Helena88
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what do you look for in a livery yard?
your perfect livery yard?
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monkeybum13
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Well all I want is turnout every day, an arena which is maintained and yard rules that are the same for every person!!
I must be dreaming though.
I must be dreaming though.
dwi
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Nice big stables, good amount of secure storage. Floodlight school, off road hacking, free lorry parking. Good sized fields. Not too many nutters!
BobbyMondeo
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1st Good grazing and nicely built stables with electric +water
2nd A good YO and friendly other liverys
3rd Nice school
4th Storage
2nd A good YO and friendly other liverys
3rd Nice school
4th Storage
jaynedoc
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for me it's distance from house..my husband whinges enough that I spend too long at the yard..(well my horse dosen't whinge at me)...so spending a long drive to get there would cause too many marital problems.
secondly as I generally ride alone great of road hacking is a must I get my horsey pleasure from interesting rides and cantering/galloping through the fields.
so long as the above is fine then I am prepared to compromise on everthing else.
secondly as I generally ride alone great of road hacking is a must I get my horsey pleasure from interesting rides and cantering/galloping through the fields.
so long as the above is fine then I am prepared to compromise on everthing else.
pitter_patter
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I agree with Ginger nut and may I add security and nice hacking?
Ziggy_
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TBH, after spending the two-and-a-half-years I've owned my mare moving from one yard to another and wasting so much of my time with her being miserable on the yard, I only have one priority - and thats that the people aren't bitchy, and leave me to keep myself to myself and do my own thing without sticking their noses in!
I've found that everything else I can be flexible on - even turnout, which is restricted in winter at my current yard. Previously I'd always said daily turnout was an essential but I've since changed my mind.
If you want more of a fantasy list, however -
- year round turnout, although I don't mind bringing in overnight in winter, or even all year round - it does have its advantages. Would also want paired/small group turnout only.
- big, well drained outdoor school and a big, well-lit indoor school
- secure tack rooms, preferably individual lockable storage areas
- safe fencing!! worming programme and ragwort control
- off road hacking and preferably beach access!
- access to quiet roads as I do like to do some roadwork
- shows and an XC course, either on site or within hacking distance.
- owners on site.
I've never been on a yard with a wash box, solarium or horse walker but I wouldn't turn them down either!
I've found that everything else I can be flexible on - even turnout, which is restricted in winter at my current yard. Previously I'd always said daily turnout was an essential but I've since changed my mind.
If you want more of a fantasy list, however -
- year round turnout, although I don't mind bringing in overnight in winter, or even all year round - it does have its advantages. Would also want paired/small group turnout only.
- big, well drained outdoor school and a big, well-lit indoor school
- secure tack rooms, preferably individual lockable storage areas
- safe fencing!! worming programme and ragwort control
- off road hacking and preferably beach access!
- access to quiet roads as I do like to do some roadwork
- shows and an XC course, either on site or within hacking distance.
- owners on site.
I've never been on a yard with a wash box, solarium or horse walker but I wouldn't turn them down either!
bushbaby28
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a nice Yard owner! and plenty of turn out
LadyRascasse
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1) good size stables
2) preferable individual turnout so i can maintain my own paddocks.
3) well maintained arena
4) good selection of jumps
5) decent hacking
6) nice YO
7) other facilities would be nice to
2) preferable individual turnout so i can maintain my own paddocks.
3) well maintained arena
4) good selection of jumps
5) decent hacking
6) nice YO
7) other facilities would be nice to
keekee
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i used to want a school priority..... but iv recently found a beautiful yard no school but lovely owners v nice large stables plenty of grazing and good hacking the type of people makes a huge difference ..
rascal
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A yard where everyone else follows basic rules like shutting gates!!
Our yard is great but it would be nice if we didnt have to fend off someone elses sh*tland to feed our own horses, the pony kicked hubby last week, not happy!
Storage is a must, we dont have enough.
Our yard is great but it would be nice if we didnt have to fend off someone elses sh*tland to feed our own horses, the pony kicked hubby last week, not happy!
Storage is a must, we dont have enough.
Moggy in Manolos
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Perfect livery would be
Nice large stable
Perfect turnout for my girl with small natural streams running through
Water and electric
Indoor school with mirrors(to improve position-not look at my ugly mug!) and outdoor for when I can be bothered or cant ride out.
