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Enjoy our excellent
riding on Exmoor, on quality Horses for the discerning.
Our
horses perhaps have a little more spark than most riding school or trekking
horses for riders with some previous riding experience - we do ask that
our riders can walk, trot and canter with some control.
well
disciplined horses... exciting to ride... weekends away riding with
own horse... bed and breakfast with own horse... riding with own horses...
stabling available for own horse on holiday... stay with own horses...
ride own horses on holiday... take own horses on holiday... weekend
breaks with own horse... family holiday with own horses... bring your
own horse...
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rides with a difference... horse riding with a
difference... not the usual horse riding... holidays with a difference...
breaks with a difference... something different with own horse...
We have four LOVELY horses for our visiting riders and our rides are
limited from one, two or three riders at a time - no long crocodile
of horses across the moor, and each rider very much in control of their
own mount! own horse with stabling and
b&b... riding quality horses with energy... sound horses who can
can trot canter and gallop... exciting horses... half day rides with
fun... full day rides with excitement... introduction to ridiing with
excellent horses...
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Rosie
- a 15.1hh Section D Welsh Cob, with some spark, and quite a personality!
She'll jump, keep up with the big boys, has good paces, and a really
fast canter (for a cob!) Ideal for the sometimes rocky terrain on Exmoor.
Maximum weight 12stone
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Sirrus
- 15.2hh thoroughbred with a little Irish draught, lovely smooth
paces, a fast canter and will do anything for you. A keen jumper and
a really pretty small horse, with heaps of potential. Max weight 12stone
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Dandy
- a 17.1hh Irish Draught x thoroughbred - with really good paces, forward
going, a safe ride who enjoys life. He's hard to leave behind, and our
riders fall in love with him instantly! Max weight 14stone
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Archie
- 16.3hh, 5 years old. A lovely Irish Sports Horse,
with a great deal of enthusiasm for life! The latest addition
to our stable, bringing youthfulness to our more mature horses.
He has livened life up around the yard!
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Over
400 miles of well maintained bridleway over Exmoor
National Park; situated within the National Trust Holnicote Estate.
You will be riding over moorland, woodland, rivers and combes; incredible
views, and mild climate.
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Some
wildlife you may expect to see will be red deer, Exmoor ponies (yes,
they are indigenous and not domesticated, representing perhaps one of
the oldest breeds of horse in the world, and rarer than the Giant Panda),
buzzard, peregrine, kestrel, moorland birds, including skylark, sometimes
lapwing, ravens, perhaps oystercatcher in the fields, heron, dipper,
kingfisher, and woodland birds including flycatchers, AND woodpeckers,
as well as fallow deer or roe buck.
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ONE
HOUR RIDES
from April to October through the woods and up the combes.
Ideal for novices.
£30
per person
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HALF DAY RIDE - approx 2.5 hours
North Hill, Selworthy Woods, and as far as Minehead, or over Ley Hill,
, through Horner Woods, Lucott Common, The countryside is endless, and
riding trails offering weeks of good riding country. From our farm you
can ride as far as you can see!
£50 per person
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FULL
DAY RIDE
- approx 5 hours
wonderful
riding over Porlock Hill, Nutscale Reservoir, Dunkery Beacon, Grabbist
or Webbers Post, covering a distance of 20-25 miles. Lunch included
in price.
£100
per person
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BED
& BREAKFAST AND RIDING BREAKS
One night B&B, and half day ride: £75 per person in
shared room.
One
night B&B, full day ride including lunch: £125
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