31/05/2026
✔️ Fully insured
✔️ BSc / UKCC / PGCE qualified yard manager, supported by knowledgeable and experienced grooms
✔️ High-quality, well-maintained fencing throughout the yard- fields are rotated/seeded/weed controlled and rested for winter
✔️ New arena surface, regularly watered and maintained
✔️ Professional contracts and yard management through Livery Live - The Complete App For Equine Yard Management, making it easy for owners to book services, track care, and stay informed
These standards do come at a cost, but for us they are non-negotiable.
Horse welfare will always be our priority. Yes, we may be slightly more expensive than some alternatives, but we don't cut corners. What you see when you visit the yard, and what is promised in our contracts, is exactly what we deliver—consistently and to the highest standard.
Quality care, transparency, and professionalism are at the heart of everything we do ♥️
What are so many yards being “mis-sold” to liveries?
Or are people just happy to knowingly accept when things shouldn't be quite as they are?
Livery yards aren’t always misleading owners… but too many owners are willingly ignoring red flags just to get somewhere cheaper, closer, or more convenient for their horse.
Let’s be honest and stick with the basics—welfare should come first. Always. If a yard owner doesn’t have the experience to spot illness or disease, understand basic equine care, or apply solid welfare principles to the facilities othey provide or the care they offer, that’s not “fine because it’s affordable”… that’s a problem.
Facilities matter too. Safe grazing, usable riding areas, decent stabling—not just what looks good in photos. These aren’t “extras”, they’re bare minimum.
Client care should also be a huge consideration. After all they aren;t you friend, its a business rleationship. Having everyhting in a ocntract to reduce quibbles or disputes, clear paymentterms, knowing exactly whats included and what you can expect for your money. Most of all professionalism. Its a business.
And insurance? Public liability and care, custody & control should be non-negotiable. Yet plenty of people never even ask. Then something goes wrong and suddenly everyone is asking “who’s responsible and who's going to pay?”
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: some yards exaggerate what they offer. And they get away with it because people accept it. Winter turnout that “might” happen. Contracts that don’t exist. Procedures that are talked about but never actually in place. Finding out the yard owners actually doesn't know how to care for horses.
Running a yard is a multi faceted job that can't be taken lightly, and where you can't cut corners to be cheap, fill spaces and line your pockets. yet so many yards do just this and fill their spaces time and time again, even with the wrst of reputations.
But horse owners need to take responsibility too. Ask the questions. Check the facts. Don’t just go on vibes, pages, or nice branding.
Because once it goes wrong, it’s too late to wish you’d looked closer.
Sometimes paying more isn’t about luxury—it’s about basic peace of mind and actually protecting your horse.
Don't allow yourself to be mis-sold a yard. Understand what you need to be looking for, the questions to be asking, and the priorities you need to have.
https://yardownerhub.co.uk/resources/finding-a-yard/
