We have a 6 furlong straight woodchip gallop, this is used for the horses fast work with a very small incline it’s great for younger horses that don’t necessarily want to be trained on a stiff hill gallop.
We have a 2 and a half furlong deep sand round gallop. This facility is very good for building up the horses core fitness and is used on a daily basis. It also helps to regulate the horses breathing and is very good for building and strengthening, whilst also ensuring the horses are relaxed.
Croxton park is an old racecourse, it is 2miles round on beautiful old free draining turf. The perfect place to educate young horses and prepare them for their first racecourse experience.
We have 6 schooling fences in a line with two ditches and 3 flights of hurdles. We have a small jumping lane with barrels and tyres to get the young horses jumping. We also have a double sided hurdle in our ménage with barrels and poles to enable us to jump the horses, when the grass isn’t suitable.
We use the school on a daily basis, when using the round gallop we warm up in here. We believe it’s important for the horses to learn to balance themselves and do flatwork. This is also vital when we break young horses in, we also have a mesh pen that we pop up in the school if needed.
We feel that plenty of airflow is excellent for horses respiratory systems, equally it’s good for horses to interact with one another. This keeps them calm healthy and happy. The horses enjoy the pens so they have more freedom to behave naturally.
With most of the horses living in outdoor pens, the need for turnout is not as essential, however we do try and get the horses in the field as much as possible, to get their heads down and enjoy some freedom and doctor green.
Head Girl
Danni has been someone I have known since I was a little girl, her knowledge is invaluable. She’s fantastic with all the ground work with the young horses, riding work and her horse care is second to none. Danni enjoys going racing, where the horses are always turned out to a very high standard. The most important thing is she always has a huge smile on her face, rain snow or shine.
Amateur jockey
Ellie joined us at the start of this season as our stable jockey, she’s a very hard worker and deserves all the opportunities she gets. Ellie comes from a horsey background and having done a lot of showing and working hunter to a very high standard, she has also hunted and produced ponies/horses since she was a kid. Ellie spent 3 years, with champion point to point trainer Tom Ellis, where she gained a wealth of experience in racing and also breaking in the young horses. Last year she spent the summer in America riding track work, followed by a month with Henry De Bromhead, to gain more experience. Ellie is an invaluable member of the team.
Apprentice/full time
Since joining the team on an apprenticeship, Poppy's knowledge and riding has come on leaps and bounds. So much so that we hope to get Poppy on the racecourse next season. She’s a very capable rider and I will push hard to keep on improving her and giving her as many opportunities to improve her riding as we can. Most importantly, she has a great sense of humour and you normally find her eating chocolate throughout the morning!
Part time help
Alice joined me from the first day I set up on my own, she helps out as much as she can around her full time job, as she loves her point to pointing. You will often see Alice leading up at the races on her days off from her day job. There’s always a lot of laughter when Alice is around!
Farrier
Tommy has a keen interest in the racing and is a big part of the team ensuring that the horses feet are kept in tip top condition.
Veterinary physio
Antonia is a big part of keeping our horses in good form, any physical issues they may have are discussed and resolved as quickly as possible.
Equine vet dentist
Meisha ensures all our horses teeth are in good health, she’s very professional and is fantastic at her job. Meisha is often in riding out too, so she gets to know all the horses which is a big help.
Whether it’s a horse you currently have and wish to send to us to train, or maybe you would like to purchase a horse to go point to pointing. We have a great record at purchasing and training horses to get the very best out of them. Our dream is to win the Cheltenham foxhunters, having got so close in 2018 we want to be back in that famous winners enclosure again, we won’t stop trying until we make this happen.
The team here will give your horse the best start possible, with it being a busy yard it is good to get the young horses used to plenty going on and normalised quickly. Danni spends plenty of time long reining and lunging. Doing the ground work right, enables the breaking process to run smoothly.
We most often have young horses in to pre train and educate before they go on into training. We do also cater for older horses who may need a change of scenery to sweeten up, or that are coming back from an injury and may need to be brought back into work slowly, before heading into training. We do a lot of flatwork and core fitness work to build up our horses topline. We have a lot of hacking and hills to do steady hill work.
Our price per day for training point to pointers, breaking and Pre training are all £35+VAT per day per horse. We pride ourselves on giving horses the best care and no corners will be cut in doing this. Racing fees, entries, travel expenses, farrier, physio and vets fees are not included in this price.