A peaceful and friendly atmosphere
A field shelter
Fantastic off road hacking
Secure and organised storage
Heated rug room
Nice little sit down kitchen area with a loo
Lots of hay and bedding storage
Horse walker
A round pen
I think that would do
Nice large stable
Perfect turnout for my girl with small natural streams running through
Water and electric
Indoor school with mirrors(to improve position-not look at my ugly mug!) and outdoor for when I can be bothered or cant ride out.
A peaceful and friendly atmosphere
A field shelter
Fantastic off road hacking
Secure and organised storage
Heated rug room
Nice little sit down kitchen area with a loo
Lots of hay and bedding storage
Horse walker
A round pen
I think that would do
RuthnMeg
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for me, in roughly this order
1. 24/7 turnout with 'horse proof fencing!
2. Chalk going - we are on clay and its not good!!
3. Light airy stables, solidly built!!
4. Good OFF ROAD HACKING, - my dream!
5. A few friendly fellow liveries who don't mind helping in return of.
Also make some lovely companied rides!
6. An arena would be useful, with some jumps as an added bonus.
7. Dry storage, lockable storage!
8. Straw included - this can happen - yes??
9. Free parking for trailers/lorries
10. Somewhere in amoungst all this, a yard where we either live very close to, or has on site supervison.
1. 24/7 turnout with 'horse proof fencing!
2. Chalk going - we are on clay and its not good!!
3. Light airy stables, solidly built!!
4. Good OFF ROAD HACKING, - my dream!
5. A few friendly fellow liveries who don't mind helping in return of.
Also make some lovely companied rides!
6. An arena would be useful, with some jumps as an added bonus.
7. Dry storage, lockable storage!
8. Straw included - this can happen - yes??
9. Free parking for trailers/lorries
10. Somewhere in amoungst all this, a yard where we either live very close to, or has on site supervison.
Toffee44
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Cob proof fencing!!
nomini
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A nice YO, nice friendly liveries, all day turnout, a decent arena with set of jumps, parking for my lorry, nice airy stables
ofcourseyoucan
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and you probably want all this for 25 to 30 per week DIY? or 70 to 90 per week part? your wish lists are all great, but
1 good grazing costs a lot to maintain.
2 staff costs are governed by national minimum wage
3 hay straw and shavings cost at cost plus storage
4 a good menage will cost 20 grand plus to build and maintenance is high on time esp if you let your horse hooley on the lunge or loose
5 bit stables - you are goverened by what you already have
6 fencing a big on going cost exaberrated by windsuckers and touring cobs!!
7 storage - space that is generating no income and liveries like to bring the kitchen sink!! most is unused!
8 rug room/drying electric costs on a business have esculated#
9 water rates are a huge hidden expense as is electric!
10 insurance public liability, 3 c care , indemnity, again a huge hidden cost!!!
11 fertilizing rolling topping harrowing spraying is a huge expense!
12 alarmed tack room again an annual maintenance cost
13 lorry trailer parking .. generally will add to the yards insurance premiums(even if not liable) look at caravan storage!!
i could go on but you all want budget! and budget means cuts! so if you want the perfect livery be prepared to pay for what you get!
1 good grazing costs a lot to maintain.
2 staff costs are governed by national minimum wage
3 hay straw and shavings cost at cost plus storage
4 a good menage will cost 20 grand plus to build and maintenance is high on time esp if you let your horse hooley on the lunge or loose
5 bit stables - you are goverened by what you already have
6 fencing a big on going cost exaberrated by windsuckers and touring cobs!!
7 storage - space that is generating no income and liveries like to bring the kitchen sink!! most is unused!
8 rug room/drying electric costs on a business have esculated#
9 water rates are a huge hidden expense as is electric!
10 insurance public liability, 3 c care , indemnity, again a huge hidden cost!!!
11 fertilizing rolling topping harrowing spraying is a huge expense!
12 alarmed tack room again an annual maintenance cost
13 lorry trailer parking .. generally will add to the yards insurance premiums(even if not liable) look at caravan storage!!
i could go on but you all want budget! and budget means cuts! so if you want the perfect livery be prepared to pay for what you get!
spotty_pony
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Nice big and clean stables, unlimited haylage and bedding, friendly and reliable yard staff, all year round turnout in well maintained fields, good fencing, good facilities, secure tack room, good consistent daily routine, yard set in good area for hacking.
