday lives, endless hospital visits and not knowing what each day will bring. It has been hard and the only things I have struggled to keep up with our replying to messages and keeping everyone updated with the usual videos I manage to produce. I am trying, so for those waiting, I will get them done, I know I promise and they don't happen but I really enjoy showing off the horses and I will get them sorted. It is something I love doing!
Summer holidays pushed us even more, fitting in family time for Marshall on top of everything else and I wasn't going to miss out on that so I have got further behind in those 6 weeks.
10 days ago my Mom was admitted to hospital again with a serious infection in her spine and I have spent the last 10 days back and forth to the hospital in Worcester and then on Tuesday night she was transferred to Birmingham for emergency surgery on her spine.
Luckily all has gone as well as it could, but I have stretched myself this week to the point that although I keep promising things, I am really struggling to get them done.
The horses are all still getting worked and the yard is running brilliantly but it is the admin side of my life that isn't happening much at the moment 😔
I have loads that I want to do and loads that I need to do to help me keep sane as well, so I am going to catch up but I just wanted to ask, please bear with me and please do give me a nudge if I haven't got around to something I said I was doing because it will happen. I just need to sit down and organise a few things differently for a while!
If people looking for horses could message me again if I haven't got back to you about something because I am starting to organise viewings again from next weekend. We do have some retraining spaces coming available this month when the lovely bunch we have in now all return home.
I am also trying to sort out the website that isn't sending any contact forms to us about horses 🤷‍♀️
Life can be really hard but keeping everything going is what is keeping me going and I just wanted to explain a bit of why we might be a bit quiet sometimes at the moment!
We are still very much here and still very much need the support you all give us so that we can keep supporting these Racehorses and the people that need our help with them 🏇
Life is a balancing act and I am just learning to balance new things whilst taking care of my Mom 💗
This photo was taken a week before she was found to have leukemia when she was still out walking for hours each day and helping us muck out the horses.
Life is precious and I have learnt over the years just how quickly things can change!