Facilities

Equine Cold Salt Water Treadmill

Equine Cold Salt Water Treadmill

Our cold, salt water treadmill provides a low impact, high intensity workout, suitable for all types of horses, including those returning from injury. Water treadmills are endorsed by some of the world’s top equestrians and used by household names including dressage superstar ‘Valegro’. Horses enjoy faster recovery from certain injuries including muscle and joint issues, improvement in posture, balance and stride length and a reduction in pain, discomfort and inflammation.

Vitafloor & Solarium

Vitafloor & Solarium

VitaFloor ® vibrating floor systems are a safe and easy way to give a horse both a versatile physical training and a massage in one go. The VitaFloor’s vibrating floor increases and regenerates bone density (studies on humans have shown the increase to be up to 20%). It stimulates the blood flow throughout the horse’s entire body, is a non-invasive treatment helping with soft tissue injuries, joint and muscle soreness and significantly reduces recovery time from injury. Because it stimulates the blood circulation without the horse having to move, this makes it also a very effective therapy also for horses that are off work or on box rest. Other benefits include; fat mobilisation (yes – even for humans!), treatment of foot abscesses and bruises and has also been found it to be very effective on horses starting with colic.

Vitafloor® whole body vibration is natural and straightforward. The vertical vibrations generated imitate the gentle impact or concussion found in regular movement, just at a more consistent, greater frequency. These concussions, between thirty and fifty repetitions per second, are gentle enough to be soothing, but strong enough to reach up all the way through the body. These vibrations activate the various cardiovascular, pulmonary, and bio mechanical systems in the body which promote overall wellness; but can also help with targeted healing.

Situated in the same stable as and often used in conjunction with the Vitafloor, the Solarium facility can be used solely with infra read lights for penetrating and relaxing muscles or in conjunction with the Ultra Violet lights which mimic natural sun light – great for a horse’s wellbeing. Used together they produce a warming, relaxing environment which eases any soreness from the muscles of horses in hard work and are a great aid to helping horses maintain tip top condition

Outdoor Arena 60x40 meters

Outdoor Arena 60x40 meters

Our large 60x40m outdoor provides ample space for a variety of exercises and numerous horses at a time.  With access to various poles, stands and fillers, it is the perfect space for pole work as well as show jumping and dressage practice. A fibre sand surface also allows year-round use.

Uphill All Weather Gallops

Uphill All Weather Gallops

We have both an all-weather hill gallop and a fibre-sand round canter. The gallop is a woodchip surface making it suitable for year-round use. Climbing 140 feet and 5.5 furlongs in length, it is great for interval training and speed work or endurance – the perfect facility for getting any horse fit. Ideal for racehorses, point-to-pointers and eventers (top event rider Nicola Wilson has used this gallop for many years) but also extremely useful for hunters, dressage horses and even ponies. For those looking to have a slower, stress free training session, the fibre-sand round canter is for you. Invaluable for young horses, helping to settle hard pullers and for providing much needed experience on how to tackle bends and different cambers, the canter also adjoins the main gallop, perfect for warming up before speed work on the all-weather.

Fibresand Round Canter (links to Hill Gallops)

Fibresand Round Canter (links to Hill Gallops)

A fibre sand canter of just over one furlong, joining on to the main gallop, perfect for warming up prior to galloping on the main gallops, or for horses having a slower, stress free training session. The nature and layout of the canter is also invaluable for young horses, helping to settle hard pullers and for providing much needed experience on how to tackle bends and different cambers.

Walker and Weighbridge

Walker and Weighbridge

The six-horse Monarch horse walker with rubber flooring allows us to exercise horses in a controlled environment – an excellent tool for training horses at every stage of fitness and for gentle exercise when returning from injury. Particularly useful for warming up and cooling down.