Chippenham stud

29/05/2024

Baby season is upon us! Little Veyron ( aka Ronnie) showing us his moves

09/05/2024

Another sleepless night but a great foal. Welcome Chippenham Veyron ( Ronnie for short)
Friesian x warmblood
dam - Friesian
sire - Longacres Standing Ovation

04/05/2024

28/10/2023

08/10/2023

Thanks Team!
Left to right: Mirjam fan Fraithwen Prov Kroon with Rohan, Jeldau fan Fraithwen Kroon (Mirjam’s sister, Champion, Owned by Fraithwen Friesians ) and Sjoerd Ruiter, Age Okkema, Lauren Jenkins, Amanda Z Model (reserve Champion)and Ymte Okemma.

Photos by Jane Lazenby

08/10/2023

Love these 2 pics - Mirjam and Rohan.

Photos by Jane Lazenby

08/10/2023

And following on from the previous post

Our 7 year Crown AA mare Amanda Z (Norbert 444 x Jasper 366) not only got a 1st Premie, she made MODEL!!!
I believe she is only the 3rd mare in the UK to be graded Model!

She is an amazing horse and such a character. She certainly would rather have been doing dressage than strutting the around the triangle but we are so happy with the results.

Many thanks to all the team!

Lauren Jenkins for the work you do with her every day
Sjoerd Ruiter for caring for her this summer and helping us all on the day. Your advice is golden.
Stal de Mersken - particularly Age and Ymte for all the work training and running her. I think she ran your arms out Ymte! Rachael for all the help and the UPS horse mobile!

Photos by Jane Lazenby

08/10/2023

Finally our England 2023 Friesian Inspection posts now the pics are in! ( and firstly a big thanks to our photographer Jane Lazenby for such great pictures)

WHAT a weekend it was!

This was a big year for us - our 3 year old Mare Mirjam fan Fraithwen (Tiede 501 x Stendert 447 bred in the UK by Fraithwen Friesians)was having her first adult grading. She had a 1st Premie as a yearling and our hopes were high.

Our sweet Mirjam didnt dissapoint us and showed what a powerhouse she has become! She got a 1st Premie and Provisional Crown (Provisional Kroon) which is amazing !

We are so proud of her and want to thank many people for getting her where she is - it is a team effort!

Lauren Jenkins for the work you do with her every day
Sjoerd Ruiter for caring for her this summer and helping us all on the day. Your advice is golden.
Stal de Mersken - particularly Age and Ymte for all the work training and running her.
Gaynor and Ian for selling her to us and Rachael for all the help!

Looking forwards to foaling next year !

20/09/2023

🤣🤣🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴

16/09/2023

Amanda Z in training

16/09/2023

Central Mare Inspection, Harich NL

30/08/2023

Summer holidays are all about spending time with your friends and family and the boys are no different ☀️⛱️🌷

12/06/2023

Chippers Today 😍 Eibert/Tiede filly just born

11/06/2023

Our pretty girly Jasmine coming in for the farrier. Such a lovely yearling. Irish x welsh d but sized like an Irish sports horse. Message for any info

11/06/2023

This weeks job at Chippers. Finish the rub down and get him black ! ( no comments on dodgy conformation pls 😂)

05/06/2023

What a filly! Chippenham Gemera with her very proud mum Maesmynach Opera. She is such a character 😁

04/06/2023

Chippenham Shelby giving his mum a 😘

19/05/2023

Another filly ! Welsh D x Warmblood ( Longacres Standing Ovation)
No name yet 🥰

14/05/2023

Our new little surprise filly ! Born this week with no signs but perfect little girl. Alwin x Haike

26/04/2023

Come on Sweet-Pea, please foal tonight 🙏🏻

28/03/2023

1st baby of the year! Massive c**t born yesterday. Irish x warmblood ( Longacres Standing Ovation). 🥰

20/03/2023

New signs looking sharp !

11/03/2023

I think Midnight might have more hair than me ! Sheltering from the ⛄️storm yesterday.

10/02/2023

What a cute pair of brothers from other mothers !

23/01/2023

KEEP GOING - spring is coming.

🗓️ It's officially Spring on 20th March, and it can't come soon enough!

Join other grooms waiting for longer days and be part of a community of grooms just like you; britishgrooms.org.uk

22/01/2023

Frosty mornings and Friesian cuddles
They just love my bobble !!!

11/01/2023

Yesterday was a duvet day for the girls as the rain just would not stop. They love the TLC 😁

10/12/2022

10th day of

04/12/2022

Dear Members,

As you will probably be aware, over the last month preparations for the EGM were taking place to appoint additional Directors to the board of FHAGBI trading as UKFS. At the EGM held on Wednesday 30th November, the online and proxy votes were counted by the verifiers appointed by the Directors in post at the time. On Thursday 1st December the results were declared and 6 new directors were to be appointed to fill the vacant positions. On Friday 2nd December, 3 of the newly elected directors declined to take up their posts. Shortly after this the remaining directors and some of committee stood down with immediate effect. This was communicated to the membership by email and on both the Members and Public pages.

The newly appointed directors are;

Ruth Sheikh
Veronika Biedai
Ian Garbett

We have now taken on the responsibility of managing the company on your behalf. We have requested a hand over from the previous directors of all company business and property including the website, pages and all other social media. We are hoping that the handover will be expedited quickly to ensure the Passport Issuing Organisation requirements have continuity for you, the members.

It has been heart warming to see so many of you already stepping up to the fold and offering support as potential committee members. If you feel you would have the time and energy to help out, please feel free to drop any of the newly appointed directors a message.

Our goal is to grow members involvement and expand the Board of Directors in the nearest future to include Directors from Scotland and Ireland as well as from different backgrounds. Only together we can make Association unified and flourish.

We can be contacted on the below email address:
[email protected]

We do appreciate you will have many questions over this transition period. Please bear with us while we work hard to ensure continuity and all questions will be answered as soon as we can manage.


Yours faithfully,

Ruth, Veronika & Ian