Moggy in Manolos
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and you probably want all this for 25 to 30 per week DIY? or 70 to 90 per week part? your wish lists are all great, but
1 good grazing costs a lot to maintain.
2 staff costs are governed by national minimum wage
3 hay straw and shavings cost at cost plus storage
4 a good menage will cost 20 grand plus to build and maintenance is high on time esp if you let your horse hooley on the lunge or loose
5 bit stables - you are goverened by what you already have
6 fencing a big on going cost exaberrated by windsuckers and touring cobs!!
7 storage - space that is generating no income and liveries like to bring the kitchen sink!! most is unused!
8 rug room/drying electric costs on a business have esculated#
9 water rates are a huge hidden expense as is electric!
10 insurance public liability, 3 c care , indemnity, again a huge hidden cost!!!
11 fertilizing rolling topping harrowing spraying is a huge expense!
12 alarmed tack room again an annual maintenance cost
13 lorry trailer parking .. generally will add to the yards insurance premiums(even if not liable) look at caravan storage!!
i could go on but you all want budget! and budget means cuts! so if you want the perfect livery be prepared to pay for what you get!
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I did think this was a simple happy, dreamy post tbh! I am quite happy with a few simple things when it comes down to it. Ideally I would have my own land. But I did think the OP was about 'the perfect dream livery yard'
For my wish list I imagine the rent would be fairly pricey and that would not surprise me
and you probably want all this for 25 to 30 per week DIY? or 70 to 90 per week part? your wish lists are all great, but
1 good grazing costs a lot to maintain.
2 staff costs are governed by national minimum wage
3 hay straw and shavings cost at cost plus storage
4 a good menage will cost 20 grand plus to build and maintenance is high on time esp if you let your horse hooley on the lunge or loose
5 bit stables - you are goverened by what you already have
6 fencing a big on going cost exaberrated by windsuckers and touring cobs!!
7 storage - space that is generating no income and liveries like to bring the kitchen sink!! most is unused!
8 rug room/drying electric costs on a business have esculated#
9 water rates are a huge hidden expense as is electric!
10 insurance public liability, 3 c care , indemnity, again a huge hidden cost!!!
11 fertilizing rolling topping harrowing spraying is a huge expense!
12 alarmed tack room again an annual maintenance cost
13 lorry trailer parking .. generally will add to the yards insurance premiums(even if not liable) look at caravan storage!!
i could go on but you all want budget! and budget means cuts! so if you want the perfect livery be prepared to pay for what you get!
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I did think this was a simple happy, dreamy post tbh! I am quite happy with a few simple things when it comes down to it. Ideally I would have my own land. But I did think the OP was about 'the perfect dream livery yard'
For my wish list I imagine the rent would be fairly pricey and that would not surprise me
ThePocketRocket
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An Indoor school, everything else i can make do either with or without
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Capable/knowledgable staff
Good size stable
Good T/O with good fencing
Mare's/gelding's seperate in small herds
Off road hacking
Good size areana
Heated washdown/clipping area
Easy access for vets/farriers/travelling to shows etc
Quiet and peaceful for both ned and you
Simples
Good size stable
Good T/O with good fencing
Mare's/gelding's seperate in small herds
Off road hacking
Good size areana
Heated washdown/clipping area
Easy access for vets/farriers/travelling to shows etc
Quiet and peaceful for both ned and you
Simples
Gingerwitch
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Huge Stables, where the horses can see - touch each over the front door - ie door the size of the stable - BUT NOT those with the iron bars - saw a horse nearly break its leg in these when it got cast in stable - had never ever thought of it before now.
Huge mixed herd turnout, with stock fencing - available April till Sept for 24/7 if wanted (still at full £ rate though)
Good sized indoor school
Off road hacking
Assisted if possible but no interferring
Ability to have instructors up to teach
Ability to have any blacksmith, vet etc you want
Abiltiy to be on yard from 5.30am until 9pm - preferably 10pm in the summer or when competing.
Strict rule about shutting gates
Would like a nice yard owner - but hey if i got all the above i would not care how nasty he/she was !
