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The rearing of our young horses is done in groups in course stables with a paddock. The stable floor is of an open concrete structure ensuring the young horses are constantly on a hard surface. This is to encourage good blood circulation in the legs and hoofs.
The groups are formed after the foals are fully weened from their mothers and then divided by male or female. Once the groups are formed no new horses are to be introduced, this would cause too much stress within the group and increase the risk of injury to the horses.

The foals diet is calcium enriched during the first year to allow optimized growth and development of the skeletal structure. In the second and third year the diet contains fewer suppliments but remains a sufficient diet containing plenty of dried grass packaged into hay which is wrapped in platsic so there will be no dust present. We place the bales of hay in the front of the the feeding containers so the horses are able to eat whenever they want. This will generate more peace within the group than if they were to be fed at pre-set feeding times.


In the summer the horses are placed out in the field remaining within their groups. The grass is slightly furtilized and is also regularly supplied with chalk, this is so the horses will receive a calcium suppliment when feeding here also. At the age of two all the horses go through a medical screening process, the result of which will determine what mares will be bred at three years of age
and which stallions are to be gelded. At the age of three all horses are saddle broken and have been mildly ridden. For the mares that have been bred and weened a foal by the age of four there is the possibility to be ridden and also to receive a further test before continuing as a breeding mare.

Laatst geupdate op ( dinsdag 07 maart 2006 )