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We are small yard, in North Dublin, that provide Therapeutic Riding Sessions & Livery. We offer a huge range of services with our ponies.

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23/11/2024

What could these be for…..?? 👀👀👀

21/11/2024

Bella switching into her 450g Rambo rug. I bought one for her almost 10 years ago and it’s still going, but at 23 I feel she deserves a new rug.

18/11/2024

Din and Grogu enjoying their hut yesterday. However we’re going to turn it around as the rain was coming in a little bit on them today.

17/11/2024

A lovely day dodging rain showers. Obi wanted to be a therapy cat with one of our riders, then point blank refused to get off Pablo’s back😂
Thanks to Shona for today!

16/11/2024

A day of chasing my tail! But damn doesn’t the yard look amazing ❤️

15/11/2024

Absolutely love our new sign from . It fits perfectly and is exactly the vintage vibe I wanted ❤️

13/11/2024

Ponies on grass (left) vs Sheep on grass (right). It’s so important to have diversity on land. Horses eat certain grasses and turn their nose up at others, so often fields become patchy. Sheep however eat pretty much anything else.
That is one of the reasons we got our two boys, Din and Grogu. They will go into paddocks that horses have grazed down and eat away the weeds and other grasses.
Right now in the “Affection Section” we put the minis in on the left at night and then open up the two paddocks during the day. They both swap paddocks. The minis go into the “good” grass and the sheep go into the weeds and less tasty grass.
Today I harrowed the left side to spread any manure from both the Shetlands and the sheep (both are worm free). So it’ll help the grass over winter!

12/11/2024

Nothing like a day with a friend ❤️ some much needed animal therapy needed. And she also took some amazing pics.

11/11/2024

Sunset over my slice of heaven ❤️

10/11/2024

A gorgeous day with our therapeutics! Thanks to Shona, Aoife, Chloe and Sophie, Daniel, Grace, and Leah.

09/11/2024

We want to announce the retirement of Domino ❤️ Domino is one of the first therapeutic ponies we had and also was one of our “go to” ponies for new riders as nothing phases him. We got him in 2020 and he’s done so much for us. Taught Sophie to ride and been an ever steady presence in sessions. He was diagnosed with Cushings Disease around a year or so ago and unfortunately now we have seen rotation in his pedal bone and one of them has dropped slightly. But this isn’t his main issue. Arthritis has been the main cause for his retirement. In all four legs he is stiff and often sore. We have pain killers for him and he is still happy, but he will let us know when his time is up. He is almost 27 years old (so that’s around 78 or so in human years - he could be older as it just says “aged” on his passport). This pony owes us nothing and we owe everything to him . So enjoy your retirement Sir Domino. Penny will take up the reins now.

09/11/2024

Some lights up in the yard so we’re not in the dark ❤️

06/11/2024

Happy 12th Birthday to our Sophie! One hard working girl that is producing her own pony by herself and helps out at the yard any chance she gets. To see her over the last year grow and come on with Flex has been amazing. Can’t wait to see what happens next year!

06/11/2024

The minis got to see the dentist today! Carol said King’s teeth were “exceptionally good”. Pearls had a few hooks but they were dealt with easily. And Rosie got her 6 month check up as her teeth needed a little extra care. I haven’t seen the dentist in years, but anything for the horses ❤️

05/11/2024

All cosy in the “Affection Section”! The minis and the sheep trying out their new shelters this afternoon ❤️❤️

04/11/2024

Shelters arriving for the “Affection Section” aka the shetlands and the sheep.
Thanks to McDonald Engineering for the speedy delivery! And thanks to Brendan and Thomas for helping place them. Can’t wait to see them in the paddocks.

03/11/2024

Another good day with our therapeutic riders! Penny really stepping up to the plate! Of course Robin and Bruce had to be involved in the fun and even Obi, one of the yard cats, got involved in a session. All animals are therapy for some people ❤️❤️
Thanks to Shona, Chloe and Sophie today!

03/11/2024

So excited to be using two new products on the yard!! We have from ! Both Penny and Arthur suffer with their nerves a little and to help regulate them we decided to try this! We have tried a lot of calming products over the years and have heard nothing but good things from this!
Our second product is a bale net that we got in Ireland from ! So great to have these nets in the country! We feed hay to our horses communally and we are looking forward to seeing less waste and slowing down their gorging of the hay buffet! We also got a Softee large net for Rosie and her haylage!

This is not an ad or paid promotion, we bought these products and are excited to try them

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Skerries

Opening Hours

Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 2pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

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https://www.theroyalstables.ie/

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Thank you to everyone that took the time to wish me Happy Birthday!!! This year has been more than u could ever wish for. I am so so happy. I never realised what hung over me for so long. But now in our new home I can breathe! Sadly this year also marks a moment I never wanted to come, I have had the same amount of birthdays with my mum and without her, next year it will be more without than with. But I thank her every day for making sure she raised a strong ass daughter that never gives up! Here’s to 32!

Flex showing Sophie you don’t have to be in America for a rodeo! But as always Sophie not putting up with Flex’s moments 💪🏽💪🏽

Bella telling us that at 23 she should be brought in first, so she took it into her own hoofs😂😂😂 she loves her bedtime

Bella decided yesterday that barging past Niall was a good idea, she then had to check why “her” massive palace was given to her brother and then put herself to bed after Aoife gave her a warning 😂😂

Pearls and King back with one of the best views at Caroline’s

Come and restock our feed bins! #asmr TopSpec HorseHage & Mollichaff EquiSo Equine America

Beast mode engaged!

This is what dreams are made of. There are no words right now to describe how happy I am. But there is still that nagging little part of my brain that is telling me all the bits that aren’t done. But I need to step back and congratulate myself on getting this far since moving in in at the end of December last year, but only starting work in February due to weather. I need to see what we’ve all managed to do in 6 months.

If I seem giddy and emotional it’s because I am!! Arthur has always shied at horse boxes or lorries. So I thought we’d just be home birds, which is fine. Today he put his full trust in me and followed me up a ramp of a horse box! We didn’t close things up, we just walked through a few times and he had some carrots. But needless to say I cried happy tears.

Stop what you’re doing and just breathe with me and Arthur…. It’s Friday ❤️🥰

My wonderful boy sadly didn’t make it. My Prince. My best boy. The Royal Stables would not exist if it wasn’t for this pony. He was my everything. 34 inches of pure personality and patience. He taught me so much without even sitting on his back. He taught countless kids to ride, he gave me so much confidence driving him, he was on RTE comedy sketches, he was in a movie, he went to Tattersalls multiple times, he went into schools and nursing homes, he baby sat young ponies, he helped bring Santa to Howth…… he was always there. Always there to count on to do a job or to help in some way. I am utterly heartbroken that he is gone. He was going to be my nephew and godson’s first pony, he hadn’t even seen our new home yet. He was 32 and I’m so lucky I got 13 years with him. I am so thankful to our amazing vets O' Scanaill Veterinary Hospital for their fast and attentive care of my boy, they tried everything. I am so grateful to the people of Howth that have watched over him and knew something wasn’t right, and thank you to Fiona, Paul, Jim, Ailí and Avril that helped him. I feel like I failed him in the end as I wasn’t there quick enough, but I made sure to give him so many kisses and tell him that I’m sorry. I am so sorry my Prince, I love you and I hope you know how grateful I am to you. ❤️❤️❤️

A yard ride down to the beach! We are so lucky to have this so close to us! Myself and Sophie had to bow out of the gallop as Flex and Arthur decided being on two legs each was better than four. And to quote George Orwell, “four legs good, two legs bad”, I think needs to be reiterated to them!