Huge mixed herd turnout, with stock fencing - available April till Sept for 24/7 if wanted (still at full £ rate though)
Good sized indoor school
Off road hacking
Assisted if possible but no interferring
Ability to have instructors up to teach
Ability to have any blacksmith, vet etc you want
Abiltiy to be on yard from 5.30am until 9pm - preferably 10pm in the summer or when competing.
Strict rule about shutting gates
Would like a nice yard owner - but hey if i got all the above i would not care how nasty he/she was !
Theresa_F
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I am on what is just about perfect. Small yard - 4 liveries and owners horse, assisted DIY and full when I need it with a YO who really loves after the horses.
Very clean and tidy, storage for 35 bales of hay and a pallet of bedding, another area for my feeds and secure tack room. Parking for my trailer.
24 x 7 six months of the year t/o and four days a week in winter in a field with just my two but horses also on either side.
Small 20 x 40 indoor school with nice surface which I can book for my solel use/lessons. Good hacking and I can hack to HPF for local competitions.
Other two liveries are very friendly and we all get on - no bitching.
Only thing I would like to make it perfect is every day turn out in winter with a little less mud and a bit more grass in summer paddock after July, and not a 15 mile each way drive.
Very clean and tidy, storage for 35 bales of hay and a pallet of bedding, another area for my feeds and secure tack room. Parking for my trailer.
24 x 7 six months of the year t/o and four days a week in winter in a field with just my two but horses also on either side.
Small 20 x 40 indoor school with nice surface which I can book for my solel use/lessons. Good hacking and I can hack to HPF for local competitions.
Other two liveries are very friendly and we all get on - no bitching.
Only thing I would like to make it perfect is every day turn out in winter with a little less mud and a bit more grass in summer paddock after July, and not a 15 mile each way drive.
Gingerwitch
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Oh if it is a fantesy yard can we have no kids (unless well behaved), no dogs (unless well behaved) and no bitching and NO ICE, MUD or FLIES
yeah
yeah
tabithakat64
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Decent turnout, well draining in large enough fields with some form of shelter and a mixed settled herd situation and secure fencing.
Decent hacking, preferably access to some of road hacking.
All weather floodlit school. I'd love a seperate lunging ring.
Well maintained stables, enough secure storage and a well maintained yard.
Location close to home with good hacking.
I pretty much have all of this although it could be better maintained, the school isn't all weather and we don't have a lunging ring.
Decent hacking, preferably access to some of road hacking.
All weather floodlit school. I'd love a seperate lunging ring.
Well maintained stables, enough secure storage and a well maintained yard.
Location close to home with good hacking.
I pretty much have all of this although it could be better maintained, the school isn't all weather and we don't have a lunging ring.
Rouletterose
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Large airy stables
Individual grazing
Good land and T/O everyday all year round
Good secure fencing
Well maintained menage
Very small yard max 7 horses
Well set out so not living in each others pockets
Secure warm cosy tack room
Friendly warm caring other liveries,but...no interfering
Lots of off road hacking so I can do lots of canter work
Peaceful and quiet atmosphere
Enough storage
I have most of the above where I am so consider myself very lucky
Individual grazing
Good land and T/O everyday all year round
Good secure fencing
Well maintained menage
Very small yard max 7 horses
Well set out so not living in each others pockets
Secure warm cosy tack room
Friendly warm caring other liveries,but...no interfering
Lots of off road hacking so I can do lots of canter work
Peaceful and quiet atmosphere
Enough storage
I have most of the above where I am so consider myself very lucky
SouthWestWhippet
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I think I would be perfectly happy with
> safe all year turn out (can be day only in winter)
> good hay and straw available on site (happy to pay for this but hate having to source my own as don't have vehicles for transporting)
> Indoor school preferably with mirrors and a few jumps
> friendly non-judgemental/non-interfering liveries.
I actually don't think this is an unreasonable wish list TBH but finding the last request seems to be the tricky one!
> safe all year turn out (can be day only in winter)
> good hay and straw available on site (happy to pay for this but hate having to source my own as don't have vehicles for transporting)
> Indoor school preferably with mirrors and a few jumps
> friendly non-judgemental/non-interfering liveries.
I actually don't think this is an unreasonable wish list TBH but finding the last request seems to be the tricky one!