Glenrose Stables

02/06/2025

Pastoral Improvements

16/04/2025

Hold your horses! Want to learn more about keeping domestic horses calm and healthy?
The truth is… it’s all in the diet.

Pastoral Improvements works hand in hand with renowned horsewoman, Jenny Patterson, B.SC, from Calm Healthy Horses.

Riding a horse is both a science and an art, so is nutrition. Fueling horses with feed filled with vitamins and minerals is a game changer, allowing these animals to thrive. This is where Pastoral Improvements come in. We understand the science needed to create the right nutrient composition of pasture grass which affects the metabolism of your horse.

We provide pasture grass selected for the nutrients needed to charge equine metabolism. Our recommendations provide a new perspective on how the right grass can solve horse health and behavioral issues. Combining our knowledge, we developed Calm Healthy Horses Seed mix, it will save you time, money and stress.

The answer is not about getting the ‘horse right’, but about ‘getting it right for the horse.’

For more information, including pricing please contact us - [email protected], 0800NZSEED

13/04/2025

🌱Customer Testimonial🌱

We love hearing about the great results our customers are experiencing with Kofert! Check out this fantastic testimonial from Lynda, who purchased a 20L container and had amazing success on her 5-acre hay paddock:

"We purchased a 20L container of Kofert at the end of September and sprayed it on our 5-acre hay paddock by hiring a 200L spray tank. It was easy to apply! The paddock had been in pine trees for 25 years, and after being felled, seeded with a horse grass mix, and 7 years of hay harvesting and grazing, it was overdue for some fertilizer. The paddock was looking lifeless with very little growth and a yellow tinge. After applying Kofert, the growth has been exceptional—lush and well beyond our expectations! We plan to repeat in the autumn. A big thanks to Mandeville Hire for the spray tank. It’s used only for fertilizer, not pesticides. Would highly recommend!" 🌾🌱

Thank you for sharing your experience, Lynda! We're thrilled that Kofert worked so well for you.

Find out more about Kofert here - https://pastoralimprovements.co.nz/products/kofert-bio-base

29/03/2025

NEIL’S HORSE TRAINING HISTORY
By Christine Davies

I’ve known Neil since he was twenty and shared his love of horses for all those years.

While I rode my nicely trained (by Neil) horse five or six days each week, Neil rode at least eight or nine ‘outside’ horses that came to our stables for training and then he rode four or five of his own campdraft horses.

Day after day, month after month, year in year out.

Horse-wise, what he hasn’t seen and dealt with isn’t worth talking about.

I’ve lost count of the times I’ve seen Neil bitten, kicked, struck, trodden on, knocked down and run over by this horse or that horse.

And don’t start me on some of the terrified, badly-handled horses that he’s had to ride while they leaped, bounded, kicked-up, bucked, reared and bolted.

I’ve watched him start hundreds of over-fed, agitated, beautifully bred thoroughbred youngsters under saddle.

Sometimes there’d be a grass-stained shirt in the laundry, where a young horse had fallen with him.

If I asked Neil what happened, he always said it wasn’t worth mentioning. He’s certainly learned what he knows by years and years of hands-on experience.

During his lifetime of working with horses, I believe the biggest thing that Neil has learned is to blame himself and to keep his temper, in every training situation.

He doesn’t blame any horse when things go wrong. He doesn’t shout or punish any horse or say that they’re mad or bad.

He deals with every horse training situation in the same way –he teaches every horse to be relaxed and confident with humans.

And the weird thing is, after a few lessons, all the horses start to look the same.

The littlest foal through to the oldest, most terrified, beaten-up horse all learn to enjoy having their head rubbed and learn to keep their head with Neil.

It’s always wonderful to watch when each horse comes to understand that they have something consistent and comforting to rely on in every situation.

Cute little foals look even cuter with their head cuddled confidently on Neil but it’s really, really brilliant to watch an older, frightened horse discover the same safe place where he can finally relax and know some kindness.

www.fearfreehorsetraining.com

02/02/2025

29/01/2025

With Rich Hill Stud – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

29/01/2025

With Cambridge Stud – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

29/01/2025

With New Zealand Bloodstock – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

29/01/2025

I have had a lot of interest regarding training. The main question that I have been asked is how have we managed to hold our price for training at a low level. Well thats an easy answer, we produce most of our own horse feed on farm. We usually make 700 bales of meadow hay as you can see in the photo, we pass the savings onto our owners and reduce the daily rate. Oats and other feeds come from a client down the road, cutting out the middle man typically clipping the ticket. A win-win,

25/01/2025

Our farm was purpose built for horses, as you can see we have a truck roundabout for loading and unloading horses with its own access road. So safe and secure and a well fenced farm. For prospective owners inspection is welcome by appointment.

25/01/2025

Here is a training report from a training session at the Riccarton track a few years ago. We have recorded the fast training sessions since 1987 and have mapped most South Island training tracks making training a breeze when you know how fit and fast your horse is, and how well they respond and recover from each session. This horse was not a champion but was still able to win several trials and get Raceday placed, best 1200 metres was 1:07:41 . Compare this with other training reports from your or other trainers and you can see the potential for improvement and success with your horse.
Give us a call (027) 441 6100 any time.