Would you recommend your Livery Yard?

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Wallpaperontheceilings · 11/04/2024 17:23

There is no such thing as a perfect Livery Yard. Where I live, there are 5 livery yards within a 1 mile radius, but none of them is perfect.
Only one has Winter Turnout - that one is run by a controlling tyrant and has haylage that I wouldn’t even feed to cows.
The yards run by lovely people have no Winter turnout at all and horses are in 24/7 from the end of September to mid May.
and on it goes…. I ended up buying my own place so I could turn out in Winter, but of course that is a very expensive option.

I will be selling up in a couple of years and will be moving house once I have retired. We could live almost anywhere in UK due to very few ties. I would be looking to move horses back onto Livery.
The Livery yard would be picked before the house, and would dictate where we move to. (Light hearted).

So, what would you recommend about your yard and should I move nearby? 😂😂

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Strikestallulah · 19/04/2024 13:38

I absolutely love my livery yard. There is year round turnout - my horse is currently out 18 hours a day. Indoor and out door school. Staff are helpful YO is the kindest lady and the YM is super supportive. Other liveries are almost all lovely. It has a very family atmosphere. I love it and wouldn't move - only draw back - its expensive ! ( but then I am on part livery as I have too much going on to be able to manage DIY)

Loubilou23 · 29/06/2024 15:54

Pleasedontdothat · 11/04/2024 19:36

As far as I can see it seems to be a choice between rough and ready but with turnout or better facilities with limited turnout.

My share horse is on a yard which is run by the most fabulous instructor, the staff are helpful and supportive and there’s a huge indoor arena. However winter turnout is limited, they’re on individual turnout in fairly small paddocks and some days they will only get to go on the walker. Turnout is better in the summer but still not 24/7.

One of the yards my daughter’s first horse was on was a really friendly place but facilities were scruffy and the arena was very small - turnout fields were fabulous although the paths to them got Somme-like levels of mud in winter.

Actually one of the yards we had her mare at before she moved to start her apprenticeship was pretty close to perfect - all year round turnout in small herds but in lovely big fields, fabulous large outdoor arena, small but serviceable indoor, lovely yard owner who was also an instructor but expensive (Surrey) and probably as a result of that dd was the only teenager so it wasn’t as friendly an atmosphere in general. If you’re looking at Surrey though I would thoroughly recommend it 👍

Hiya could you give me the name of this yard please 🙏

Pleasedontdothat · 29/06/2024 18:08

@Loubilou23 it’s www.farleighcourtequestrian.co.uk/

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